So was Roy Jones JR a Heavyweight world champion or not?

According to the average RJJ fan, nobody will ever be able to be a former MW champion and HW champ again. Yet he didn't win the title from Lewis, he won it from ruiz. He was the champ because of some creative cherrypicking, but then he couldn't fight anyone else at HW? So was he a HW champ or not? This is worse than when people said he was the lineal champ at lt HW, when he never fought Dariusz Michalczewski. In reality, wasn't he more like a paper titlist at HW and a popular belt holder at lt HW? Lets be honest with ourselves here.

Comments (11)

lyonheart

You haters dont want to give anyone credit. Darius M. should have come over to the states. He had no pull in the situation. Plus, he was beaten by Julio Gonzalez, who was beaten handily by Roy. So, that is out the window. Roy defeated a legit heavyweight champion, not a vacant or created, and no one thought Roy was gonna win. Yall just shut up please. The problem with fans now a days is they are sooo critical and think they know everything. These guys deserve credit, especially Roy. He did something only one other man can claim, so that speaks for itself

15y ago

boxer2k5

he won the belt from a legit HW champion like someone said no he wasnt lineal HW champion but he was a champion at HW. he didnt fight some cruiserweight at a HW catchweight that wasnt even ranked at HW. He fought a legit reigining HW champion. not the best champion but a champion and at whatever weight he wanted to come in at.

15y ago

Vadrigar

yep... paper title. Lewis was the real champ tho. What do you mean by paper title?

15y ago

Bastian_Loc

It was an obvious opportunistic cherrypick, and it was obvious he didn't want any part of any serious heavyweights, so no, he wasn't a hw champion. But at least there was no catchweight.

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

I'd like to add he won it from a top ten ranked HW. but that doesn't make it not a paper title

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

he is a world champion boxer for sure man can't disagree with that

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

Yes, he was A heavyweight champ. Because he won a heavyweight title. At heavyweight. No catchweight, no vacant bull**** belt that was created for that fight. End of argument. yep but still a paper title tho.

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

He was the WBA heavyweight champion, but not the lineal champion or undisputed. yep... paper title. Lewis was the real champ tho.

15y ago

Kevin714

he is a world champion boxer for sure man

15y ago

EasyE

Yes, he was A heavyweight champ. Because he won a heavyweight title. At heavyweight. No catchweight, no vacant bull**** belt that was created for that fight. End of argument.

15y ago

Vadrigar

He was the WBA heavyweight champion, but not the lineal champion or undisputed. No catchweights. top 10 heavyweight.

15y ago