Roy Jones....FMJ is 10mph slower than me..

To be perfectly honest. I don't think Roy is the best fighter, or the greatest fighter (of course not) of all time. But he may be the best athlete of all time, right up there with guys like Jordan or Karelin. For sure one of the absolute best athletes ever, if not the best, in boxing.

RJJ in his prime was faster then damn near anybody, one of the most athletically gifted boxers who ever lived. Sadly once he lost that speed his lack of boxing ability left him wide open. Mayweather was incredibly fast too at 130 lbs though. Mayweather right now, is probably the fastest fighter punch for punch, Pacquiao i would say is only slightly slower, but makes up for it in volume. Mayweather will hit you with a punch before you see it coming, Pacquiao will hit you with 3 punches by the time you see the first one.

In his prime Roy threw 7 COUNT THEM 7 left hooks in a row before a guy reacted. I want you to stand up and try throwing seven hooks in a row right now and tell me how easy that would be.

my god these flomos came in here swinging their purses :lol1: lmao............

Roy looked faster because he way fighting bigger slower guys, while mayweather is fighting the smaller faster guys. Its hard to say who's faster. Imagine mayweather in the ring with some of the guys Roy fought. He would look like the flash. Both are very fast fighters, two different weight classes and extremely gifted athletes. wow what a flomo

Roy looked faster because he was fighting bigger slower guys, while mayweather is fighting the smaller faster guys. Its hard to say who's faster. Imagine mayweather in the ring with some of the guys Roy fought. He would look like the flash. Both are very fast fighters, two different weight classes and extremely gifted athletes.

Roy was faster than Floyd oh well

I don't think I've seen a faster fighter than Roy pound for pound to be honest, maybe Sugar Ray Leonard. Not questioning that Roy said this, but to the TS, do you have the audio for article in which he stated this?

There's no question about the speed of Roy Jones Jr., he's in a class by himself in that department. But his boxing style relied heavily on his reflexes to pull everything off with astonishing swiftness. He wasn't really all that good of a boxer, its more his speed allowed him to flagrantly disregard the orthodoxy of boxing's fundamentals. In many ways he created his own rules when he laced up a pair of gloves. He was faster than Mayweather but not nearly as smart. Mayweather isn't just fast for the sake of being fast, he's quick and accurate. Roy would throw clusters of punches at his opponents, while Mayweather is much more economical with his. Speed that's disciplined trumps raw quickness eventually. Look at what happened to Roy when he slowed down, he didn't have enough defensive technique to keep himself out of harms way, so he just got pummeled. good post, my friend...

I seem to remember roy getting ko'd a lot. Prior to that he was fast. But I don't know if he was faster than floyd. He's bigger so technically that would make him slower.

not as fast as pacman but light years ahead of FMJ manny is like a bugatti veyron roy is a nissan GTR floyd is one of those american truck type Ford f500 things- that the rest of the world think are hideous but americans love ur retarded...u do know that rite?

Roy was faster, much faster. He's probably the 2nd fastest boxer ever behing Meldrick Taylor

Floyd doesn't have a higher ring IQ than Roy What? Are you high right now?

yes, yes he was!

your a waste man, dont deny it waste man, you dont get no gash wasteman, you dont bang no nash wasteman, i no that you bash wasteman, you dont want no clash, wasteman! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I remember these guys.

Roy is on a different level to Floyd. @ 1:41 THATS MORE WICKED THAN PACQUIAO TO HATTON OR MARTINEZ TO P WILL, dang you can only dream that with floyd. RJJ P4P is much more BEAST than Mayweather prime for prime

I would say P4P Roy has the faster hands. The man had INSANE speed. Watching him live was jaw dropping at times.

There's no question about the speed of Roy Jones Jr., he's in a class by himself in that department. But his boxing style relied heavily on his reflexes to pull everything off with astonishing swiftness. He wasn't really all that good of a boxer, its more his speed allowed him to flagrantly disregard the orthodoxy of boxing's fundamentals. In many ways he created his own rules when he laced up a pair of gloves. He was faster than Mayweather but not nearly as smart. Mayweather isn't just fast for the sake of being fast, he's quick and accurate. Roy would throw clusters of punches at his opponents, while Mayweather is much more economical with his. Speed that's disciplined trumps raw quickness eventually. Look at what happened to Roy when he slowed down, he didn't have enough defensive technique to keep himself out of harms way, so he just got pummeled.

i agree prime Roy was faster than Floyd in every department.

Yeah, I remember that night vividly. Roy was faster and just a freak of nature. Floyd has the higher ring IQ and is the better technician. I always hated when Roy talked down on Floyd, or vice versa. Floyd doesn't have a higher ring IQ than Roy