Roy Jones, Jr: The best ever at 175 lbs

[uncle ben]

It's a hill I'm willing to die on. Jones in his prime is unbeatable by any light heavy ever. RJJ is the master of the light heavies. No one would beat prime RJJ. Not even Mike Rossman.

[billeau2]

It's a hill I'm willing to die on. Jones in his prime is unbeatable by any light heavy ever. RJJ is the master of the light heavies. No one would beat prime RJJ. Not even Mike Rossman.

Many would agree with that, its not an irrational opinion.

[Willie Pep 229]

It's a hill I'm willing to die on. Jones in his prime is unbeatable by any light heavy ever. RJJ is the master of the light heavies. No one would beat prime RJJ. Not even Mike Rossman.

Taking the bait . . .

Fitzsimmons
Tunney
Slattery
Loughran
Rosenbloom
Conn
Maxim
Moore
Pastrano
Torres
Foster
Spinks
Tarver

They all beat him, the ones in bold stop him.

Hell, add Holman Williams to the list.

[uncle ben]

Taking the bait . . .

Fitzsimmons
Tunney
Slattery
Loughran
Rosenbloom
Conn
Maxim
Moore
Pastrano
Torres
Foster
Spinks
Tarver

They all beat him, the ones in bold stop him.

Hell, add Holman Williams to the list.

Roy demolishes them all. That goes double for the ones in bold. And Tarver wouldn't beat prime time Roy.

[markusmod]

I have heard people say this quite often, same for super middleweight

[GhostofDempsey]

As great Roy was, his best weight was 168. I would favor quite a few to beat him at 175.

Tunney
Conn
Moore
Charles
Harold Johnson
Foster
Spinks

[ShoulderRoll]

Not at 175.

But maybe at 160 and 168.

Although I suspect his chin would always be a potential Achilles heel.

[billeau2]

As great Roy was, his best weight was 168. I would favor quite a few to beat him at 175.

Tunney
Conn
Moore
Charles
Harold Johnson
Foster
Spinks

I have the same opinion regarding his best weight. Too many guys at 175 are technically gifted, and have enough natural ability to make roy's super powers minimized. I don't even put Roy on the list of great light heavies. But at 168 he is tougher. More punch resistance, more power, etc.

[IronDanHamza]

Taking the bait . . .

Fitzsimmons
Tunney
Slattery
Loughran
Rosenbloom
Conn
Maxim
Moore
Pastrano
Torres
Foster
Spinks
Tarver

They all beat him, the ones in bold stop him.

Hell, add Holman Williams to the list.

Pastrano beats Roy Jones?

What’s this, comedy hour?

[_Rexy_]

168 is more reasonable. 175? Nah. Not in the top 10.