Who would have been most likely to beat a prime Roy Jones Jr

[AlexKid]

At Roys best weight!?

Would any fighter in history be more likely to beat Roy than the other way around?

What about Tommy the hitman Hearns?

[CarlosG815]

At Roys best weight!?

Would any fighter in history be more likely to beat Roy than the other way around?

What about Tommy the hitman Hearns?

Nobody would be more likely. Roy is the likely winner in any historic matchup.

[dan_cov]

Nobody beats prime Roy. Michael Spinks at light heavy would probably have the best shot.

[Scott9945]

At 175 I'd give Spinks and Foster a great chance. I'm not as optimistic for anyone at 168.

[#1Assassin]

roy is #1 at 168, its a very weak division historically but still. there are plenty of ppl who beat him at 160 and 175 though.

foster, spinks and charles beat him for sure. perhaps walcott, moore and saad muhammad too.

at 160 hagler, hearns and robinson beat him. perhaps monzon, leonard, nunn and mclellan too.

[SBleeder]

IMO Roy's best weight was 168. I'd be very comfortable picking Ezzard Charles over him there.

At middleweight and light heavy there are several I'd pick. Monzon, Robinson, Hagler at 160; Charles, Moore, Spinks, and Foster at at 175. If Greb was as good as his resume indicates, I'd take him too.

I do not get the unbeatable tag that Jones seems to carry on this site.

[Ray Corso]

Really!!!!
175lbs LtHvy

Ezzard Charles
Mike Spinks
Bob Foster
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tommy Loughron
Billy Conn
Gus Levinsky
Willie Pastrano
Archie Moore
Harold johnson
Antonio Tarver
Glen Johnson

160+
Stanley Ketchel
Harry Greb
Tiger Flowers
Sugar Ray Robinson
Tony Zale
Marcel Cerdan
Jake Lomatta
Nino Benevenuti
Carlos Monzon
Jermain Taylor
Marvin Hagler
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''theres a few more but this group is capable, I can think of some ruff house guys at 175 that would give Roy a real tuff fight. They'd have less chance to beat him then the ones listed but he'd have no cake walk with Saad, Mustafa, Galendez, Qwawi (Braxton) etc these were tuff men to fight, no taking time off! I recognize Roys skills but he has faults like everyone else! Ray

[NChristo]

Don't be ree****yalus, what on earth did say Levinsky or Pastrano ever do too show that they'd beat Roy ?, none of your condescending ****, I want a legitimate answer, oh great one Corso, bestow upon me the wisdom of the gods.

[greynotsoold]

Billy Conn would have beaten him, Ezzard Charles...not to mention guys like eddie booker or jack chase, or even shorty hogue.

[Scott9945]

Don't be ree****yalus, what on earth did say Levinsky or Pastrano ever do too show that they'd beat Roy ?, none of your condescending ****, I want a legitimate answer, oh great one Corso, bestow upon me the wisdom of the gods.

Pastrano was ridiculous. And I'll add Benvenuti to your list. He was a nice fighter, but even a young RJ would have squashed him.