How come RJJ wasn't a PPV star?

[QueensburyRules]

--- Roy didn't need PPV to make a big splash.

Few fighters can match the respect he held in boxing. Had he retired after the Tarver win, he'd be seen as the alltime everything goat.

PPV wasn't needed.

[GhostofDempsey]

In most cases, big PPV stars need another PPV star or legend to beat in order to become one themselves. Mike Tyson was a rare exception. Jones didn't have a big PPV name to go up against the way Floyd and Manny did with DLH. He was also spent a lot of his career in two divisions that are not really glamour divisions (168/175) and the talent pools in those weight classes are shallow. Though 168 was better across the pond for several years.

[kara]

Lack of big name opponents, stayed way too long in a dead division 175

[Lomadeaux]

Jones was one of those guys that even casuals knew very well. In school I remember even being in class and randoms who didn't know much about boxing talking about him.

I agree with an earlier post, it's hard to be a PPV star with no one else really there to challenge you.