Does anyone know...

[TheGreatA]

[landmine950]

LMAO!
Oscar wishes he had boobs like that!
he'd wrap em in fishnet!

[-Hyperion-]

now i remember jones fought as low as 153 thats 73lb lower than the biggest man he beat...........

[eazy_mas]

the biggest weight differential between starting weight class and the highest weight class a fighter has won a title in (excluding heavyweight, since there isn't a proper weight for heavyweights anyway)?

I can think of James Toney off the top of my head, started at 160 and won a title at 200 from Vasily Jirov.

Guillermo Jones started at 147, and was a serious contender in the cruiserweight division, but never got over the hump.

Can anyone top James Toney's 40 point weight differential?

Roy started at 154 and won 160 title when to HW so I think he is lower than James Toney and it part of his legacy too

[TheGreatA]

Ruiz can beat almost any heavyweight today because he is better technically than most of them but he isn't a KO puncher and has trouble with better boxers. Nady didn't allow him to slug so he didn't have much of a chance.

I think RJJ was favored to beat Ruiz if I remember correctly.

The fact that Toney beat Ruiz too took a bit out of that achievement.

[eazy_mas]

Very nice!

I didn't know he started that low. I assumed he started as a lightweight.

he started low because he didnt have amatar and started boxing as small age.

[-Hyperion-]

Ruiz can beat almost any heavyweight today because he is better technically than most of them but he isn't a KO puncher and has trouble with better boxers. Nady didn't allow him to slug so he didn't have much of a chance.

I think RJJ was favored to beat Ruiz if I remember correctly.

The fact that Toney beat Ruiz too took a bit out of that achievement.

toney didnt beaat ruiz, it was a no contest.....

[Silencers]

You said no heavyweights but Chris Byrd's first fight was at 169 pounds and his highest weight was 222 pounds. That's a 53 pound difference.

[TheGreatA]

toney didnt beaat ruiz, it was a no contest.....

Dude Toney beat his ass badly. He used roids but he was still a 230 pound fatass. No doubt in my mind that Toney is better than Ruiz.