Who is the better boxer: prime Jones or Floyd?

[Dirt E Gomez]

Maybe, but if Roy were magically shrunk down to those weights, he would be ever faster, still hard to imagine even those guys beating him.

It's tough to say. I just don't like looking at who they could lose to. Firstly, as it should be obvious, only morons would say that either aren't great. I can say that Floyd would hang in with any legitimate fight posed to him, as could RJJ. But the SMW and LHW divisions have always been very light in history's eyes. Because of that, to some extent, is also why I feel Floyd is the better fighter. Historically speaking he is fighting in and around divisions that always have a wealth of talent; even on the B level fighters.

[rambov]

I only chose Floyd because he is more of a boxer than Jones was. Jones was probably more a gifted athlete.

[Jim Jeffries]

Neither one is an easy fight for anyone in history, for sure. I am fairly certain that Hearns would beat Floyd at WW, but that is mainly because of the size and power advantage and WW is not Floyd's best weight. Both are already on most credible top 50 ATG lists and will likely be a fair bit higher by the time they're done.