Comparing Roy Jones jr to floyd Mayweather jr in terms of all around skills

[THE REED]

i can't agree with that live. i know that's a popular view and in his prime there was times when i thought that.

the problem with roy wasn't taking risk (aside from being scared of a european robbery vs. dariusz but after seoul can you blame him?) it was his negotiation tactics. 60-40 and i'll kick your ass remember? he didn't draw like oscar. that 40 might not have been enough to risk getting embarassed by roy which was more than likely.

floyd's best wins (for me anyway) were corrales , castillo , hatton and de la hoya for the name. i think toney , hopkins , hill , ruiz are much superior. granted floyd is not done and wins over margarito and cotto would enhance his resume but still don't know if he can surpass roy.

think of it after roy beat them , hop became the longest reigning middleweight , hill held a cruiser title , toney held a cruiser title and was competitive at heavy , ruiz regained his heavy titles. a dariusz win would have made roy's resume much more competitive with the other greats. a legacy win worth much more than the money he would have made imo.

adding on to the fact he wants calzaghe at almost 40, is definitely taking a risk,,,

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[Left Hook Tua]

roy got KOed at 35? he made history going from MW to HW and back down to LHW... and floyd is 30? he will fight another 10 years

And roy moving up to heavyweight is more of a risk than anything floyd has done.. ruiz or no ruiz

have to agree with you.

floyd is wary of bigger welters.

when you're 5'8 147 you should be wary of welter that are 5'11 147 or 6'1 147.

but not as wary as when you're 5'10 193 and going up against 6'3 230.

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[Live Dog]

We can answer all of these questions but lets be honest...

More people would rather watch RJJ fight than Mayweather.

What RJJ does in the ring just isn't fully understood by most people. You have to have a good knowledge of the sweet science to see the subtleties in what Jones does. Thats just the truth. Thats why you hear about what Dundee says about Jones, and Leonard about Jones.

RJJ was/is the truth.

I disagree with this. I think more people would rather watch Roy because they understand what he's doing. The speed and power is easy to see. With Floyd, now at 147, he fights more defensively and at range. The little things that he does are harder to pick up.

[THE REED]

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ree****yaluss again.

haha no prob....

I disagree with this. I think more people would rather watch Roy because they understand what he's doing. The speed and power is easy to see. With Floyd, now at 147, he fights more defensively and at range. The little things that he does are harder to pick up.

i agree... i showed my mom one of roys fights, and she had her mouth covered like OMG.... lol and she knows nothing about boxing

show her a mayweather fight... and shed fall asleep


although like wmute said, if you understand it, it is very fascinating to watch, and i personally like watching floyd perfect his art

[Live Dog]

adding on to the fact he wants calzaghe at almost 40, is definitely taking a risk,,,

I give him credit for that, he is definitely going after the biggest fish he can. But lets be honest, he has a lot less to lose today then he did 10 years ago.

[Live Dog]

haha no prob....



i agree... i showed my mom one of roys fights, and she had her mouth covered like OMG.... lol and she knows nothing about boxing

show her a mayweather fight... and shed fall asleep

WAKE HER UP!

kidding

[THE REED]

I give him credit for that, he is definitely going after the biggest fish he can. But lets be honest, he has a lot less to lose today then he did 10 years ago.

oh yeah i agree... but im happy hes at least goin for it... **** even kessler, which to me is more of a risk... id rather fight someone who can outwork me rather than someone who can knock me out

[wmute]

have to agree with you.

floyd is wary of bigger welters.

when you're 5'8 147 you should be wary of welter that are 5'11 147 or 6'1 147.

but not as wary as when you're 5'10 193 and going up against 6'3 230.

Point taken but the numbers are wrong

Mayweather is 147, the Margarito and Cotto come in at over 160. Plus he already fought people of that weight in De La Hoya and Baldomir.

Jones was 198-199 for Ruiz (see Legendary nights), Ruiz 6'2 and 226.

Just saying, but IMO misrepresenting facts makes your point less valuable in the eyes of those who know the actual facts.