Did Roy Jones ever beat a fighter in their prime?

[garryd]

considering thulani malinga beat nigel benn and others after roy koed him says that malinga must have been a pretty good fighter..

IMO Benn was well past is prime in that fight though !

Gotta agree with the rest of what you said BTW.

[Truth]

A couple of comments

1.) no fighter fights big time names in every fight. (not usually atleast)
2.) just because fighter doesn't have a household name like Tyson/De La Hoya doesn't make him a mediocre fighter.

I think one of the reasons Roy's resume isn't loaded with big names is because of circumstances. Some fights didn't come off because of Roy, some didn't come off because of his opponents. Some both. I've heard that Frankie Liles was offered a fight against Roy Jones, and he turned it down for example. Who knows, maybe there were fighters ducking Roy Jones...