Did Roy Jones ever beat a fighter in their prime?

[TheGreatA]

Tarver is one of the best LHW's of this generation and that's all. He doesn't really compare to the greats of the division.

[THE REED]

Except Calzaghe.

Pre-fight: "I injured my hand, I couldn't spar, I had trouble making weight and I'm not motivated."

Post fight: "I wasn't very impressed by my performance."

He's very strange for a boxer IMO.

slightly different than roy

after the trinidad fight

"i must be pretty awesome"

[slicksouthpaw16]

so u can be one of the greatest JM of all time, but not a JM all time great?


are you listening to yourself?

Being an all time great in one weight division and being an all time great fighter overall are two completely different things. Robinson= all time great overall. Moved up weight classes and beating bigger champions, being the greatest welterweight of all time an beating a lot of all time great fighters. Terry Norris is only great at junior middleweight for his longevity and for winning the title multiple times. Robinson accomplishments stack up a lot higher because his accomplishments are ALL TIME worthy. There is no other way i can explain it than that.

[abadger]

slightly different than roy

after the trinidad fight

"i must be pretty awesome"

Roy cracks me up when he does HBO commentary, especially on Mayweather fights.

"Complete fighters like Floyd and myself know how to hit and not get hit"

The guy doesn't bat an eye.

[THE REED]

i was talking about, theres such things as a middleweight all time great

[THE REED]

Roy cracks me up when he does HBO commentary, especially on Mayweather fights.

"Complete fighters like Floyd and myself know how to hit and not get hit"

The guy doesn't bat an eye.

hahaha i know... he really is an ego maniac.. but its differen tthan floys ego.. roy is humorous with it to me, floyd is just ****y

[abadger]

hahaha i know... he really is an ego maniac.. but its differen tthan floys ego.. roy is humorous with it to me, floyd is just ****y

I think the difference is that whatever "it" is, Floyd always wanted it. Roy on the other hand always knew he had it.

[THE REED]

he was very good at commentating... he knew exactly what was going on between two fighters better than anyone ive ever seen

[THE REED]

Tarver is one of the best LHW's of this generation and that's all. He doesn't really compare to the greats of the division.

thank you sir.

[abadger]

he was very good at commentating... he knew exactly what was going on between two fighters better than anyone ive ever seen

He is a good commentator. I especially enjoy the way he always tells Merchant he is talking crap.

"If you'd ever boxed, you'd know"

But that HBO crew, and Merchant in particular are very harsh on him about his losses. I was watching Floyd v Bruseles I think, straight after Roy had just lost to Tarver and they were talking about Floyd and whether he could be P4P #1, and Merchant said something like "The P4P #1 can get knocked out, Roy." Cruel.