Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Jr. Defends Himself Against Errol Spence Criticism: 'I Don't Hate Nobody'

[Combat Talk Radio]

After getting blatantly screwed in the Olympics Roy vowed never to fight over sea again.

Yet fought internationally six times - and got knocked out half of those times.

Oops

[Left Hook Tua]

After getting blatantly screwed in the Olympics Roy vowed never to fight over sea again. Michalczewski refused to fight outside of Germany and not because he couldn't make more in Vegas but because it gave him an excuse to avoid RJ.

In context....During Floyd's prime, Roy was the P4P king, not Floyd... wrap your head around that!

Ppl forget how shocking Tarver beating Roy was

Tarver losing by controversial close md was shocking

Tarver the #1 contender in the division

Tarver a huge, skilled Light Heavyweight

roy was so good that Tarver losing close to an aging roy was shocking and controversial

Its like ppl didn't expect anyone to be competitive

[Roadblock]

In context....During Floyd's prime, Roy was the P4P king, not Floyd... wrap your head around that!

Floyds prime was not where he acquired his biggest achievements,,, wrap your head around that!

[Mission2Uranus]

There was really one name he missed and it was because he didn’t want to travel to Germany to face him, which is understandable. Otherwise he has Hopkins, McCallum, Hill, Toney, Tarver, Calzaghe all as guys he’s faced. He could talk all he wants on this subject.

I wish he would've fought Eubank, Benn and the Irish dude, Collins.

[Mission2Uranus]

In what way? Errol has fought Porter and Danny Garcia. Neither of those guys are world level. Both are decent champs similar to Postol or Gamboa if we're being honest.

What do you mean when you say "world level"? I've always taken it to mean a guy who's in the top 10-15 in the world in his weight class. That would make them world level to me. What is your definition, or what are the requirements for a fighter to be "world level"?

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

They Musta Forgot , Roy.
We are all frustrated that they haven't made this fight. He's wrong about who has fought the better opposition. It's not even close. Being associated with Top Rank has really stifled Crawfords career.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

In what way? Errol has fought Porter and Danny Garcia. Neither of those guys are world level. Both are decent champs similar to Postol or Gamboa if we're being honest.

How are Garcia and Porter NOT at World Level ? They surely aren't regional fighters.

What's your criteria for World Level ? I'm thinking that it might be different than everyone else's.

[Lefty0616]

Spence could learn from Roy Jones Jr. While Jones is known in the boxing world, he is not a household name like Ali, Tyson, Floyd, etc..

And the reason is he never fought, Benn, Julian Jackson, McClellan

Or Calzaghe, or Hopkins (in a rematch) when he was in his prime.

Roy Jones was easily in my top 10, until he lost against Tarver in a 3rd match (he lost his heart in that fight), and afterwards. He's now only in my top 50. His stock dropped big time. And while Crawford's stock is lower than Spence's, Spence could learn from the mistakes of Roy Jones Jr. If he beats Pacquiao, he must demand that his next fight is with Crawford.

[Boxing Goat]

Roy is spot on here, these two should be fighting one another and it seems like neither want it. It's frustrating.

[Boxing Goat]

Jones was a great fighter in his hey day but there were a couple of names that didn't happened for whatever reason. He should not be talking too much.

That's because he called the shots when he was the P4P #1 fighter in the world and when guys wanted to dictate terms to him, he wasn't having that and rightfully so. And Roy fought 3 of the 5 best fighters aside from himself in his era and the other two wanted none of that.