Roy Jones Jr. The ducks he made at supermiddleweight.

[THE REED]

He should've stayed at smw , think he lost all his fights above smw calzaghe,tarver,green,johnson,he might've been unbeaten if he was at smw.but roy still brought the show

You think Roy lost all his fights above SMW?

what the **** is going on around here

[THE REED]

You think Roy lost all his fights above SMW?

what the **** is going on around here

Nevermind, I suppose you could read that two different ways.

[BattlingNelson]

Uh what post are you posting at.


Want to actually go ahead and apologize to me from the previous post for misreading my post or are we just going to ignore that?

Your agenda is, as always, to slap JoeC.

[Smash]

Why don't you just stop hi******* this thread by turning it into some Calzaghe bashing? Why not tell me if Roy's resumé wouldn't have looked a whole lot better with at least one competitive fight after Toney? Surely a Nunn or Liles would have been nice?

He cant because he actually really fancies calzaghe and misses him so much he has to constantly bring him into things, sad

[Fat Bloke]

[Smash]

I gota go but ill leave you ladies to it (you know who i mean Lead ******), LOL who dreams up that sort of name, ill bet you dream of inflicting pain on vulnerable animals, i think that name gives us some clues to what were dealing with, good luck with sorting out that drool, catch you later lead whatever your name is LOL

[-Swizzy-]

[Libido Sanchez]

I gota go but ill leave you ladies to it (you know who i mean Lead ******), LOL who dreams up that sort of name, ill bet you dream of inflicting pain on vulnerable animals, i think that name gives us some clues to what were dealing with, good luck with sorting out that drool, catch you later lead whatever your name is LOL

[Gorgeous George]

Collins was middle weight title holder when he was called in by eubank to replace his mandotory after he dropped out..... collins was thought of as easy pickings by the eubank camp... now listen to me collins would of been beat pillar to post by roy jones jnr if they ever fought but i know steve would of jumped at the chance to fight him it was his dream ffs......

[Kalion]

I did a little research on Roy Jones Jr. and the opposition he fought as a SMW.

Jones was in essense fighting in the 168 lb division from 1993 until 1996.

Keys:

RED = Eventually fought them or fought them already
BLUE = Fought them in that year.

The year end rankings of 1992 looked like this:

1: Michael Nunn
2: Iran Barkley
3: Chris Eubank
4: Victor Cordoba
5: Nigel Benn
6: Tim Littles
7: Darrin Van Horn
8: Tony Thornton
9: Frankie Liles
10: Frank Nicotra

He fought Thornton in 1995.

1993:

1: James Toney
2: Michael Nunn
3: Chris Eubank
4: Nigel Benn
5: Tim Littles
6: Darrin Van Horn
7: Frankie Liles
8: Tony Thornton
9: Antoine Byrd
10: Vincenzo Nardiello


1994: Jones enters the list at no. 1 after beating Toney.

1: Roy Jones Jr.
2: Nigel Benn
3: Chris Eubank
4: Frankie Liles
5: Vinny Pazienza
6: Tim Littles
7: Michael Nunn
8: Ray Close
9: Graciano Rocchigiani
10: Antoine Byrd


1995:

1: Roy Jones Jr.
2: Nigel Benn
3: Steve Collins
4: Frankie Liles
5: Tim Littles
6: Vinny Pazienza
7: Bryant Brannon
8: Henry Wharton
9: Michael Nunn
10: Ray Close


1996:

1: Roy Jones Jr.
2: Frankie Liles
3: Steve Collins
4: Vinny Pazienza
5: Robin Reid
6: Henry Wharton
7: Michael Nunn
8: Vincenzo Nardiello
9: Joseph Kiwanuka
10: Thulani Malinga

At the end of 1996 Jones had moved up.

So Jones work after 4 years at 168 lb consist of an excellent win over Toney and not much else:

Toney
Thornton
Pazienza (LOL)
Byrd
Brannon

Jones never fought a top 3 opponent after Toney. He had 6 fights at 168 after beating him. Of those fights he beat an unranked Thornton, a suspected juiced lightweight in Pazienza, a past it Byrd, a never was in Sosa, a young non-threat in Lucas and a veteran of 16 fights in Brannon.


So the deserving fighters Jones didn't fight (or ducked as it's called on NSB) is these guys:

Nunn
Benn
Eubank
Collins
Barkley
Cordoba
Littles
Van Horn
Liles
Nardiello
Close
Rocchigianni
Nicotra


Let's face it. A Nunn or a Benn or a Eubank or a Liles or even a Collins would have been real nice.

(I hope I didn't miss anyone )

Saw this thread on another boxing forum like 6 months ago....word for word.