Comments Thread For: The Top 25 Middleweights of All-Time – 11 to 25

[donray]

Doubt there will ever be a new Roy Jones !! Same with Mike Tyson these two are the two supermen in boxing. Absolutely nothing and nobody could even dream about touching them in their primes. Remember these names there might never be something the same in you lifespan. Roy easy number one in history

Jones was very selective in who he fought I don't see him beating a lot of fighters in their primes I believe a fight with hagler would have gone something like his fight with bernard was going in the later rds, bernard was catching him repeatedly and could have won in my opinion had it been a 15 rd fight, but he only decided to apply that type of pressure in the later rds, hagler would have been on him like a cheap suit from the opening bell until he got him out of there.

Roy was also dropped by very limited fighters in his prime, the problem was just that, they were very limited fighters, he was knocked cold by lesser fighters a little later in his career, it is no secret that roy avoided big punchers maybe he knew something we didn't know, that his chin very suspect.

Tyson, I would have to agree with you here, the prime mike was a defensive and offensive machine who was very difficult to hit, a very accurate and dangerous counter puncher, he had a world class chin, had the speed of a welterweight, incredible stamina, a great finisher, ko power in either hand and the list goes on.

In his prime he would have been very difficult to beat I hear people talk about joe louis a lot but I believe a prime tyson would have slaughtered him, joe was flat footed and just a sitting duck with limited defense, he would have been overwhelmed in my opinion, tyson would have been to fast, explosive and powerful for him, a prime tyson would have feasted on the klits in my opinion, I dont see anyone beating a prime tyson maybe with the exception of a prime cassius clay, and I say clay because that was ali at his very best.

[crold1]

1-walker smith jr...from detroit,greatest ever to do it
2-marvelous one, from brokton, 62-3 record
3-escopeta,aka the *******, 87-3 record ,fought in a era with not so great competition but 87-3 hard to out do,
4-the pittburgh windill,260 wins, unbelievable ,
5-i guess executioner,if hadn't lost to jermain twice and if he would beat roy jones ,maybe would have moved up a spot or two,
but let see what the rest list looks like when it comes out

Not quite in that order, but I think everyone can pretty much guess the top four.