Johnson or Tarver would not have beaten Roy in his Prime

[The Fix]

there is no way jones loses to tarver or johnson in his prime. hell tarver was still beating kids up at the olympics when roy was in his prime

[Neuraxis]

johnson did get stopped by a prime roy jones jr. and tarver missed his chance when he got beat by harding. but none the less, roy signed the contracts to fight these guys, thinking he still had what it takes, and loss, in very bad fashion. doesn't matter prime or past his prime, he still got in the ring with them expecting to win, and didn't. it's obvious that roy is one of the best to ever step foot in the ring. it just hurts me to see him go out like this. i really feel bad for him personally, it's got to be tearing him up inside, to go from one of the best ever, to being a glass joe ( damn near overnight ). you can talk about someones prime and what could have happend, but boxing is a NOW sport, if you got it NOW your good, if not, then it's not good.....i would like roy to get another win before he goes out but looking at the way he fought and got ko'd, i'm surprised he made it out of sparring....

Do you also feel bad that he was never the light heavyweight linear champion?

[realheavyhands]

jones lost all that muscle ruined his career... something is wrong with roy..he threw great combos with speed but then wouldnt do ****.. his punches when he threw them were twice as fast as johnson and sharp ..i neva liked roy that much but ima tell you ....you cant loose that much muscle ive done it before you just dont feel the same,, he should of stayeed at heavyweight he would of been great i think he could of heavyweght champion by now he,,, would of gain maybe 10 more pounds of muscle and would of been the fastest heavyweight and 210 pounds at only 5'11 and cut.. but everybody plays the fool sometie even the great think everthing out 5 times roy jones

[Truth]

Roy Jones Problems

here are the keys to why Jones has not been the same:
1.)Fighters are not scared of him anymore, so they show little respect.
2.)I have a feeling that moving to heavyweight screwed him up physcially.
3.)The style he fights with(leaning on the ropes/hands down)does not work under pressure.

[Khalife]

prime roy would have whip the floor with tarver, and no question about johnson. Roy would have be way to much for either tarver or johnson in his prime, he was stronger, faster, focus and most of all hungry to be the best which in my eye he still is. After he drop down from heavyweight, he wasn't hungry anymore, also his body was not the same. Both tarver fights, he wasn't the same, and after that big upset by a 2 round ko, he just look as if he gave up a long time ago when he was in battle with johnson. Jones need to fight tarver on oct 1 to average his both ko losses and remain know as the best lightheavy weight fighter, i believe he will come as old rj to beat tarver now

[Khalife]

your a roy hater, besides it seem as if you have not be around when roy ruled boxing in his era, prime roy had no real challenge, becuz he make short work of who ever he fought. if you really think roy is that bad that he would get beat by a cruiserwieght, your truly mistaking, you shouldn't be on this webb page talking about boxing, roy the man period

[Manny_P]

no argument. Jones woulda ***** slapped Tarver around ta ring in his prime.

[Parodius]

People lets not forget. Both Tarver & Johnson were not in their prime when they fought Jones. Both guys are like 36 or 37 years old.

[InThisCorner]

LOL how can you say a guy with 9 losses will beat arguably the best p4p fighter of all time? I don't care what people say about the opposition he faced he fought great fighters in Toney and Hopkins and totally ****ed them up.

[Parodius]

LOL how can you say a guy with 9 losses will beat arguably the best p4p fighter of all time? I don't care what people say about the opposition he faced he fought great fighters in Toney and Hopkins and totally ****ed them up.

Dude, are you kidding me. Best P4P fighter ever. Roy Jones is not even in my top 10 best P4P boxers. Sugar Ray Robinson was the best P4P boxer & is the best boxer of all time.