Should Roy Jones Jr Have Dropped Back Down To LHW when He Beated John Ruiz?

[THE REED]

Absolutely... without recapturing the LHW title after winning the HW title he WOULDN'T have matched what Bob Fitsimmons did.

Bob Fitsimmons was the first fighter to win titles from MW to HW.. and then RECAPTURE the LHW title afterwards.

If Roy didn't regain the LHW title... he would of fell short of what Bob Fitsimmons accomplished.

But instead he went through with it, succeeded, and matched it.

He doesn't regret it to this day.

[-Swizzy-]

I think roy should have Stuck to the Heavyweight Division when he Won the W.B.A Heavyweight Title in 2003 either then after the fight when he beated John Ruiz he dropped back down to Light Heavyweight division to fight Antonio Tarver and winning in the 1st Fight by Majority Decision but then in the second fight a KO loss but Roy also said that he felt weight drained in that fight against Tarver..so my question is how do you think he would have done if he had stuck in the Heavyweight Divison? do you reckon he would have done good in that division?

he should have dropped to CW and stayed there for the rest of his career. moving back down to LHW caused a lot of physical and mental ware that pretty much ruined him permanently. CW would have been the best career choice he could have possibly made.

[Ivansmamma]

I think roy should have Stuck to the Heavyweight Division when he Won the W.B.A Heavyweight Title in 2003 either then after the fight when he beated John Ruiz he dropped back down to Light Heavyweight division to fight Antonio Tarver and winning in the 1st Fight by Majority Decision but then in the second fight a KO loss but Roy also said that he felt weight drained in that fight against Tarver..so my question is how do you think he would have done if he had stuck in the Heavyweight Divison? do you reckon he would have done good in that division?

I reckon he could have beaten some guys who where around like Chris Byrd and Holyfield but he couldn't beat the top guys, Vitali and Wladimir so why stick around?