Name One Top Class Fighter Jones Ever Faced

[KYTFO]

IMO the only two that i think are great fighters he beat are 1) james toney, the man was knocking everybody out att he time with relative ease. he was in shape and at his best. when you compare him now. 2) benard hopkins, i got to say that it was the opposite with benard. i feel benard is a fighter that got better with age , like lennox lewis. it is still a win against a good champion fighter at the time. both of these fighters are definte hall of famers. some of other guys are pretty much guys that will make the hall of fame. but nobody i consider great on the list of fighters he beat convincely. tarver is his own best fan. i really wish he wouldve fought roy around the time roy fought toney and hopkins.

[THE REAL NINJA]

.................. if you know boxing then you know Jones is an all time great ...thats all there is to it... deal with it

[Piggu]

This thread was made two years ago and it's still alive. That's impressive.

[K-DOGG]

i'm having trouble looking at jones career and finding some true top class fighters that jones faced. jones faced a man that was actually a few days younger than him saturday night and got knocked out. actually he received a boxing lesson. johnson was also fighting his 52nd fight just like jones. he came ont the pro scene 4 years after jones. has been ko'ed like jones although that was in 97. for some reason you people don't want to give the fellow any credit for beating jones. i mean really, excuses like jones is old and slower than he used to be. that this guy really wasn't that fast. when i keep watching this fight over and over i think that johnson was pretty quik. and it wasn't just speed it was they way he threw his punches. jones has always been able to back people off of him with a quik 1-2 but johnson responded with a 3-4 in most cases. jones was never able to back johnson up at all. johnson faught a very smart match. he came out from the opening bell and pressured jones til the bell rang. jones didn't know how to deal with johnsons style because he couldn't do a quick jab and move to the left like usual because johnson kept the pressure no matter what. jones would have never been able to deal with the fighter he faced on saturday night. granted jones had skill and talent against lesser opponents. the first round took alot out of jones. being hit from beginning to end of round one takes alot out of you. yeah sure this guy johnson only has 28 ko's on his record. but one of those is jones. you have to have some kind of power to ko 28 people. saying that he doesn't have power when in facing 52 fighters he has ko'ed more than half of them is like saying jones has faught quality opponents throughout his career. just so you know only 12 of his ko's were actual ktfo knock outs. same as jones. ok so i know that a few of the guys jones faced were B+ or close to A class. but for me his career was full of no-ones.

This is a joke, right. Johnson was a B+ fighter...at best, and caught the post Ruiz Jones, who was past his best, to say the least. The man's 34...and yes, I know Johson's the same age; but fighters age differently.


Okay...first class opp: James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, Reggie Johnson, Montell Griffin, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver.....ya need more?