Name One Top Class Fighter Jones Ever Faced

[NAB]

He didn't have a strong enough chin to mix it with the big boys, so he picked his opponents very carefully.

It wouldn't matter. Jones' opponents back then were hitting fresh air. Not his chin.

[-Nova-]

James Toney

[Cereal]

hopkins, remember? dip****

[TheEvilSaint]

James Toney.

[masterdirector]

Heard of Marty Jakubowski??

Just ignorance and hatery to compare Jones to Marty Jakubowski.

Jakubowski was a local club fighter, Jones was a world class fighter. obvious huge difference. next I guess you'll throw down Butterbean's name.

And Dr. Freecloud??? Who has Jones ever fought you ask? I read the first post of this topic. OMG, you are an idiot. That's the first boxing topic I remember reading of you. James Toney is all you ever need to know. I guess Toney wasn't a top class fighter somehow.

[TyrantT316]

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.

you said name one...the second someone did, you were quick to discredit and ramble on...what more do you want?

[masterdirector]

And he basically says that the Glen Johnson that beat Jones would beat a prime Roy Jones.

[sito1231]

To answer your question mook, stating who has more accomplishements than Roy. I personally think hands down Oscar de la hoya is one of them hands down. If you look at his boxing recored and compared to Roy you will see he fought more well-known boxer such as Shane Mosley, Chaves, Vargas, Trindad, Quartey just to name a few. This is just my opinion!

[opethdrums]

I don't even know where to start.

1) Johnsosn DOES deserve all the credit in the world for his work ethic, but don't even try to convince me that he had the skills of an elite fighter. Cuz he don't. Why did he beat Jones? Because he worked a hell of a lot harder than RJJ that's it.

2) I don't even know where you guys get this boxing lesson crap. There was NO BOXING LESSON. You can't ****ing teach RJJ a boxing lesson. He just threw a hell of a lot more than RJJ SIMPLE! RJJ's punches we're precise and accurate. Johnson just swarmed RJJ with punches. Yeah he boxed smart, yeah he excecuted his plan well, but that's it!

3) Every ****ing boxer has SOME kind of power. He didn't KO RJJ cuz of his power. The punch hit the temple, that's the worst place you can get hit in the head. Softest part of yer skull.

4) The old RJJ would have moved and not stay in one ****ing place. He was lazy and ****y in this fight. And he got beat. His fault.

If you're gonna tell me that RJJ's career was made fighting buddies than can you name me another fighter that has had more accomplishments in fighting quality opponents in this era?
Listen man, to give Johnson credit for what he did is one thing, but to completely disregard RJJ's accomplishment's throughout his career is just ******. Anyway, where were the threads questioning RJJ's success before his 2 KO losses?

i agree about roy being lazy and ****y during the johnson fight.. he didnt look the least bit worried like he did in tarver 3. still he wasnt throwing punches which is a sign of roy being worried in it's self

[Derranged]

Where are all these Jones hate threads comming from?? The man was a great boxer.