Is Roy Jones Jr the Greatest Light Heavyweight ever?

[sisforshaq]

Only 4 matter WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO no one cares about belts like the IBA, IBO, NBA and WBF

DM never lost the IBF or WBA belts in the ring. They were taken from him for politcal reasons.

Oh well yeah I wasnt to sure about it I was just showing a point, thanks for the info. But still who do you think was the greater Light Heavyweight Jones or DM?

[Sir_Jose]

Oh well yeah I wasnt to sure about it I was just showing a point, thanks for the info. But still who do you think was the greater Light Heavyweight Jones or DM?

Here is my take on the whole situation.

Roy Jones Jr was BY FAR the better fighter than DM and most likely would have boxed his way to a UD if they ever fought eachother.

But that does not change the fact that DM was 10x more deserving of a shot than 99% of the guys Jones fought at LightHeavy.

Roy probably would have won, but he should have fought him.

[SliqueJab]

Yeah but Dariusz should be the one that comes after Roy Jones. Roy Jones held the card. anyways I also believe Roy Jones would have won it in their prime UD.

[Sir_Jose]

Yeah but Dariusz should be the one that comes after Roy Jones. Roy Jones held the card. anyways I also believe Roy Jones would have won it in their prime UD.

What cards did Roy Jones hold?

DM drew bigger crowds. A fight with DM in Europe would have been much much bigger than a fight with DM in the states.

[sisforshaq]

What cards did Roy Jones hold?

DM drew bigger crowds. A fight with DM in Europe would have been much much bigger than a fight with DM in the states.

Only thing was Jones was the PPV King for a while. The two most popular PPV fighters of recent were Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.

[Sir_Jose]

Only thing was Jones was the PPV King for a while. The two most popular PPV fighters of recent were Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.

Huh?????

Roy Jones couldn't draw flies. His PPV numbers are downright laughable. Roy only went over 500,000 buys 1 time and that was against Ruiz.

The two biggest draws of the past 20 years are Tyson and DLH hands down.

[sisforshaq]

Huh?????

Roy Jones couldn't draw flies. His PPV numbers are downright laughable. Roy only went over 500,000 buys 1 time and that was against Ruiz.

The two biggest draws of the past 20 years are Tyson and DLH hands down.

That is true I forgot about Oscar.. also Tito is on the list. But I dont know about that according to HBO Jones was the ppv king for a while. Were do you get the numbers that show that anyway? (500,000 buys for Jones vs Ruiz etc)

[GasPed]

As far as accomplishments go, Roy shouldn't be mentioned as a top 3 lightheavyweight of all time. But talent-wise and from what we saw in the ring, he was an awesome fighter that we have never seen before. Roy is definately a special fighter, and we will probably never see a fighter like him again.

: Roy in his prime at middle, super middle and light heavy would have been unbeatable in any era. Just a phenomenal talent. But his accomplishments at any of those weight divisions don't compare with the all time greats...

[Sir_Jose]

That is true I forgot about Oscar.. also Tito is on the list. But I dont know about that according to HBO Jones was the ppv king for a while. Were do you get the numbers that show that anyway? (500,000 buys for Jones vs Ruiz etc)

MultiChannel.com for all PPV sale numbers.

HBO Pay-Per-View's March 1 John Ruiz-Roy Jones Jr. heavyweight-championship PPV event drew a surprising 525,000 buys.


Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, DLH, Chavez, Morales, Tito were all bigger draws than Roy Jones.

[EXIGE]

na i think michael spinks was the greatest

Until he moved up then got KTFO by a certain Michael Tyson in round 1. What a sucker punch that was aswell .