Sometimes I Wonder Why Did Roy Ever Waste His Time Fighting Fighters Like.....

[bojangles1987]

Because when you sit in a division for a long time, holding all the major belts, and clean out a division, bums are inevitable. Along with all those bums Roy beat everyone who was legit, except Michalczewski.

[Smokin'J]

Because they were considered a threat before Roy whooped them.

[Instinto]

I think that was the mistake of Roy Jones. People say "when you fight bums all your life, you eventually became one of them". Fighting tough opposition builds up "champion's character", which helps jump back even after heavy loss. I believe RJJ wasn't ready to what Tarver brought to the table even after his long career.

[FearAndLoathing]

I think people are overly critical of Roy’s record. Roy was one of the first fighters I saw outside of the heavyweights divisions, I’m a huge Roy fan. Before winning his first title he consistently fought bigger men and undefeated fighters. After having like 15 fights (ish) he beat Jorge Vaca who had like 60 fights and was an ex world titlist and Jorge Castro who was 70-3-2 at the time. Castro was no bum! Roy then beat a 24-0 Glenn Thomas. He then beat Hopkins to win his first title. Then moved up in weight for a couple of non-title fights: Malinga who was not bad (went onto beat Nigel Benn for a world tile) and a pretty mediocre Fermin Chirinio and Danny Garcia.......He defended his title against Thomas Tate (29-2), he was OK. Next Roy dominated James Toney (44-0 at the time) to win his next title, and annihalted Antoine Byrd 26-4, a big name in Vinny Pazienza and a solid pro in Tony Thornton 37-6-1. He moved up again to fight Sosa, who was just voted to have the worlds best chin in the Ring mag, and KO’d him inside of 2 rounds. A couple of easyish fights followed against Eric Lucas (19-2-2) and Bryant Brannon 16-0 (awesome KO). Next he moved up in weight again to take on McCallum, McCallum was a beast but OK getting older at this point. Roy won his 3rd world title. Next was the Montell Griffin fiasco, in rematch he destroyed him. Next he KO’d Virgil hill (ATG light heavyweight) and unified against Lou DeValle. He fought a much smaller Otis Grant who was 31-1-1, then Richard Frazier 18-3-1. Frazier was a nobody from what I recall, maybe a mandatory? He then beat an excellent fighter in Reggie Johnson unifying all three belts. Next few fights…
David Telesco 23-2, Richard Hall 24-1, Eric Harding 19-0-1, Derrick Harmon 20-1, Julio Gonzales 27-0, Glen Kelley 28-0-1 and Clinton Woods 32-1.
Then he moved up to heavyweight and we all know the rest….
Not that bad of a resume when you break it down.

[Perfect Plex]

Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Perfect Plex]

Because they were considered a threat before Roy whooped them.

I don't think Antoine Byrd, Richard Frazier, David Telesco, Richard Hall, Derrick Harmon, or Glen Kelly were ever considered a ''threat''

[Perfect Plex]

C'mon I want at least 80+ replies on this thread!!!!