Was Roy Jones Jr a real champion at heavyweight?

[Ring Leader]

Was he a real champ or a paper champion?




I mean he beat a John Ruiz who was at the weight class for 9 + years when they ended up fighting. He beat Evander Holyfield and defended it against Kirk motha ****in Johnson. To me he was the legit WBA World Heavyweight Champion



Roy didnt make John Ruiz come down to 205 lbs or anything crazy....just saying

[Battle*Hardened]

More so then Haye.

[Dedication]

Was he a real champ or a paper champion?




I mean he beat a John Ruiz who was at the weight class for 9 + years when they ended up fighting. He beat Evander Holyfield and defended it against Kirk motha ****in Johnson. To me he was the legit WBA World Heavyweight Champion



Roy didnt make John Ruiz come down to 205 lbs or anything crazy....just saying

I second this

[Ring Leader]

More so then Haye.

[Dedication]

To be fair.

If we are gonna see Mayweather as Pacquiao as paper champions then we have to see Roy as one, he fought Luiz and didn't want any part of the true HW champion who was Lennox Lewis.

Mayweather fought a champion at the respectable weight.

Pacquaio failed to do so.

How you can place them in the same pool I do not understand.

[Battle*Hardened]

Naw, Im just saying that. Both were legitimate title holders. HW champs, IDK...

[pacweather]

Real champion. One of the greatest fighters I have ever seen. All those youtube videos of him just amazed me.

[Ring Leader]

Naw, Im just saying that. Both were legitimate title holders. HW champs, IDK...

yea i feel ya. just surprised with Roys weak chin he wasnt kod one shot. But he probably developed his weak chin losing all that weight again

[Steak]

of course he was a paper champion, the obvious best in the division was Lennox Lewis.

still a very legitimate and good win for Roy. Ruiz is...not exactly amazing...but he still was a top ten heavyweight for quite a long period of time.

[BoxingFollower]

Mayweather fought a champion at the respectable weight.

Pacquaio failed to do so.

How you can place them in the same pool I do not understand.

You got a point, Mayweather did fight a respectable fighter at 154, Pacquiao fought a supposed cheater, UNRANKED, off for a while SLOW fighter like Margarito.