Shortest List? Who beats a Prime Roy Jones at 160-168?

[Barn]

Sigh.........

Roy was a great fighter in his prime but here's a list of guys at those weights who had at least a "small chance" of beating him

Robinson, Monzon, Hagler, Calzaghe, Ward, Mclellan, Eubank, Jackson, Burley, Lamotta, Turpin, Benn.

All of those guys in their prime, and they are the ones off the top of my head have at least a "small chance" at beating Roy.

He was a great fighter, but it only takes one punch to turn things around in boxing, Jones I feel always had a vulnerability about him although he was very hard to catch clean, but it could happen, even someone like Julian Jackson, Jones only got to make one mistake, get caught and it's goodnight.

It's a shame we never got Mclellan vs Benn because I feel he had the perfect style to take Jones out. Badly.

Randy Turpin?

Really?

[DARKSEID]

Prime Roy had the most impressive arsenal of speed and power I had ever seen

His shots were like machine gun fire, except each round was like a cannon.

[SCtrojansbaby]

I laugh at the people who say Hagler. Hagler is an ATG so I won't say Roy would kill him but Hagler is overmatched Roy is much bigger, stronger, faster and has a higher ring IQ.

Also anybody with a brain knows McClellan gets KO'd he would be a punching bag for Roy.

The only guy at 160, 168 or 175 that I might make even money with Roy is Carlos Monzon

[Lil' Missy]

nigel benn
chris eubank
joe calzaghe
carl froch
steve collins

[Barn]

I laugh at the people who say Hagler. Hagler is an ATG so I won't say Roy would kill him but Hagler is overmatched Roy is much bigger, stronger, faster and has a higher ring IQ.

Also anybody with a brain knows McClellan gets KO'd he would be a punching bag for Roy.

The only guy at 160, 168 or 175 that I might make even money with Roy is Carlos Monzon

What about Spinks?

[SCtrojansbaby]

What about Spinks?

I don't like picking fighters who rely on speed(Spinks was the faster man in every fight of his career) against guys who are faster than them(Roy is faster). I just think it would be slow paced fight and Roy would beat him to the punch more often than not.

[Cloud]

McClellan defeated Roy in the amateurs but anything can happen in the amateurs so..

That would have been a great fight in the pro's. I say Nigel Benn gives it his all but goes out like a boss.

Julian Jackson and Marvin Hagler could beat Roy IMO. Hagler is..well, Hagler lol and Julian had power that no other Middleweight will ever have again.

[Thickback]

I dont see anyone thats a definite winner over Roy, but there's always someone that has a "chance". I think Roy's speed and power mixed with his athletism was second to none. His defense was never polished but his reflexes were ridiculous. I can see him going undefeated at 160-168 vs the ATGs.

LOL @ Calzaghe He fought a dead legged Roy and almost got KO'd
LMMFAO @ Froch!!!! That would be a murder scene!!
RJ vs Hagler woulda been a great fight.
RJ vs Hearns woulda been FOTY
RJ vs Robinson woulda be a black and white classic
RJ vs McClellan woulda been a good one as well
RJ vs Andre Ward woulda been good. Like Roy vs Bernard 2 in their prime.

[Big_L]

i love hagler and i'm not saying he wouldn't have a chance but honestly, i think hagler was way to slow. he'd walk through everything roy had but would probably be on the wrong side of a one-sided decision.

[New England]

I think GERALD McCLELLAN would have beat him and probaly everyone else in the division but if you asked me who would beat gerald id say ROY JONES!!

mcclellan beat him in the amateurs

i'd pick greb, monzon, hagler, and probably even past prime robinson to beat him at MW. roy was largely an unfinished product there. he did his best work at 168 and 175

h2h i think roy jones stands as the best 168 pouner of all time. it's not the thickest of divisions.