If you had a time machine and went back to 1997. You talk to boxing fans/experts

[bojangles1987]

Roy and Hopkins would be the biggest shocks.

[Rip Chudd]

The Roy Jones one would shock me the most

[Dr Rumack]

The low status of the heavyweight division in the US would probably be the biggest surprise. I think Americans would be shocked to learn they had become completely irrelevant in a division they had always dominated.

[noodles_]

Probably that Hopkins would still be around, let alone elite. Who was his biggest win in '97, Johnson? He was a champ but hardly a big name then...

[Tom Cruise]

America have only got a bronze in the last two olympics (mens).

[Earl-Hickey]

That America would not have a real world champion heavyweight for 15+ years.

[Dr Rumack]

America have only got a bronze in the last two olympics (mens).

Funnily enough, both amateur boxing and the heavyweight division have become 'a joke' around the same time Americans stopped winning in them.

[Ray Corso]

Two former feathers are the best match ups of this era! Possibly a 5 fight series and both are fighting hard at an advanced age!!



Nothing strange about Jones many former champions fight beyond their best, however they don't get stopped the way Jones is accepting! Shame!! Ray.

[RlCKY]

you do realize Mayweather cheats in other ways, retire when the landscape got dangerous came back to an easy fight making a lighweight jump up two weight classes just to cheat on the scales by 2 pounds and he didnt even try to make weight and fight night he injects Xylocaine into his fights so that he can punch harder and last the full 12 rounds. Giving all this the best he did against Marquez was score a flash knock down.

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[RlCKY]

I don't see how the Roy Jones one is that shocking to people? He's a fighter that relies on his athleticism and reflexes, and that starts to slip eventually. Given his age in 2012, you'd have to assume a Roy Jones type of fighter would start slowing down and take some damage resulting in eventual KO losses.