Will we ever see a fighter like Roy Jones again?

[BUNGALOWS]

Short answer, NO.

Long answer, Hell to the fugg NO.

[Capaedia]

Y'all must've forgot

Mayweather looked a bit like Roy Jones against Guerrero.

I doubt you'll get anything closer for a long time

[DannYankee]

I thought Gamboa might be it in terms of athleticism they are very similar and he still has that potential, but he made a mess of his career with the promotional spat at a very fragile time and that ship is going to be near impossible to right, so right now id say not for a while there is nobody on the radar.

[bravestone]

I thought Gamboa might be it in terms of athleticism they are very similar and he still has that potential, but he made a mess of his career with the promotional spat at a very fragile time and that ship is going to be near impossible to right, so right now id say not for a while there is nobody on the radar.

Good shout on Gamboa.

[xLuKeYx]

He took a supplement called Ripped fuel (Richard Hall also tested positive for it at a higher dose) it was a new supplement widely sold in supplement stores and not illegal. The FDA got on it as it contained Ephedra I believe and put it on the banned substance list, both fighters still had it in their system thus failing.

When it comes to instances like this or Dillian Whytes Jack3d ban, I can't help but feel for the athlete. Its not as if they intentionally tried to cheat.

Exactly. Wasn't it only banned by the IBF or something too? IBF banning protein would've made Jones a cheat as well then.

Totally irrelevant. As a professional athlete it is YOUR responsibility to know what you're putting into your system.

And let us not forget, it was banned for reason, that reason being it gives you an advantage. So it raises the legitimate question: Was RJJ even as good as RJJ? Sadly, we'll never know.

[bravestone]

Totally irrelevant. As a professional athlete it is YOUR responsibility to know what you're putting into your system.

And let us not forget, it was banned for reason, that reason being it gives you an advantage. So it raises the legitimate question: Was RJJ even as good as RJJ? Sadly, we'll never know.

He looked better even before the IBF title win.

[xLuKeYx]

He looked better even before the IBF title win.

Before he was caught doping, you mean. There's probably a reason for that...we don't know how long he was using this shit before he got caught. We can only judge him on when we KNOW he was clean, and he didn't look particularly great.

[bravestone]

Before he was caught doping, you mean. There's probably a reason for that...we don't know how long he was using this shit before he got caught. We can only judge him on when we KNOW he was clean, and he didn't look particularly great.

Well his best performance was at IBF vs James Toney and he tested clean so it's a faulty argument on your part.

[MRBOOMER]

Yeah if lebron was a boxer instead of a ball player

[xLuKeYx]

Well his best performance was at IBF vs James Toney and he tested clean so it's a faulty argument on your part.

Not at all. He's a proven drugs cheat, that's all that matters when discussing RJJ any more.