Will we ever see a fighter as dominant as RJJ again?

[VG_Addict]

What if RJJ fought Eubank, Benn, Collins, Calzaghe, Michalczewski, and Rocchigiani?

[vegeta23]

He would have beaten them all.

[gmc_rfc_06]

What if RJJ fought Eubank, Benn, Collins, Calzaghe, Michalczewski, and Rocchigiani?

Then he has another 6 wins on his record.

[Blueduck]

No it was Hasim Rachman but RJJ was looking for bigger name fights in the division. When those fights didn't happen that's when RJJ killed himself to drop back down to LHW and was never the same again.

My bad, thanks.

[VG_Addict]

What if RJJ fought Chris Byrd at HW and beat him, unifying the WBA and WBO titles? Would he go down as the GOAT?

[Interloper]

He is the GOAT in terms of athleticism and raw talent.

[hayZ]

Mayeather is certainly in his class and he is still undefeated and beating champions twice a year at age 37. Mayweather has never been knocked down and he has won a huge num ber of fights in a row with a world title on the line.

Mayweather doesn't beat people in the same fashion though. RJJ was dangerous, physically he would make you look like you were a fat bum, he moved so quick. Also techinically Floyd did get knocked down but due to reffing incompetence it wasn't counted.

Mayweather just adapted, living a clean life style and has a very smart style which isn't as reliant on pure athleticism. He could box for a number of years IF he wanted to.

[PAC-BOY]

Getting outboxed 4 times over 8 years by Marquez doesn't equal dominance

4 times? you must have been his cell mate. Last i recall JMM only has one win.

[VG_Addict]

Yeah, RJJ started his career at JMW, and won a title at HW, but he won a trinket by beating John ****ing Ruiz.

Roy chose Ruiz specifically because he was a relatively small, feather-fisted HW.

[sL0]

Bro the PED thing was really weak on evidence. He tested positive for androstenedione. He claimed to be taking Ripped Fuel and at the time there was lots of contaminated Ripped Fuel(Twinlabs offered both products). So I give the guy the benefit of doubt. Not to mention, Androstenedione effects were VERY VERY weak. To see ANY effect, he would've had to be taking a huge amount of it. If he was gonna use something, Andro would not be the one to take.

This... Andro was very weak and needed to be converted in the body. This compared to the designer steroids used by Marion Jones, etc is laughable. I totally agree with your statement. There were other, more potent pro-steroids (legal before 2004) to take at that time.

Speaking on this thread, I don't think I've ever seen , or will see, anyone with the physical gifts Roy had.

I like Pac and all, but imo, it's not close to what Roy was capable of. If Roy had his killer instinct, my god. Roy-Griffin II displayed that instinct . He actually took chances. I truly believe seeing what happened to the G-Man changed him a little.