Who had the better overall career? Mike Tyson or Roy Jones Jr. And tell us why

[The Big Dunn]

Career - where money, quality of wins, and accomplishments all factor in. You should already understand that.

Taking everything into consideration, I think Tyson had the better career. If i had to choose between the two, I'm taking Tyson's.

[LacedUp]

Jones.

Tyson never won a rematch.

What about Ruddock?

[soul_survivor]

Who had the better overall career and why?

On my all time top 50: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=608842 which may well change this year as I'm in the process of editing it, I have Iron Mike at 45 and RJJ at 46. There's not much between them, Jones had more championships but Tyson was a heavyweight and he couldn't move up anywhere from there. Tyson, in his prime, was better than Jones in his prime and made mince meat of guys that tested most other heavies. Jones prime however was longer but he never had the big marquee fights that Tyson managed, plus, being undisputed heavyweight champion, especially at 21, still means something. It's the biggest prize in sport.

[joseph5620]

Who had the better overall career and why?

Jones jr. Not close either.

[Boxing Goat]

Bwahahahaha! Is this a real question?

[joseph5620]

On my all time top 50: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=608842 which may well change this year as I'm in the process of editing it, I have Iron Mike at 45 and RJJ at 46. There's not much between them, Jones had more championships but Tyson was a heavyweight and he couldn't move up anywhere from there. Tyson, in his prime, was better than Jones in his prime and made mince meat of guys that tested most other heavies. Jones prime however was longer but he never had the big marquee fights that Tyson managed, plus, being undisputed heavyweight champion, especially at 21, still means something. It's the biggest prize in sport.

Jones beat both Hopkins and Toney. In fact he dominated them. The only fighter on that level Tyson fought while still young was Holyfield and he lost both times. In one of those fights he comply self destructed.




In addition to that, he was totally dominated by Buster Douglas. That would have never happened to a young Roy Jones jr.


James Toney-Jones jr was a marqee fight. So you're completely wrong there and about a lot of other things.

[bojangles1987]

Clearly Roy. He was better, beat better fighters, and accomplished more.

[bojangles1987]

RJJ is well ahead of Tyson in any credible ATG ranking.

Tyson was more 'popular', that's it.

Tyson is absurdly overrated. The guy could fight, but the way he's remembered is so far beyond what he actually did in the ring. The hype machine really helped him.

[SplitSecond]

tyson is probabley the most famous boxer ever, and he's barely an atg

[Luilun]

Who had the better overall career and why?

Roy Jones Did he had a good rule Tyson on the other hand could have been the real TBE but he became displace after Cus died by losing to Douglas, Holyfield and other low skilled fighters in ruined his ranking in the best ever category the guy just lost all his skills once Kevin Rooney stop training him