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

[Larry the boss]

Roy Jones............

[Kagami Taiga]

Lol @ any I ne who thinks Tyson is greater than Roy. It's not even really arguable.

[clmags12]

RJJ of course had the better career.
( I honestly got annoyed sometimes with his showboating style at times, but still entertaining!)

Mike becoming HW champ at such a young age and the way he did it is nothing to look down on, no doubt. IMO if Mike had proper guidance throughout his entire career , this would be an entirely different conversation.

[Larry the boss]

I am not sure how this is even an argument....Roy won more titles,accomplished more and even had a way better resume

[Larry the boss]

Tyson only lost once in his prime. and he went too prison before he could get a chance too avenge it.

post prison Tyson isn't the same fighter as pre prison Tyson

you know that.

Look i love Tyson..but exactly who did he fight before he went to jail??? all the ATG's he fought was after jail and he not only lost but lost bad!!!!!!!!!!

[Kagami Taiga]

Look i love Tyson..but exactly who did he fight before he went to jail??? all the ATG's he fought was after jail and he not only lost but lost bad!!!!!!!!!!

Not all of them. Holmes and Spinks. But they were both past prime by that time.

[GOD-FR33]

Tyson........

I would say Mike Tyson. The fear a prime Mike put into his opponents was EPIC and the stuff that legend is made of. People loved the KO, man. His story was fascinating to say the least. He was a phenom. His training methods and the fact that he was only like 5'8/5'9. Roy was the fastest fighter I ever seen in a ring. I also think that he was on roids. If you look at his body as he aged, it broke down and changed, physically. He was quite chunky/muscular in his prime and I think it was because he was juicing.

[Dachozen1]

Look i love Tyson..but exactly who did he fight before he went to jail??? all the ATG's he fought was after jail and he not only lost but lost bad!!!!!!!!!!

R.I.P. Lord Infamous!

[Francis M.]

I've got RJJ...... One decade of dominating and actually fought anyone available......

[Dachozen1]

I would say Mike Tyson. The fear a prime Mike put into his opponents was EPIC and the stuff that legend is made of. People loved the KO, man. His story was fascinating to say the least. He was a phenom. His training methods and the fact that he was only like 5'8/5'9. Roy was the fastest fighter I ever seen in a ring. I also think that he was on roids. If you look at his body as he aged, it broke down and changed, physically. He was quite chunky/muscular in his prime and I think it was because he was juicing.

Maybe his body broke down and changed because he's getting close to 50 years old? He already had a muscular build as a 154 lbs junior middleweight to start his career in the olympics.