Would Roy Jones be succesful as a Heavyweight?

[DiegoFuego]

Name one heavyweight in the top 10 Roy stands a chance against.

[AP6]

there's no way he could take heavyweight punches (now)

[suberstar_zx6R]

Name one heavyweight in the top 10 Roy stands a chance against.

if i had to pick 1 it would be byrd. it would be a battle of speed i dont think either one of these guys comits to there punches or has the power to KO the other. so if i had to pick based on speed id pick roy to win by UD.

[DiegoFuego]

Apparently never could. He could take a middleweight punch just fine as he ate some right hands from Hopkins in 93. But Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight...if he got hit, it's OVER

[Derranged]

He might stand a chance against Byrd, Toney,Barret,(already beat Ruiz) and Golota. These are all either small HW's and/or not natural HW's (except for Golota,who is just a screwup and would get KO'd) but guys like Vitali, Lewis, Wlad, Rahman, Sanders, Peter and Brewster just hit way too hard and are way too strong for Jones. And Tarver for that matter.

[Kimmy]

Before the 2nd Tarver fight? Hell yeah. Now his confidence is all ****ed up.

There is some truth in this....

[KYTFO]

your crazy to think he wouldve lasted two more fights without getting ktfo. he was never truley hit in his prime or while he was fighting bums. around the time he met tarver he got lazy and had no movement. i always said to myself. if someone could catch him on the ropes . they could have a chance in catching him. i definitely thought that after the de valle fight. he got the perfect fighter to face in the heavyweight division in ruiz for a title. ruiz cant really take a big punch or deliver a big punch. ever since he ktfo by tua by being a counter puncher. he became a counter hugger. i think ruiz was born to make jones and toney. become only the second and third former middle weight champs to become heavyweight champs