Let me give you an idea on how great Roy Jones Jr really was

[BattlingNelson]

Well what are we defining as top ranked?

Top 5? Top 10?

If we are talking top 5 then he beat;

Virgil Hill - #1
Montel Griffin - #3
Antonio Tarver - #1
John Ruiz - #5
Reggie Johnson - #3
Merqui Sosa - #5
Vinny Pazienza - #5

If we are talking Top 10 then he beat;

Eric Harding - #7
Clinton Woods - #9
Lou Del Valle - #6
David Telesco - #9
Mike McCallum - #6

So either way he beat quite a few top ranked guys after Toney.

Top as in the ring top 3.

[Metho_4u]

Omg! Did OP say he would beat the great golovkin!!!!!!? Biganalshow is steaming somewhere right now, burning up his keyboard and biting his autographed used golovkin jockstrap.

[IronDanHamza]

Top as in the ring top 3.

Well 4 then.

7 top 5.

[juggernaut666]

Stick him in any weight class, and prime for prime Roy Jones Jr beats any boxer in history head to head

Butter Bean > Roy Jones !

[Combat Talk Radio]

That's why the Tarver KO was so shocking.

It was like seeing Superman get shot down.

People just weren't ready to see that happen.

I can only point at Floyd Sr.

http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-roy-jones-glass-chinned-bum--9411

Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. also put the blast on Jones.
"He is glass-chinned bum who will get starched by my Tyger in six rounds," Mayweather said.

Too bad Tyger was the one that got starched.

Meanwhile, over on YouTube...

[Boxing Goat]

Which ones? Calzaghe?

I'm not doing your homework for you. Go look it up. This is the internet. Even Hopkins avoided a rematch with Jones until he was shot.

[Boxing Goat]

I don't know about Boxrec but type in "top 10 Light Heavyweights of all time" in google and you can bet your last penny that Ezzard Charles will be #1 in most of those lists at very worst top 3.

He is universally considered to be the GOAT at that weight class. Like I said look it up.

He didn't win the title because of politics. His resume at LHW is FAR FAR FAR better than his resume at HW.

Fail. Joe Louis trumps any win he ever had or could have had. Are you paying attention to what you're saying? How can you rank him no.1 all time at lhw without a world title? That automatically means he didn't beat the best in the division. I'll agree to disagree again and leave it at that. Cheers.

[Boxing Goat]

So "out-of-prime" Ezzard loses to 1 guy with 22 losses...Charles = auto-bum.

RJJ has been KTFO several times and lost decisively to flat out bad fighters over the last DECADE = GOAT.

This. Fucking. Guy.

Do research. He lost that fight in his prime genius.

[ceilingcat]

RJJ has set the bar & no one of late ,including Rigo,Lomo definetly Floyd have even approached it.
IMO "WAS" Sugar Ray Robinson" better than Roy...I can't see how. Roy had blistering speed, Accuracy & fair power...ATG at its best!

[Boxing Goat]

So "out-of-prime" Ezzard loses to 1 guy with 22 losses...Charles = auto-bum.

RJJ has been KTFO several times and lost decisively to flat out bad fighters over the last DECADE = GOAT.

This. Fucking. Guy.

Oh and he had been knocked out over twice as much as Roy Jones.

Cheers!