Greater fighter: Roy Jones Jr or Floyd Mayweather?

[Chollo Vista]

Jones went from JMW to Heavy while defeating prime Hopkins, Toney, top 10 Light Heavy of all time in Virgil Hill, mulagni, Johnson, Paz, McCallum, Harding, Sosa, Castro, Vaca, Tarver, Woods, Gonzales, Griffin, Ruiz for the HW title, Lacy, Trinidad, etc....

Maywether went from 130 to 154 while defeating prime Corrales, Hernandez, Gatti, Mosley, DLH, Hatton, Cotto, Pac, Marquez, Canelo, Castillo, Maidana, Ortiz.

Here's where it gets tricky. Prime RJJ was never really contested while prime FMJ has a few asterisks next to his name against Castillo, DLH. Floyd wasnt prime against Maidana.

Secondly, if you're going to include Mosley/Cotto/DLH on Mayweathers resume then you have to include Trinidad/Lacy because all of the aforementioned were past prime.

So what do you say? RJJ went from Junior middle to heavy winning titles and Floyd went from super feather to JMW.

Floyd has more champs and HOF'ers, but Roy has more prime ATGs. It's tricky.

I would also say that Roy was more dominant in his prime since his only close fight was against Griffin in a fight he was en route to stopping Griffin. Floyd arguably lost to Castillo in his prime.

Has Floyd ever unified or been undisputed champ of a division?

Anyway, enough of my take, what you got?

[Chollo Vista]

I didn't include a poll because I want to hear real logic/reasoning from respected posters. Alts don't count here

[Vadrigar.]

Floyd never beat a great fighter in their prime. Roy Jones did (Hopkins, Toney) so I put him above Floyd for that reason. If Floyd fought 2010 Pacquiao I would have him above Roy.

[darius45]

Roy Jones is greater... Not just a greater athlete, but a greater representative of the sport. Roy Jones in his prime like you said, struggled against no one. Floyd is a one in a million athlete, but Roy was is an even rarer specimen. Rigo and Floyd are closer, athletic wise, IMO, then Floyd and Roy. Roy, when he lets his hands go, is something to behold, like a big cat tearing apart kill... Floyd just isn't THAT intense, even in his prime...

Floyd avoided a difficult fight that he would probably would of won against Lara... Roy would never avoid a guy like that

[iamboxing]

RJ was unbeatable in his prime. I think he would have found a way to penetrate Mayweather's shoulder roll. Not only that but he'd just look more classy and have more flair which would sway the judges. I think Mayweather would find it hard to counter and hit RJJ, in his prime he was like a ghost.

That's why I always cringe when someone says Mayweather is the best boxer ever. It's like these ****ers have amnesia. He's not even in my top 10. Boring ****.

[ironmt]

RJ, without a doubt. As mentioned above, Hopkins and Toney were enough to leave Floyd behind.

[Madison Boxing]

mayweather and its not that close... a pretty big difference in resume depth.

[GhostofDempsey]

Did you say that DLH, Pac, Mosley, Hernandez and Canelo were all prime? Marquez and Cotto at their best? The rest are not elites. Floyd never fought an elite fighter in their prime.

When you look at prime Jones toy with opponents and his un,arched speed and reflexes its no contest. Roy was never boring, that is for certain.

[satiev1]

Mayweather's best prime win fighter is a weight drained corrales. His best foe was 2 inches shorter and has about 6 inches less reach in manny and has already been koed.

[satiev1]

did you say that dlh, pac, mosley, hernandez and canelo were all prime? Marquez and cotto at their best? The rest are not elites. floyd never fought an elite fighter in their prime.

when you look at prime jones toy with opponents and his un,arched speed and reflexes its no contest. Roy was never boring, that is for certain.

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