What was Roy Jones, Jr.'s Best Win?

[Tatabanya]

Toney was a great win but my favorite was the Griffin rematch.

You just preceded me on this, and I concur. He was NASTY that time, and Griffin was an awkward fighter. That was definitely Jones Jr at his very best. Total annihilation.

[Tatabanya]

Toney absolutely would have been a force at HW. His hands were still fast, and his punches sharp, he had an insane gas tank, possibly the best chin of all time, and he had some pop. Not much power at HW, but he had pop, and he was a sharp puncher. He would have stood flat footed, fat as hell, right in front of almost every HW at the time and boxed their ears off.

Between you and me, I totally agree (except the "fat as hell" bit; he could have been a force only if he had eaten and trained properly, which he didn't want to do).

However, when Iron Dan is around we're not allowed to fantasize. So stop now!

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I’ts James Toney by a mile

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

You just preceded me on this, and I concur. He was NASTY that time, and Griffin was an awkward fighter. That was definitely Jones Jr at his very best. Total annihilation.

Yeah that was a dominant performance, he was landing those big left hooks from the opening bell, my favourite performance will always be the Richard Hall fight though, he was unreal that night against albeit limited opposition

[IronDanHamza]

Toney was for sure his best win, Toney was a monster at that time. James Toney is my favorite fighter, but I don't take anything away from Roy for Toney being drained, part of being a professional is making weight properly.





Toney absolutely would have been a force at HW. His hands were still fast, and his punches sharp, he had an insane gas tank, possibly the best chin of all time, and he had some pop. Not much power at HW, but he had pop, and he was a sharp puncher. He would have stood flat footed, fat as hell, right in front of almost every HW at the time and boxed their ears off.

He absolulety would have been a force despite the fact he lost to Peter twice and has zero good wins at the weight.

James Toney fantasy land is great

[soul_survivor]

Depends on what you mean? Best opponent, best performance or best achievement win?

Jones doesnt score high in any of those categories but Ill list them anyway

Best opponent (at the time of match up) was Toney

Best performance was the annihilation of Griffin, the first and only time Jones disposed of a certain type of opponent the way other greats would

Best achievement imo was not the HW title but coming back and beating a very game, very good, prime Tarver for the top LHW spot.

[HarvardBlue]

James Toney. It was a mega fight without the "mega."

[j.razor]

Bernard Hopkins

I agree & that was a close fight!

[j.razor]

Winning the Heavyweight title is a great win. The actual opponent not so much.

Good comment.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Between you and me, I totally agree (except the "fat as hell" bit; he could have been a force only if he had eaten and trained properly, which he didn't want to do).

However, when Iron Dan is around we're not allowed to fantasize. So stop now!

I hear Toney used to drink Coke between rounds in the gym. Dude just loved his eats, sweets and treats. If he would have had RJJ's discipline, who knows how far he would have gone?