If Roy Jones retired in 2003.

[Zaroku]

Thats crazy 15 years ago was the last time he was effective...ever since then it has been sad..15 damn years!!!

Whe RajJ was effective, dayum was he effective... he was da man, he’d be ballin(basketball) in the morning, and afternoon ko his opponent same day, hours later.. he got ****ed in the olympics... he got old... I’m old... I love that video clip of RJJ in Moscow, watching pretty white wimmin show their skinny azz’s
On camera. Cracked me up....

Peace brother Larry...

[IMDAZED]

The funny thing is that RJJ in his prime was regularly blasted by the boxing media. Not just for his opposition...but because they thought him a boring risk-averse fighter in the ring. Weirdos.

[redmish]

Amazing fighter who earned the right to carry on as long as he wanted. The last 10 or so years don't change my opinion of him at all.

[bambam182]

What if Roy Jones retired after beating Ruiz in 2003? Where would he rank all-time?

-Wins over Hopkins, Toney, Griffin, Hill and Ruiz
-First fighter since Bob Fitzsimmons to win titles from MW to HW
-Only fighter to start career at JMW and win a HW title

pac-tards would claim he wouldnt rank.

[Lomadeaux]

Are you serious?

You do know that muscle doesn’t mean **** in boxing right?

[Tony Mangtana]

The Enzo KO was a dark night for boxing..

[Johnwoo8686]

He is top ten P4P as it stands to me. I mean tell me prime for prime who beats Roy?

Tyson at heavyweight

[Sun_Tzu]

Joe calzaghe

I hope your joking. Roy bounced Joe off the canvas when he was shot to ****. He would have won on knock downs alone in his prime. Joe was a good fighter but he fought Roy and Hop at the right time.

[Sun_Tzu]

Tyson at heavyweight

Lol, Roy wasnt a heavyweight man but Id be willing to give 50/50 odds Roy could stay away from him until he blew his load and win a UD.

[robertzimmerman]

You do know that muscle doesn’t mean **** in boxing right?

What are you talking about?

Roy added mass and dropped body fat to fight Ruiz. He hired Mackie Shilstone, a well respected sports scientist/strategist in order to gain the weight. Mackie has helped literally hundreds of athletes over the last 30 years, including helping Michael Spinks when he moved up to HW to fight Larry Holmes.

Roy didn't walk around at 190 pounds back then, but even if he had've done, he'd have had a different composition to what he had against Ruiz.

Yes, he did have to burn muscle in order to go back down to fight Antonio Tarver at LHW. Burning muscle at an advanced age can have damaging effects on the body. Chris Byrd, Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson also suffered the same fate.