More Skilled Roy or Mike Tyson

[LoadedWraps]

Roy clearly had serious skills back in the day. Just ask his friend former 175 contender Ice John Scully who sparred with him and he would highlight all the areas of Jones skills. Boxers and Boxing insiders know that without a number of exceptional skills, a fighter can't get to the levels Jones did. It takes a combination of things to get to that level.

This.

He just didn't need all of his tools most of the time, and thus relied on his athleticism and explosiveness to get it done and in spectacular fashion. He just wasn't smart enough to figure out once he couldn't move like he used to, that he needed to fight more conservatively and economically. Probably just too proud to keep his hands up and go back to jabbing and controlling the center of the ring instead of still trying to keep his lead hand low and move like he can still slip anything.

Tyson was fundamentally sound and a beautiful boxer in his own right but I'd consider RJJ more skilled, even though when they fight, I'd be surprised if RJJ looks better than Tyson.

[TonyGe]

This.

He just didn't need all of his tools most of the time, and thus relied on his athleticism and explosiveness to get it done and in spectacular fashion. He just wasn't smart enough to figure out once he couldn't move like he used to, that he needed to fight more conservatively and economically. Probably just too proud to keep his hands up and go back to jabbing and controlling the center of the ring instead of still trying to keep his lead hand low and move like he can still slip anything.

Tyson was fundamentally sound and a beautiful boxer in his own right but I'd consider RJJ more skilled, even though when they fight, I'd be surprised if RJJ looks better than Tyson.

Roy is no dummy. I think it was a combination of pride and stubbornness as to why he didn't adjust.

[IronDanHamza]

Obviously Roy Jones was kind of question is this?

[richardt]

But did Jones have more skill than Tyson?

Jones didn’t.

Here is a good video by Teddy Atlas explaining it, Tyson always had better technique than Roy;

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He had different skills. Hard to really compare them for many reasons.