Roy Jones's prime competition... exactly how good was it?

[PATO 1]

rjj fought alot of very good fighters

Toney
Hopkins
Griffin
McCallum
Johnson

then went an beat Ruiz

then came down an beat Tarver

he is a legend

[Guest]

****ing hell, out of 210 replies to this thread (in like 24 hours or whatever), only three or four have actually answered the question..

I know. It's a ****ing joke, isn't it?

[GEOFFHAYES]

rjj fought alot of very good fighters

Toney
Hopkins
Griffin
McCallum
Johnson

then went an beat Ruiz

then came down an beat Tarver

he is a legend

Legend? I don't know about that.

[PATO 1]

so who would you say boxing today ould be considered higher than RJJ

[Guest]

Okay, I've dug through the thread and found SIX replies to the actual question. Nice to see people understanding and responding to the thread itsel, rather than just chidlish name-calling. Remember guys, this is a DISCUSSION forum and I was just asking a simple, civil question. If you want to name call and all the rest of it, you know where the Thunderdome is. It's there for a REASON.


As the six are very close in ratings, I must assume that it's a fair indication of what BS as a whole would think. (Hey, if you think not, you should have answered!)

Here's Roy's prime opponents ranked in chronological order:




Bernard Hopkins - A
Fermin Chirino - D
Danny Garcia - D
Thomas Tate - B-
James Toney - A
Antoine Byrd - C+
Vinny Pazienza - B
Tony Thornton - C+
Merqui Sosa - B
Eric Lucas - C
Bryant Brannon - C
Mike McCallum - B
Montell Griffin - B+
Virgil Hill - B+
Lou Del Valle - C+
Otis Grant - C+
Richard Frazier - D
Reggie Johnson - B
David Telesco - D+
Richard Hall - D+
Eric Harding - B
Derrick Harmon - D+
Julio Gonzalez - B-
Glen Kelly - D-
Clinton Woods - B
John Ruiz - B-

[Guest]

... and in ranking:


A-grade opponents:
Bernard Hopkins
James Toney

B-Grade opponents:
Montell Griffin (B+)
Virgil Hill (B+)
Vinny Pazienza
Merqui Sosa
Mike McCallum
Reggie Johnson
Clinton Woods
Eric Harding
Thomas Tate (B-)
Julio Gonzalez (B-)
John Ruiz (B-)

C-Grade Opponents:
Antoine Byrd (C+)
Tony Thornton (C+)
Lou Del Valle (C+)
Otis Grant (C+)
Eric Lucas
Bryant Brannon

D-Grade opponents:
David Telesco (D+)
Richard Hall (D+)
Derrick Harmon (D+)
Fermin Chirino
Danny Garcia
Richard Frazier
Glen Kelly (D-)


Is Glen Kelly really Roy's worst opponent?

[GEOFFHAYES]

How anybody can rank Woods, Gonzalez, Tate, Sosa and Ruiz above even a washed-up Thornton is beyond me.. and to rank Byrd, Del Valle and Otis Grant alongside Thornton? Sorry.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Thornton was legit, made Jones look bad until his shoulder went. And this was a 35-year-old Thornton.