Who had the better overall career? Mike Tyson or Roy Jones Jr. And tell us why

[Dachozen1]

Who had the better overall career and why?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Tyson by a landslide

Tyson made more money and is a far bigger star

[Deevel916]

Tyson!

/thread.

[Jc8804]

Accomplishments are even.

Tyson wins the tie breaker with the amount cash he earned.
but roy jones didnt have don king
robbing him.

Tyson edges it.Most ATG lost especially after prime.
father time gets everyone if you figjt long enough or challenge yourself something we cant say about calzaghe
and floyd.
roy and tyson were cut from an oldschool cloth.
floyd and joe,not so much so


Tyson edges it

[Dachozen1]

Tyson by a landslide

Tyson made more money and is a far bigger star

By this logic, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are the greatest fighters to ever live.

[Dachozen1]

Accomplishments are even.

Tyson wins the tie breaker with the amount cash he earned.
but roy jones didnt have don king
robbing him.

Tyson edges it.Most ATG lost especially after prime.
father time gets everyone if you figjt long enough or challenge yourself something we cant say about calzaghe
and floyd.
roy and tyson were cut from an oldschool cloth.
floyd and joe,not so much so


Tyson edges it

Accomplishments are even? Explain sir.

[LacedUp]

Tyson by a landslide

Tyson made more money and is a far bigger star

Tyson!

/thread.

Obviously Tyson made more money, but Roy Jones was a greater fighter.

First middleweight in 100+ years to win a heavyweight title. Pretty significant if you ask me.

[The Big Dunn]

Tough question. Prime Roy is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. But I'd say Tyson. Dude was the biggest star in the world.

When he lost to buster it was the front page story in every newspaper in every modern nation in the entire world.

[Hype job]

Obviously Tyson made more money, but Roy Jones was a greater fighter.

First middleweight in 100+ years to win a heavyweight title. Pretty significant if you ask me.

But he used steroids.

[stefl14]

What's with the Tyson worship? You find this sort of stuff amongst your average guy on the street who doesn't know **** about boxing but knows Tyson. On a boxing forum, however, I expect better. If we're talking legacy, Roy Jones is the much greater fighter - he wins this hands down. I know you can rip anybody's legacy apart, but ****ing hell the only prime great fighter Tyson beat was a former light heavyweight. We can talk all day about how Tyson wasn't motivated for Douglas etc, but the fact is he lost to him, and if he wasn't motivated or needed Kevin Rooney, that takes away from his greatness as a fighter. Tyson was a one trick pony - had great skills and athleticism but a **** mentality and if plan A didn't work then he didn't win.