Originally posted by richardt
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Would Roy Be The Greatest If He Retired After Beating Ruiz????
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Personally, when it comes to rating P4P all-time, I'm more interested in a fighters peak, than what they do at the back-end of their career. RJJ today doesn't change what RJJ once was.
The greats are all revered because of their prime - why should their post-prime take away from that?
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Originally posted by iamboxing View Postand also Eubank and Benn stuck to the UK and didn't want anything to do with RJJ and Benn....RJJ avoiding someone is the biggest insult going....The guy fought whoever was put before him.. **** this revisionist bull****
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Originally posted by PRINCEKOOL View PostIf he would of defended his Heavyweight title against Lennox Lewis, or Evander Holyfield! and won ether of these fights, he would of possibly gone down as the greatest pound for pound fighter ever!
I doubt Roy Jones would of fought Lennox Lewis and beat him, but i actually think stylistically he would of fancied a fight with Evander Holyfield at that specific point in his career........
That fight would of been a better fight to market, and exciting while it lasted.
In 1998, Evander wasn't interested, as he saw himself being in a no-win position at the time.
In 2003, Evander's attorney, Jim Thomas, met with Don King, and Roy's advisor, Murad Muhammad. But they couldn't reach a compromise on a number of things. One of which was the upside of the PPV, but the main stumbling block being money that was owed to Evander by King from a previous fight. When King wouldn't pay up, Evander was furious and he told Thomas to withdraw from all negotiations. And that's the reason he went on to fight James Toney instead.Last edited by robertzimmerman; 01-03-2017, 07:18 PM.
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Originally posted by robertzimmerman View PostRoy tried to fight Evander twice. Once in 1998, and in after Ruiz in 2003.
In 1998, Evander wasn't interested, as he saw himself being in a no-win position at the time.
In 2003, Evander's attorney, Jim Thomas, met with Don King, and Roy's advisor, Murad Muhammad. But they couldn't reach a compromise on a number of things. One of which was the upside of the PPV, but the main stumbling block being money that was owed to Evander by King from a previous fight. When King wouldn't pay up, Evander was furious and he told Thomas to withdraw from all negotiations. And that's the reason he went on to fight James Toney instead.
I was not aware of those events.
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Originally posted by PRINCEKOOL View PostDecent that....
I was not aware of those events.
As you know, boxing politics prevent a lot of great fights from taking place.
People always list a bunch of guys who Roy missed. But when you do the research, most of them weren't viable for one reason or another.
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