michael spinks beats prime RJJ easy...

[Spray_resistant]

Lou De Valle was very close to it, so yes, someone under 200 pounds could very easily win. No one is ever unbeatable. They just have to face the right person.

because of the flash knockdown you mean? It was due to Roy being careless and underestimating De Valle more than anything I think....he was nowhere near close to a decision in that fight.

[Thread Stealer]

Montell Griffin in the first fight and Eric Harding gave Roy tougher fights than Lou De Valle did.

[BattlingNelson]

Spinks was a monster when he was LHW champ. Arguably the best fighter in the best era of the LHW's. I'd favor him over RJJ for sure.

[Kid McCoy]

Nobody weighing less than 200lb beats a prime Roy Jones.....period.

Unless your name is Montell Griffin?

Take a style just as frustrating as Griffin's, add a much larger frame, a very solid chin and a massive punch in either hand and you have Michael Spinks, a damn difficult fighter to beat at 175. I don't think Spinks would beat Roy easily, but I do think he would win. The scenario I currently favour is a come-from-behind KO for Spinks.

[Chr0nic]

Unless your name is Montell Griffin?

Take a style just as frustrating as Griffin's, add a much larger frame, a very solid chin and a massive punch in either hand and you have Michael Spinks, a damn difficult fighter to beat at 175. I don't think Spinks would beat Roy easily, but I do think he would win. The scenario I currently favour is a come-from-behind KO for Spinks.

micheal spinks fought like montell griffin? riiiight....griffin only gave jones problems because of his size and down low style
micheal spinks did'nt even have a jab, he just threw powershots and he was slow, jones would've picked him apart, and that lanky stature would'nt have helped against a body puncher like jones

[Kid McCoy]

micheal spinks fought like montell griffin? riiiight....griffin only gave jones problems because of his size and down low style
micheal spinks did'nt even have a jab, he just threw powershots and he was slow, jones would've picked him apart, and that lanky stature would'nt have helped against a body puncher like jones

I guess you never saw the Qawi fight then.

I never said he fought like Griffin, I said his style was just as frustrating to fight against.

The other ace for Spinks is he'd have Eddie Futch in his corner. Futch devised the ring strategies for the only two men to beat a near-prime Muhammad Ali (and incidentally was also in Griffin's corner when he beat Jones). It's perfectly possible he'd do the same with Jones, and Spinks had all the attributes to carry it out to the letter.

[Chr0nic]

I guess you never saw the Qawi fight then.

I never said he fought like Griffin, I said his style was just as frustrating to fight against.

The other ace for Spinks is he'd have Eddie Futch in his corner. Futch devised the ring strategies for the only two men to beat a near-prime Muhammad Ali (and incidentally was also in Griffin's corner when he beat Jones). It's perfectly possible he'd do the same with Jones, and Spinks had all the attributes to carry it out to the letter.

he beat jones? jones was dq'd, and was ahead in the scorecards
if you did'nt see the entrance and heard what the commentators had to say which was roy jones said he'd be patient in the fight, which later on proved to be right, jones was going easy on griffin

yea griffin beat jones, and got knocked out in that same fight too, makes sense

[Kid McCoy]

he beat jones? jones was dq'd, and was ahead in the scorecards
if you did'nt see the entrance and heard what the commentators had to say which was roy jones said he'd be patient in the fight, which later on proved to be right, jones was going easy on griffin

yea griffin beat jones, and got knocked out in that same fight too, makes sense

Jones was ahead on two cards and behind on the other. If I remember rightly Larry Merchant and Gil Clancy had Griffin ahead going into the 9th. Either way, it was a close fight, in which Griffin was able to frustrate Jones to the point where he disqualified himself trying to finish him off.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Nobody weighing less than 200lb beats a prime Roy Jones.....period.

One word. Holyfield.

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micheal spinks fought like montell griffin? riiiight....griffin only gave jones problems because of his size and down low style
micheal spinks did'nt even have a jab, he just threw powershots and he was slow, jones would've picked him apart, and that lanky stature would'nt have helped against a body puncher like jones

Spinks had a very effective jab.