Is Roy Jones in his prime the best fighter of all time?

[Floyd is TBE]

It is laughable... Mayweather's name doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence as Roy Jones'.

Yes Mayweather is much higher on the ATG rankings

[LockardTheGOAT]

Yes Mayweather is much higher on the ATG rankings

Proof that those rankings were compiled by a bunch of jabronies.

[Floyd is TBE]

Proof that those rankings were compiled by a bunch of jabronies.

No. I was and still am a huge Roy fan. He was fun to watch and I think he's one of those guys that most boxing historians underrate, but at the same time I have to admit he doesn't have the deepest resume of quality wins. Also he ducked a lot of quality opponents at SMW

[lopetego]

He certainly deserves being mentioned. We will never see another Roy Jones In our lifetime.

We ARE seeing another, more technical and skilled Roy Jones in our lifetime

he's called Lomachenko

[Sun_Tzu]

My favorite fighter ever probably, He may not be the Goat but he is in the conversation. His insistance on continuing fighting after he was plainly shot has hurt his legacy. Had he retired after he squeaked out the win over Tarver after he dropped back down from HW there would be little argument. There is no way to nail down who the best ever was truly but Id pick him over almost everyone you can name prime for prime.

[ironmt]

We ARE seeing another, more technical and skilled Roy Jones in our lifetime

he's called Lomachenko

It will be Interesting to see where his career goes. He has some pretty big shoes to fill If he Is going to surpass Roy. He seems to have all of the talent In the world though.

[-DSG-]

We ARE seeing another, more technical and skilled Roy Jones in our lifetime

he's called Lomachenko

He would never lose to a Salido caliber fighter

[darius45]

We ARE seeing another, more technical and skilled Roy Jones in our lifetime

he's called Lomachenko

I like Loma but he's not the same caliber athlete as Roy... he's very technically sound, but he doesn't have the explosive speed of Roy... I don't even think Loma is as athletic as Rigo, honestly.

[Ray Corso]

"Is Roy Jones in his prime the best fighter of all time"?........NO!

Sugar Ray Robinson is TBE, ATG HoF boxer/puncher to date.
Sugar is the best Welter & Middle King in the sports history.
Roy was a good boxer with plenty of athletic ability but did not have the over all skill game that Sugar Ray had.

I would probably have Jones in my top 50 some where based on his athleticism more so than his boxing skills.
Top fifty of all time is pretty high level when you think of all the men who fought as champions and contenders.

Ray

[PRINCEKOOL]

I am not sure whether he was the best fighter of all time, but from a technical perspective he was certainly the most gifted! He was like the Bo-Jackson of boxing in the physical sense, Roy Jones Junior had the ability to do things physically which defied the Laws of Newtonian Physics.