Quote Originally Posted by lxorl View Post
they both used to be exciting to watch.... but i cant recall ever watching roy fight anyone of substance until hopkins and by then roy was past his time...... felix on the other hand fought some nice battles back in the day. the trinidad vargas fight was still one of hte most exciting fights i have ever seen...... If i was a betting man i would take felix.
That's always been my argument with Jones. He was a GREAT fighter. But he was a paper champion. He fought some PRETTY tough guys, but generally, his tough competitors ended with decisions. All except Virgil Hill and Vinny Pazienza. But Pazaienza was pretty well over the hill at that point anyways. Again, Roy was a great fighter, and did win a controversial decision over Bernard Hopkins, because Hopkins was fighting with a broken hand that no one knew about. When Hopkins was recovered, Roy ducked him and wouldn't give him a rematch. Flat out, Roy ducked Hopkins. So, they went their seperate ways, and Hopkins fought the toughest fighters in his division, while Roy continued to fight mid line guys. Then, when Roy lost his 3 fights to Tarver and Johnson, THEN he wanted a rematch with Hopkins. At that point, WTF did Hopkins have to prove? If he takes the fight, he becomes "Just another guy to knock out an old Roy Jones Jr." So that's where I give the edge to Hopkins and mayweather. Floyd never ducked nobody, nor did Hopkins. And both are the greatest fighters of our generation.
Believe me, I've been a Roy Jones fan since day one. And I loved watching the guy fight. But he's older, slower, and definitely not as strong. In his PRIME, he couldn't KO a top 5 fighter. Now, he sure as hell can't KO Tito.