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His run from '94 - '03 when he defeated Ruiz for a piece of the heavyweight titles was the greatest 10 year run of any fighter in history. He won more fights than he lost rounds.
How "God Like" Dominant RJ was from '94 - '03 during his Reign as the P4P King of Boxing' Here are some the great champion fighters who were in there prime more or less Who had there most epic fights greatest wins During the Roy Jones Era When he Ruled Over them like ZEUS over the Gods of Olympus in the P4P rankings. I listed them by weight class to keep it honest. Evander Holyfield Lennox Lewis James Toney Bernard Hopkins Felix Trinidad Oscar De La Hoya Shane Mosley Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao Marco Antonio Barrera Naseem Hahmad Eric Morales Johny Tapia Mark Johnson Ricardo Lopez Just to name a few……….insane!
Indeed. When he lost to Tarver. Tarver talked shit. I'm like the Jones you beat. Was a shell of him during his prime. Clown running his mouth. In Jones peak. He demolishes that clown.
He was no Myth. He was For Real. At his prime - he was invincible. Hand-speed, combinations, footwork, ring generalship, ring IQ, KO power. He had it all. And we were blessed to see his performances. Cause there will never be another boxer quite like Roy
Roy Jones in his prime had a aura where each fight was anticipated as an execution, and the final outcome inevitable. Moving from middleweight to heavyweight is not a easy task. He was dominant, fast and had other worldly reflexes. He was completely in control of his unique gifts and used them intelligently and strategically. Roy Jones is right up there with the top tier all time greats. As always these are my personal home-recordings, so if you enjoyed the video leave a like and subscribe for more rare quality footages and coverages on legends of the greatest sport on earth.👊
Yeah 100% every fight was an event. He was a true fighter and showman. If he woulda fought his career like mayweather jr he coulda gone undefeated too but he loves to box to much almost to a fault. He's the best fighter I've ever seen live by far
If yer gonna talk about Roys gifts you have to be talking about him as a boy, when he started. Other than that what we are looking at is what he earned, the talents he acquired throughout the years upon years of amateur sparring & competition where he acquired his many talents & developed the all time great skills we know him for. Saying Roy had "Natural Gifts" n that was the secret of his success is almost as ignorant as a fool who once tried to tell me Marvin Hagler was successful because he had long arms. Gifts, physical attributes & appitide for the sport might win you a regional novice title in the amateurs if you are very lucky. Beyond that you are looking at the product that blood, sweat & tears, manical dedication & hard work produced. Roy, like prime Ali & Robinson made it look easy but make no mistake, it was a demonic work ethic, psychotic devotion & iron will that got them to the top, & kept them there.
Mayweather has fought for less titles & has won less titles than Roy Jones, no matter what his padded stage managed record says. Im talking WBA/C/O, IBF, Ring Magazine & or lineal Titles only. Also one of Mayweathers fights was for two WBC titles in different weights so you cant really count that in your tally seeing as it was the rematch with Maidana who had never fought for or held a title in the weight class Mayweather was "Defending". If you ignore the DQ in Roys record his "Unbeaten" run is more impressive than Mayweathers & he never made anyone fall asleep while watching him !
@@SPIDERM0OSE yeah I know but I dont put much weight behind all these alphabet belts. When you can have 5 lightweight champions with 2 of them holding the exact same belt it kinda ruins the prestige of championships. Even though we who got to watch Jones Jr and Mayweather's career know, what most people are going to judge them off of in the future is there records. No matter how boring Mayweather's fights were, especially as his career progressed , his undefeated record is impressive and is why he WILL be considered one of the greatest to ever do it. No matter how much you, me, or anyone else dislike him. REAL SERIOUS BOXING FANS WILL KNOW THE TRUTH but that's a very small percentage of people that claim to love boxing.
G.O.A.T In My opinion, I have been an avid boxing fan since 79...and watched countless of boxers from before 79... Roy Jones was THE most physically gifted fighter that I have ever seen. I used to think that he wasn't so much a great fighter but more a physical phenom that could get away with the implausible...But watching him in his prime...He fought exactly like he should have. He is one of the greatest fighters of all time
Respect to Vinny for the heart, grit & determination in the ring againt Roy but most importantly the class and dignity he showed after a loss was even better and showed how much of a man he is. Roy is an otherwordly talent in his prime
I think his win over Ruiz should have been the exclamation mark on the end of his career. imagine if he retired after that fight, 50-0 (excluding the bullshi* DQ)
@@Lonelysportofboxing different times and different boxing schools. of course, jones would have beaten robinson, if only because the modern boxing school is much more effective, not to mention the rest of the boxing skills. robinson is the second highest in my ranking of boxers after jones.
I’m going to be honest I’m subscribed to a lot of boxing channels, but this one is by far my favorite. The combination of the silky smooth voice, perfect use of puns, and the on time references make your videos a joy to watch.
Beautiful video. I liked how you stopped at the end of his prime without including his wins against Tarver and Ruiz. Those were impressive wins, but what you showed here is why Roy Jones will always be the best ever for some people.
If I have ever seen a perfect boxer then it surely is Roy Jones Jr. You could tell how fundermentaly sound his skills were just by watching him work. This dude most of the time knocked out his opponents while looking away from them like he could close his eyes and know where they were exactly.
"His hands move like electrons of light, finally grounding themselves in the jaws of his opponent"....... Please give the voiceover guy and the script writer a fantastic raise for this piece of sheer poetry.......
By far one of my all time favorite fighters. He was exciting to watch and had a great career. Happy for Roy and he’s even a good announcer. Great video :)
Roy vs Lights Out Toney may have been the most natural talent ever matched up in a boxing ring. Superhuman speed and reflexes against superhuman reflexes, defensive instincts and movement. And they both had stopping power in both hands. Result: Speed Kills...
You make these videos? Let me tell you as the biggest boxing historian I know that it is a pleasure to find channels like this. It's rare to find good boxing documentaries not motivated by a specific agenda. Great video, earned my sub!
He was the real deal. He was a warrior. He kept challenging himself in ways that he wanted to. That translated into his wins and losses. It is what it is.✌🏾
PPL can look at records all they want to myself on the other hand looks at Prime dominance & this man was arguably the most skilled & dominant boxer of all time in his prime regardless of weight class
@@sweetpeapernell6657 at least 15 of Floyds fights were judged off of favoritism Roy CLEARLY won every fight in his prime & his prime was everything under heavyweight
By far the best documentary I’ve seen on Roy. People really don’t understand how awesome he was before he jumped to heavyweight. He was unexplainable honestly, just have to see it
I grew up watching from the 80’s to now, and although in life, I haven’t had the good fortune to experience a lot of things. But, I’ve watched the best 3-4 decades of boxing In arguably all time. From sugar ray, hearns, Duran, Hagler, to Tyson, (Mike, millennials), Holyfield, Foreman, Morrison, Lewis, Roy Jones Jr. To the crazy ukraines, and into Wilder, Fury, usyk, lamenchinko. Man. Have I been blessed with watching the sweet science. I’ve been spoiled rotten with the greatest of boxers in a lifetime. Too many to name. 🤷♂️🥊🥊🥊
You are in the same conversation as Ali, Mayweather, sugar Ray.... All of the greats. You kept fighting past your prime because you loved the game. That doesn't take away from your greatness. Shit kills me when people bring that up and take away from what you were to this sport. No boxer was as dominant, and talented. Every fight was exciting because you made it that way. P Cola in tha house! I work with Jamal btw.
Best opponents according to Jones: Best Defense: James Toney Hardest Puncher: Merqui Sosa Fastest Hands: Vinny Pazienza Smartest: Bernard Hopkins Best Chin: Jorge Castro Best Jab: Virgil Hill Best Footwork: Rollin Williams Best Boxing Skills: Mike McCallum
Roy's only problem was he stayed on the job to long for everybody to remember him like the warrior he was.Dream match's Roy vs both Sugar Rays in there primes. I'll take Roy
i take Hagler againts SRR and Roy because people forget that hagler is also elite technician boxer with greatest chin in boxing history and he hasa cardio for 30 rounds. I don't see Roy or SRR winning
I'm 39 and from pensacola for me RJJ was my Ali....Just the nostalgia of hearing Bruce B. "Hailing from Pennnnsacola Florida RRRRrrroy JOOOones JR." He was and is an awesome local sports hero. Emmitt Smith is from Pensacola as well and doesn't get the love RJJ different folks. Roy and his father were good people got his animal feed same place my paw-paw did. Pcoal loves him
"Punished like Prometheus for bringing the fire!" God damn that is such a gangster line! Such high quality videos, Writing, narrating, editing EVERYTHING! How do you do it?
I never saw the greatest fights live. I always watched new fighters I watched with an apprehension. Is this the real deal? Like Ali? Foreman? Tyson? Barrera? Morales? Tommy Hearns? First fight I saw of RJJ - I was grinning ear to ear. This here is a god! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! A joy to watch!
This is why Calzaghe avoided this man at his best. He and his team knew he would get demolished easily! Glen Johnson, and Tarver before coming down from heavyweight would have gotten the same. And whomever else he lost to. This brother's hand speed was second to none. Athletic! A phenomenon!!! Most of all his skillset and IQ were his greatest attributes. A living legend! Roy Jones Jr🥊✊🏿💪🏿💯
lol is that what they told you ... Roy Jones fought zero times in his prime outside the States .. he admitted himself in an interview he wouldn't fight Eubank because it was a hard fight and there was no money in it. Steve Collins wrote a book about chasing Jones across America and still resents him to this day for not fighting. The list of fighters he missed is endless he was basically a North American champion. Everyone wanted to fight him apparently he was the money man from collins book. A faded and aged Calzaghe (his hands were shot) beat a faded Roy Jones (about the same age) in his back garden the US at least he traveled at the end of his career. Maybe Roy was just the best maybe he could have beaten everyone but there is a long list that wasn't given a chance. I was a casual boxing fan about the time of Roy Jones, no youtube so with millions of others .. never heard of him .. true story .. then is when boxing started to die. Sure all the hardcores knew him but still sad I never follow golf but I know who Tiger Woods is, does Woods only play in the US against a subset of golfers? Everyone has heard of Mike Tyson he'd go into you're back garden and kick your ass but by Jones's time America only as everyone else in the world would be beaten so no point actually proving it apparently only in boxing would this happen. Believe what you want I don't care but he could have made the rest of us care .. Calazaghe was a really good fighter and Jones would never fight him earlier as it was a tough fight with no money in it :-(
As the other guy in the comment above said, Roy Jones JR was a good fighter, in my personal opinion he was the best and maybe in his prime, he might have beaten Joe Calzaghe, but we'll never know because it was definitely Roy that avoided Joe until Joe went to the States. Now personally i believe that Roy would have won had they fought earlier, but i also think that Roy was a bigger coward overall as a person. Especially in his early career, later on he was more gritty and willing to get dirty, but in his younger days, i felt he was a bit of a poser, the light heavyweight version of Prince Naseem.
@@Chris-ty7fw You wrote an entire dissertation just to be wrong. After the Olympic robbery, how is it unreasonable for the guy to not trust international sanctioning bodies? If he fought any other fighters outside of the U.S. then elected NOT to fight Eubank, you’d have a point. But that decision was made prior to turning pro. Next, it’s perfectly fine to have a favorite fighter, support him, and believe whatever narrative props your guy up. That’s totally within your rights. Everyone’s entitled his own opinion… No ones entitled to his own facts. The fact that you have to try to diminish one guy’s ability to elevate another’s is very telling. It’s a sign of wishful thinking. Your entire argument is laughable 😂😂😂
Myth: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. For everyone crying about the word ‘myth’
It’s the ‘without a determinable basis of fact’ that makes even this definition of myth unsuitable for Roy’s story. Aside from the associations with Demi-gods and supernatural beings, a myth is basically something that never really happened. I think Roy’s opponents know that he was real. And if we’re going to talking about words and language, to say that people who think ‘myth’ is the wrong choice of word are ‘crying’ is moronic.
Wikipedia: “Since the term myth is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrative as a myth can be highly controversial” “Myths are sometimes distinguished from legends in that myths usually have no historical basis”
This is my favorite fighter hands down, also i got goosebumps by 2 minutes in. Well done. This is my favorite boxing channel for a reason, i expected no less.
Roy was like Ali. Athletically they were so superior to everyone they faced that they could just do things other fighters couldn't do and couldn't deal with.
Toney done little or nothing to him. His first fight with Tarver was his toughest, that he didnt lose. Lou De Valle scored a great knock down against him in their fight but Toney was a comfortable nights work for him.
@@SPIDERM0OSE More reason to have him in it. Roy dominated but Tony was the best boxer he faced. That was the time he was untouchable. But Roy even said himself he was the best boxer he has ever faced.
@@allenwaldon7914 Technically he may have been the best, the fighter with the best performances vs 1 or 2 high level fighters like Michael Nunn at that time. But even as a 2 weight champ Toney was unconvincing. Reggie Johnson took him to a disputed decision just before or just after he beat Nunn & even in the Nunn fight he was getting a boxing lesson until he landed that hook in the 11th. By the time Jones fought him it would be a toss of tye coin as to who was the better Roy Jones opponent, Hopkins or Toney ? Roy made em both look pedestrian. Both went on to do great things after losing to Roy. After Toney, Roy went the distence with a faded McCallum who had 3 close disputed fights with Toney, so now thats 4 fighters all at least as good as Toney was at the time Roy fought em. All multi weight World Champs, all slick crafty boxers, all went the distance with prime Roy Jones n all were comfortably outclassed. His biggest win was vs Ruiz. His toughest fight, if it wasn't Ruiz it was vs Tarver 1. Roy can say watever he likes about who he likes but the James Toney he fought wasn't the James Toney the myth n legend he is today, he was actually quite ordinary compared to the top fighters of his era & region.
At the height of Roy’s powers no one was better. He made great fighters look pedestrian (ie: Toney & Hopkins) & made other great fighters duck him into retirement (ie: Nigel Benn). Roy was special 🥊🥊🥊
Bullshit, Jones, by his own admission, was prevented from fighting in the UK by his promoter. He never fought Benn, Collins or Eubank. All Brits, all world champions. He also never fought Gerald McClelland. I'm fucked if I know how anyone can call him the goat when he didn't even fight the best in his division.
@@Ozvideo1959 Gerald Mac was his best friend so they weren’t going to fight. These other guys wanted no smoke with Roy. He called em out & they made excuses. In fact Eubanks Collins & Roy we’re on skybox round table & Eubanks admitted he wanted no parts of RJ. Collins made a ton of excuses to why he couldn’t fight Roy. In the case of Benn Roy said he was going to avenge Gerald Macs loss & punish Benn & Benn ran into retirement. Stop cappin!
@@xman333 Collins chased a fight with RJJ for years. The sticking point was where it was going to be held. Roy's promoters weren't keen on him fighting abroad and Collins had already lived and fought in America and couldn't get big fights, so he returned to the UK. And BTW, I've seen that roundtable with all the Super-Middleweights and although Eubanks now says fighting Jones would have been suicide, I don't believe that for a second. He didn't fear anyone. Eubanks was just being gracious with that comment.
@@xman333 Jones only ever fought within the US. And he didn't fight any of the Brits even though they had titles in the same division. He was lucky to get the decision against Tarver in their first fight and got KTFO in their second fight. It really astounds me that people are always banging on about he was so great. He didn't even fight the best in his weight class. He didn't fight outside the US. He was a protected fighter. I noticed you ommitted the part of that roundtable where RJJ said his promoters wouldn't let him go to Europe.
Please do joe frazier 🙏 I would love to see something similar to the sugar ray video, where most of the focus is on the "mere mortals" he faced Great video as always, Roy oozed perfection for tons of fights
Probably the best athlete to ever box. If he hadn't grown up with a brutal taskmaster of a father who made him drill boxing endlessly and could pursue his passion of basketball I think he could have made it to the NBA. Even at his height, a la Allen Iverson. Dude was ridiculously gifted.
Jr. Is one of my favorite fighter of all time that I grew up watching I always wanted to see Jr. fight Gerald McClellan, Julian Jackson, Nigel Benn. Never happen they would say Jr ducked em.
100 thumbs up for this video. There’s never been no one like RJJ. The sad ending, though, is him trying to keep it up into his 50’s and getting knocked out cold a few times. He WAS the best though…
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His run from '94 - '03 when he defeated Ruiz for a piece of the heavyweight titles was the greatest 10 year run of any fighter in history. He won more fights than he lost rounds.
Think about that..he rarely lost rounds
How "God Like" Dominant RJ was from '94 - '03 during his Reign as the P4P King of Boxing'
Here are some the great champion fighters who were in there prime more or less
Who had there most epic fights greatest wins During the Roy Jones Era
When he Ruled Over them like ZEUS over the Gods of Olympus in the P4P rankings.
I listed them by weight class to keep it honest.
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
James Toney
Bernard Hopkins
Felix Trinidad
Oscar De La Hoya
Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Marco Antonio Barrera
Naseem Hahmad
Eric Morales
Johny Tapia
Mark Johnson
Ricardo Lopez
Just to name a few……….insane!
Facts.
@@WZ912 well said
Indeed. When he lost to Tarver. Tarver talked shit. I'm like the Jones you beat. Was a shell of him during his prime. Clown running his mouth. In Jones peak. He demolishes that clown.
He was no Myth.
He was For Real.
At his prime - he was invincible. Hand-speed, combinations, footwork, ring generalship, ring IQ, KO power. He had it all.
And we were blessed to see his performances. Cause there will never be another boxer quite like Roy
Likely the best fighter of all time (so far) in his prime.
@@signkutter9218, yes.
He would destroy today's middleweight classes
@@ComaToast1 Have to agree...I am a fan of Saul Alvarez's style and accomplishments...but i think he would get picked apart by Jones in his prime
At the time, I thought Prince naz was very similar in arrogance speed n skills lol
Legend has it that Zeus often claimed he was almost as good as Roy Jones.
After that, the gods accepted him as their king.
I love that he’s was the shit
😂😂👏🏻
Roy Jones in his prime had a aura where each fight was anticipated as an execution, and the final outcome inevitable. Moving from middleweight to heavyweight is not a easy task. He was dominant, fast and had other worldly reflexes. He was completely in control of his unique gifts and used them intelligently and strategically. Roy Jones is right up there with the top tier all time greats. As always these are my personal home-recordings, so if you enjoyed the video leave a like and subscribe for more rare quality footages and coverages on legends of the greatest sport on earth.👊
Yeah 100% every fight was an event. He was a true fighter and showman. If he woulda fought his career like mayweather jr he coulda gone undefeated too but he loves to box to much almost to a fault. He's the best fighter I've ever seen live by far
Roy still one of my faves. Great videos, I love these reminders of why I grew to love watching boxing.
If yer gonna talk about Roys gifts you have to be talking about him as a boy, when he started.
Other than that what we are looking at is what he earned, the talents he acquired throughout the years upon years of amateur sparring & competition where he acquired his many talents & developed the all time great skills we know him for.
Saying Roy had "Natural Gifts" n that was the secret of his success is almost as ignorant as a fool who once tried to tell me Marvin Hagler was successful because he had long arms.
Gifts, physical attributes & appitide for the sport might win you a regional novice title in the amateurs if you are very lucky.
Beyond that you are looking at the product that blood, sweat & tears, manical dedication & hard work produced.
Roy, like prime Ali & Robinson made it look easy but make no mistake, it was a demonic work ethic, psychotic devotion & iron will that got them to the top, & kept them there.
Mayweather has fought for less titles & has won less titles than Roy Jones, no matter what his padded stage managed record says.
Im talking WBA/C/O, IBF, Ring Magazine & or lineal Titles only.
Also one of Mayweathers fights was for two WBC titles in different weights so you cant really count that in your tally seeing as it was the rematch with Maidana who had never fought for or held a title in the weight class Mayweather was "Defending".
If you ignore the DQ in Roys record his "Unbeaten" run is more impressive than Mayweathers & he never made anyone fall asleep while watching him !
@@SPIDERM0OSE yeah I know but I dont put much weight behind all these alphabet belts. When you can have 5 lightweight champions with 2 of them holding the exact same belt it kinda ruins the prestige of championships. Even though we who got to watch Jones Jr and Mayweather's career know, what most people are going to judge them off of in the future is there records. No matter how boring Mayweather's fights were, especially as his career progressed , his undefeated record is impressive and is why he WILL be considered one of the greatest to ever do it. No matter how much you, me, or anyone else dislike him. REAL SERIOUS BOXING FANS WILL KNOW THE TRUTH but that's a very small percentage of people that claim to love boxing.
“He took that man’s side like a friend in an argument” I love this channel man
Narrator: he took that man's side like a friend in a argument 🔥🔥🔥#Bars
Shout out to Brizz Rawstein's machete.
@@comewatchfights9112 Shit like that 😎👍🏾💯
@@qward2174 don demarco 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ smmmmmdddddaaaaack 😭😭😭
Lmao 🤣
G.O.A.T In My opinion, I have been an avid boxing fan since 79...and watched countless of boxers from before 79... Roy Jones was THE most physically gifted fighter that I have ever seen. I used to think that he wasn't so much a great fighter but more a physical phenom that could get away with the implausible...But watching him in his prime...He fought exactly like he should have. He is one of the greatest fighters of all time
it's certainly hard to say otherwise watching him like this
Greatest prime like ever
Respect to Vinny for the heart, grit & determination in the ring againt Roy but most importantly the class and dignity he showed after a loss was even better and showed how much of a man he is. Roy is an otherwordly talent in his prime
Vinny had no business being in the ring with RJ............too many "ROCKY" movies..
in his prime barely lost a round let alone a fight. without doubt a alltime great
Roy was more of an artist than an athlete and his craft transcended the sport.
Yes sir brother and he only used one color. Red gladiator through and through
I liked how he incorporated Roy's lyrics into the video
Michael Buffer saying Roy Joooooones Jr still gives me chills.
I wish he woulda never moved up to take Ruiz's HW title. I think that shortened his dominance by gaining all that muscle then trying to go back down
I think his win over Ruiz should have been the exclamation mark on the end of his career. imagine if he retired after that fight, 50-0 (excluding the bullshi* DQ)
Ashton Barratt yeah I agree
@@legolas10314 facts
@@legolas10314 he loved tha game to much
He was too scared to fight the real champions at 175 and 168 so he moved up to fight fat boy Ruiz for the easilest title.
If there is ever a masterpiece in the art of boxing. It's Roy Jones Jr.
Sugar Ray Robinson you mean. And I don’t wanna hear shit!
@@Lonelysportofboxing different times and different boxing schools. of course, jones would have beaten robinson, if only because the modern boxing school is much more effective, not to mention the rest of the boxing skills. robinson is the second highest in my ranking of boxers after jones.
Salvador Sanchez 🇲🇽 Roy Jones Jr said he was best
Offensively
Not really the dude was just fast not that skilled at all honestly I'm not even tryna hate just being honest
He was no Myth.
He is a LEGEND.
untouchable for 15 years.
I’m going to be honest I’m subscribed to a lot of boxing channels, but this one is by far my favorite. The combination of the silky smooth voice, perfect use of puns, and the on time references make your videos a joy to watch.
Beautiful video. I liked how you stopped at the end of his prime without including his wins against Tarver and Ruiz. Those were impressive wins, but what you showed here is why Roy Jones will always be the best ever for some people.
If I have ever seen a perfect boxer then it surely is Roy Jones Jr. You could tell how fundermentaly sound his skills were just by watching him work. This dude most of the time knocked out his opponents while looking away from them like he could close his eyes and know where they were exactly.
Everything comes so elegantly from his body and his body was always in the right place, on the right foot, at the right angle. Beautiful to watch
The power and confidence to leap into every shot. Legendary!!
"His hands move like electrons of light, finally grounding themselves in the jaws of his opponent"....... Please give the voiceover guy and the script writer a fantastic raise for this piece of sheer poetry.......
Roy was no myth. That man was a once in a life time talent.
This intro was soooo goated!! “He cant be moved, rocked or shook”
By far one of my all time favorite fighters. He was exciting to watch and had a great career. Happy for Roy and he’s even a good announcer. Great video :)
Roy vs Lights Out Toney may have been the most natural talent ever matched up in a boxing ring. Superhuman speed and reflexes against superhuman reflexes, defensive instincts and movement. And they both had stopping power in both hands. Result: Speed Kills...
YEP! Shame Toney was dead at the weight.
You make these videos? Let me tell you as the biggest boxing historian I know that it is a pleasure to find channels like this. It's rare to find good boxing documentaries not motivated by a specific agenda. Great video, earned my sub!
rich the fight historian does good shit too
@@FR4NKY666 Literally came here to say this, also BLTV Extra and BLTV
Rummy's Corner is superb.
He was the real deal. He was a warrior. He kept challenging himself in ways that he wanted to. That translated into his wins and losses. It is what it is.✌🏾
So we not gone talk about how Roy had that man so dizzy dude tried to fight the ref? 😂😂 9:50
Dammit give this creator a award for these thumbnails. The video was awesome as well. Well done!!
PPL can look at records all they want to myself on the other hand looks at Prime dominance & this man was arguably the most skilled & dominant boxer of all time in his prime regardless of weight class
@@timzulf u donr know fk all about boxing
@@timzulf Prime Roy would beat you r favourite fighter with finesse
@@timzulf matter of fact name ur favourite fighter with better skills then Roy then
When was Floyd Mayweather Jrs prime? All 50 Look Doninate. Way better then Roy Jones career
@@sweetpeapernell6657 at least 15 of Floyds fights were judged off of favoritism Roy CLEARLY won every fight in his prime & his prime was everything under heavyweight
By far the best documentary I’ve seen on Roy. People really don’t understand how awesome he was before he jumped to heavyweight. He was unexplainable honestly, just have to see it
Roy Jones reminds me of a saying I heard in coaching:
The Strong control the Weak.
The Smart control the Strong.
BUT NO ONE CONTROLS SPEED.
I grew up watching from the 80’s to now, and although in life, I haven’t had the good fortune to experience a lot of things. But, I’ve watched the best 3-4 decades of boxing In arguably all time. From sugar ray, hearns, Duran, Hagler, to Tyson, (Mike, millennials), Holyfield, Foreman, Morrison, Lewis, Roy Jones Jr. To the crazy ukraines, and into Wilder, Fury, usyk, lamenchinko. Man. Have I been blessed with watching the sweet science. I’ve been spoiled rotten with the greatest of boxers in a lifetime. Too many to name. 🤷♂️🥊🥊🥊
Man: I loved to watch Roy throw down when he was in his prime, he was truly untouchable.
And he was clean- the cleanest fighter...and most economical !!
Thanks so much to my fans
Lmfao
You are in the same conversation as Ali, Mayweather, sugar Ray.... All of the greats. You kept fighting past your prime because you loved the game. That doesn't take away from your greatness. Shit kills me when people bring that up and take away from what you were to this sport. No boxer was as dominant, and talented. Every fight was exciting because you made it that way. P Cola in tha house! I work with Jamal btw.
Great job RJj...you made it fine art in the ring...and out of the ring...the best !!
"He fought like Peter Parker after the radio active spider bite" daaamn!! Probably the most gifted Boxer ever in his prime.
Greatest intro of a sports documentary
Most skilled and entertaining fighter I have ever watched
Roy had the greatest prime of any fighter in history. Plain and simple
He was just so dominant people just assumed he fought nobodies. .
Roy was one hell of pound for pond fighter!
Prime Roy and key word I said is “prime” unbeatable in that middleweight division
You are the best fight channel on the entire platform. Please link the music you use they are simply amazing
There will never be a boxer like Roy Jones again.💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Best opponents according to Jones:
Best Defense: James Toney
Hardest Puncher: Merqui Sosa
Fastest Hands: Vinny Pazienza
Smartest: Bernard Hopkins
Best Chin: Jorge Castro
Best Jab: Virgil Hill
Best Footwork: Rollin Williams
Best Boxing Skills: Mike McCallum
I was absolutely blessed to have a front row seat to all his fights do imagine my heart break for the end of his career
Roy in his Prime. The greatest to ever do it. Roy, Pac and Hagler my top 3 favourite fighters.
Great list
Roy's only problem was he stayed on the job to long for everybody to remember him like the warrior he was.Dream match's Roy vs both Sugar Rays in there primes. I'll take Roy
yep
Roy was too big for the sugar rays I think
Sugar ray and Floyd is mine. Or manny and Duran
i take Hagler againts SRR and Roy because people forget that hagler is also elite technician boxer with greatest chin in boxing history and he hasa cardio for 30 rounds. I don't see Roy or SRR winning
@@markozbunjol625 isn't roy a little too big for marvin?
This guy was exceptional, nobody comes close to him when he was in his prime! Just amazing how quick he was!
I wish they’d called him the Floridian Olympian
I'm 39 and from pensacola for me RJJ was my Ali....Just the nostalgia of hearing Bruce B. "Hailing from Pennnnsacola Florida RRRRrrroy JOOOones JR." He was and is an awesome local sports hero. Emmitt Smith is from Pensacola as well and doesn't get the love RJJ different folks. Roy and his father were good people got his animal feed same place my paw-paw did. Pcoal loves him
"Punished like Prometheus for bringing the fire!" God damn that is such a gangster line! Such high quality videos, Writing, narrating, editing EVERYTHING! How do you do it?
Him and Leonard my favourite fighters of all time...
Most brilliant lead left hook I've ever seen 🤟😆👍
Roy Jones was a And1 mix tape of boxing. Still my Champ till this day 💯💪🏾🥊 🗣🔊"Yall musta Forgot "
I never saw the greatest fights live. I always watched new fighters I watched with an apprehension. Is this the real deal? Like Ali? Foreman? Tyson? Barrera? Morales? Tommy Hearns?
First fight I saw of RJJ - I was grinning ear to ear. This here is a god!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! A joy to watch!
This is why Calzaghe avoided this man at his best. He and his team knew he would get demolished easily!
Glen Johnson, and Tarver before coming down from heavyweight would have gotten the same. And whomever else he lost to.
This brother's hand speed was second to none. Athletic! A phenomenon!!!
Most of all his skillset and IQ were his greatest attributes.
A living legend!
Roy Jones Jr🥊✊🏿💪🏿💯
lol is that what they told you ... Roy Jones fought zero times in his prime outside the States .. he admitted himself in an interview he wouldn't fight Eubank because it was a hard fight and there was no money in it. Steve Collins wrote a book about chasing Jones across America and still resents him to this day for not fighting. The list of fighters he missed is endless he was basically a North American champion. Everyone wanted to fight him apparently he was the money man from collins book.
A faded and aged Calzaghe (his hands were shot) beat a faded Roy Jones (about the same age) in his back garden the US at least he traveled at the end of his career.
Maybe Roy was just the best maybe he could have beaten everyone but there is a long list that wasn't given a chance. I was a casual boxing fan about the time of Roy Jones, no youtube so with millions of others .. never heard of him .. true story .. then is when boxing started to die. Sure all the hardcores knew him but still sad I never follow golf but I know who Tiger Woods is, does Woods only play in the US against a subset of golfers?
Everyone has heard of Mike Tyson he'd go into you're back garden and kick your ass but by Jones's time America only as everyone else in the world would be beaten so no point actually proving it apparently only in boxing would this happen.
Believe what you want I don't care but he could have made the rest of us care .. Calazaghe was a really good fighter and Jones would never fight him earlier as it was a tough fight with no money in it :-(
As the other guy in the comment above said, Roy Jones JR was a good fighter, in my personal opinion he was the best and maybe in his prime, he might have beaten Joe Calzaghe, but we'll never know because it was definitely Roy that avoided Joe until Joe went to the States.
Now personally i believe that Roy would have won had they fought earlier, but i also think that Roy was a bigger coward overall as a person. Especially in his early career, later on he was more gritty and willing to get dirty, but in his younger days, i felt he was a bit of a poser, the light heavyweight version of Prince Naseem.
@@Chris-ty7fw You wrote an entire dissertation just to be wrong. After the Olympic robbery, how is it unreasonable for the guy to not trust international sanctioning bodies? If he fought any other fighters outside of the U.S. then elected NOT to fight Eubank, you’d have a point. But that decision was made prior to turning pro.
Next, it’s perfectly fine to have a favorite fighter, support him, and believe whatever narrative props your guy up. That’s totally within your rights. Everyone’s entitled his own opinion… No ones entitled to his own facts. The fact that you have to try to diminish one guy’s ability to elevate another’s is very telling. It’s a sign of wishful thinking. Your entire argument is laughable 😂😂😂
I feel he’s underrated, he’s hardly ever celebrated for his greatness
RJ made it looked like fine art in the ring...and he was always graceful towards his opponents...a rare quality among boxers (except big GF)!!!
Myth:
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
For everyone crying about the word ‘myth’
It’s the ‘without a determinable basis of fact’ that makes even this definition of myth unsuitable for Roy’s story.
Aside from the associations with Demi-gods and supernatural beings, a myth is basically something that never really happened. I think Roy’s opponents know that he was real.
And if we’re going to talking about words and language, to say that people who think ‘myth’ is the wrong choice of word are ‘crying’ is moronic.
Wikipedia: “Since the term myth is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrative as a myth can be highly controversial”
“Myths are sometimes distinguished from legends in that myths usually have no historical basis”
Greatest of all time I’m my opinion especially in his prime 🔥🔥😮💨‼️
This is my favorite fighter hands down, also i got goosebumps by 2 minutes in. Well done. This is my favorite boxing channel for a reason, i expected no less.
I so appreciate you giving Roy his flowers!!!
My 2 favorite fighters are Roy Jones and Sugar Ray Robinson. Damn, these dudes..
P4P the best fighter of all time. If he stayed in his wt range he probably never loses . prime Roy p4p #1.
This channel is really well done. Plethora of content and does a great job including the unique details of each fighter.
Roy Jones needs to see this video from rhythm boxing... The narrator sends shock waves down my spines with his beast words and analysis
Roy Jones Jr.Is one of the best.Cant be touched can't be stop can't be moved can't watched can't be shooked.
His win over Virgil Hill is so underrated. Never hear it talked as one of his best wins. And Hill was a great fighter.
The greatest ever to step in a ring
Difficult to argue against him being the best to ever lace up gloves.
I wish he hadn't gone up in weight. He's one of my favorite fighters.
Excellent time and effort put into this video. Thank you for this share RJJR the man the myth the legend
His hook so good.
Vinny said it best about Roy " the man is too damn fast "
You have a epic voice. Love ur content.
prime Roy is in my opinion the best fighter ever 🥊
Him and lomachenko skill wise are the best fighters I’ve ever seen in my lifetime
Roy Jones Jr is my favourite fighter he's a magician he's Messi of Boxing 💯
Roy was like Ali. Athletically they were so superior to everyone they faced that they could just do things other fighters couldn't do and couldn't deal with.
That was incredibly well put together.
So jealous you got to experience this career in real time
This is one of the best boxing channels out there!
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent. WatcHing Roy in his prime was like watching Little Mac vs Glass Joe.
Roy relied on his legs he wasn't fundamentally sound once he lost a step he hit the canvas
Yep.
Same as Ali
STILL THE BEST EVER !!!
How no Toney in this was his hardest fight ever even by his own words and he dominated
Toney done little or nothing to him.
His first fight with Tarver was his toughest, that he didnt lose.
Lou De Valle scored a great knock down against him in their fight but Toney was a comfortable nights work for him.
@@SPIDERM0OSE More reason to have him in it. Roy dominated but Tony was the best boxer he faced. That was the time he was untouchable. But Roy even said himself he was the best boxer he has ever faced.
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Technically he may have been the best, the fighter with the best performances vs 1 or 2 high level fighters like Michael Nunn at that time.
But even as a 2 weight champ Toney was unconvincing.
Reggie Johnson took him to a disputed decision just before or just after he beat Nunn & even in the Nunn fight he was getting a boxing lesson until he landed that hook in the 11th.
By the time Jones fought him it would be a toss of tye coin as to who was the better Roy Jones opponent, Hopkins or Toney ?
Roy made em both look pedestrian.
Both went on to do great things after losing to Roy.
After Toney, Roy went the distence with a faded McCallum who had 3 close disputed fights with Toney, so now thats 4 fighters all at least as good as Toney was at the time Roy fought em.
All multi weight World Champs, all slick crafty boxers, all went the distance with prime Roy Jones n all were comfortably outclassed.
His biggest win was vs Ruiz.
His toughest fight, if it wasn't Ruiz it was vs Tarver 1.
Roy can say watever he likes about who he likes but the James Toney he fought wasn't the James Toney the myth n legend he is today, he was actually quite ordinary compared to the top fighters of his era & region.
Yeah no doubt Toney was the best he fought , both legends
Fcking amazing content!!! Your videos keep getting better.
This mans poetic analogies is top tier!
This was well done holyshit unbelievable how you presented this the world deserves more of this content
At the height of Roy’s powers no one was better. He made great fighters look pedestrian (ie: Toney & Hopkins) & made other great fighters duck him into retirement (ie: Nigel Benn). Roy was special 🥊🥊🥊
Bullshit, Jones, by his own admission, was prevented from fighting in the UK by his promoter. He never fought Benn, Collins or Eubank. All Brits, all world champions. He also never fought Gerald McClelland. I'm fucked if I know how anyone can call him the goat when he didn't even fight the best in his division.
@@Ozvideo1959 Gerald Mac was his best friend so they weren’t going to fight. These other guys wanted no smoke with Roy. He called em out & they made excuses. In fact Eubanks Collins & Roy we’re on skybox round table & Eubanks admitted he wanted no parts of RJ. Collins made a ton of excuses to why he couldn’t fight Roy. In the case of Benn Roy said he was going to avenge Gerald Macs loss & punish Benn & Benn ran into retirement. Stop cappin!
@@xman333 Collins chased a fight with RJJ for years. The sticking point was where it was going to be held. Roy's promoters weren't keen on him fighting abroad and Collins had already lived and fought in America and couldn't get big fights, so he returned to the UK.
And BTW, I've seen that roundtable with all the Super-Middleweights and although Eubanks now says fighting Jones would have been suicide, I don't believe that for a second. He didn't fear anyone. Eubanks was just being gracious with that comment.
@@Ozvideo1959 how you interpreting what someone else said & admitted 🤦🏾♂️ hilarious 😆
@@xman333 Jones only ever fought within the US. And he didn't fight any of the Brits even though they had titles in the same division. He was lucky to get the decision against Tarver in their first fight and got KTFO in their second fight.
It really astounds me that people are always banging on about he was so great. He didn't even fight the best in his weight class. He didn't fight outside the US. He was a protected fighter. I noticed you ommitted the part of that roundtable where RJJ said his promoters wouldn't let him go to Europe.
Great video, love the sonorous voice and mystical style - very unusual for a boxing video.
Please do joe frazier 🙏
I would love to see something similar to the sugar ray video, where most of the focus is on the "mere mortals" he faced
Great video as always, Roy oozed perfection for tons of fights
Probably the best athlete to ever box. If he hadn't grown up with a brutal taskmaster of a father who made him drill boxing endlessly and could pursue his passion of basketball I think he could have made it to the NBA. Even at his height, a la Allen Iverson. Dude was ridiculously gifted.
Jr. Is one of my favorite fighter of all time that I grew up watching I always wanted to see Jr. fight Gerald McClellan, Julian Jackson, Nigel Benn. Never happen they would say Jr ducked em.
they can say what ever they want. roy would have smoked em all
100 thumbs up for this video. There’s never been no one like RJJ. The sad ending, though, is him trying to keep it up into his 50’s and getting knocked out cold a few times. He WAS the best though…
" He took that man's side like a friend in an argument" 13:21 😂😂 what a line
One of my faves. Pure entertainment and craft 👌
The hits fighters take is unreal
19:25, that was a great point and very well said
Remarkable content Rhythm Boxing! RJJ favorite boxer all time.