So who did Roy Jones Jr. duck?

Question

Why are people being funny by sayin that Jones ducked the good fighters and fight nobodies, Jones was moving up and down weight divisions, capturing every single world tittle that his genes allowed him to. What more do you want from Jones, the thing is he's the most unique fighter that ever lived, you cant teach what Roy does, his first actual loss came when he was 36, way past his prime, he was making people look like nobodies.

Answer 1

He ducked no one.  After defeating Tarver in a lackluster fight after coming down 25 plus pounds to fight him he gave Tarver's sorry self a rematch & if he didn't do that would we be talking about Roy Jones Jr in the past tense.  He might still be on top of the light heavyweight division.   He actually got Tarver more fights & a movie roll in Rocky Balboa.  

Someone said Darius Michalczewski  but Darius wanted the fight to be in Germany & he wasn't the champion & Roy said no & the fight never happend.   Darius lost to Julio Casear Gonzales & Fabrice Tiozzo.  Two nobodies & then retired.  He also never fought in the USA, that where all the money is.  

Roy defeated & KO'd Virgil Hill, Montell Griffin, James Toney, Mike McCallum, Eric Harding who beatdown Tarver, Julio Cesar Gonzalez before he beat Darius, Tarver & Felix Trinidad.  He is being mentioned as an opponent for undefeated Joe Calzaghe.  He fell off for a little while but he's still a major player & attraction in the boxing game.

Answer 2

i dont know

Answer 3

Absolutely no one. Jones fought the best in each individual weight class while he was in said classes. I honestly can not think of a time when there was a fighter that Jones seemed to shy away from fighting. In my mind there will always be the what-if with Gerald McClellan but that fight didnt happen because either fighter was ducking the other. They were good friends outside the ring (supposedly) and then the G-man's career was cut short as i'm sure we all know.

Answer 4

Joe Calzaghe is his prime

Answer 5

i don't think he ducked anybody.

Answer 6

Nigel Benn, Gerald McClellan, Dariusz Michalczewski, Henry Maske, Steve Collins.

But, I know. I know. That David Telesco superfight had to be fought.

Edit: Once again.....Dariusz Michalczewski

Answer 7

The only fighters Roy's critics were after him to fight were Marvin Hagler, Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, Bob Foster, and a list of other great retired fighters from the past.

How about this for not ducking anyone - he wins the heavyweight championship from John Ruiz at 35.....if he were so "safety first" or prone to avoiding top fighters, why the h**l at that point would he stay active and fight Antonio Tarver?  THEN after beating Tarver the first time, because it was close fight, GIVE him a rematch?????

People looking back now have really forgotten what it was like from 1994 to 2000 - nobody was saying 'Roy's ducking this guy' or 'that guy', there wasn't any fighter south of 240 pounds that anyone thought could actually beat Roy Jones Jr., period.

Answer 8

Between the time he started pro in 1989 Roy Jones Jr. fought in divisions that were watered down and he fought who he could fight and when that division was too washed up he moved up. Do you really think he ducked anybody? In 1993 when he fought Hopkins, who else was there for him at 160lbs? Plus he couldn't make weight. At 168lbs who was there by that time??? He would have boxed the pants off of Nigel Benn or Chris Eubank. Even at 175lbs he fought obscure competetion because at the time 175lbs was watered down. He just turned pro at the right time where the divisions wasn't as deep like it was at Heavyweight during the late 80's to late 90's. Hey another fighter today is like that. Example: Kelly Pavlik at 160lbs.