Floyd Mayweather has responded to a fellow boxing icon who says he is not the best ever.
The 50-0 defensive phenomenon retired in 2017 with that impressive undefeated record, defeating the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez along the way.
Mayweather has since found a home on the exhibition circuit. When he is involved in the professional game from a promotional stand point, he is quick to remind fans, analysts and fellow fighters that there is nobody like him, past or present.
That is not an opinion held be all, and one outspoken voice against it has always been Roy Jones Jr.
Jones has been open in the past about not considering Mayweather the greatest fighter of all time.
“You got to respect anything a person does to stay undefeated that long. I respect it to a degree, yeah. Is it a 50-0 that I think he’s the greatest fighter of all time? Nah. [Julio Cesar] Chavez went 80-0 at one point. 80. You gonna ever top that? No. He just didn’t stop. [Floyd] got to 50-0 and stopped because of Rocky Marciano. Rocky died. If he wouldn’t have died he probably would’ve kept going too.”
More recently, the conversation that likely sparked this savage response from Floyd was Jones stating that the great Sugar Ray Leonard would have won a prime vs prime battle.
“To me, people don’t give him enough credit. People always say ‘Well Floyd would have beaten Sugar,’ no baby, Floyd is not as nearly as mean as Sugar was.
“How? How you gonna keep him off him? Sugar is a dog. People don’t understand. Just because his name’s Sugar don’t mean nothing! Sugar is a dog, people don’t give him enough credit for that.”
Mayweather has apparently caught wind of Jones’ views and, in response today, posted himself on Instagram watching four clips back to back of Jones being knocked out.
Floyd Mayweather getting back at Roy Jones Jr today. Roy stated last week that Sugar Ray Leonard would have beaten Floyd. pic.twitter.com/e1bSTqxzR7
— Boxing Kingdom (@BoxingKingdom14) July 7, 2025
Whether or not Jones responds remains to be seen, but it is unlikely to develop into more than some jabs back and forth.
