To many boxing fans, Roy Jones Jr is one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of gloves.
He was a four-weight world champion having reigned at middleweight, super-middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight, and was undisputed at 175lbs from 1999 to 2002.
His career ended, though without an official retirement, with a record of 66 wins and 10 defeating, beating fellow legends like Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Felix Trinidad along the way.
While his own accomplishments rival that of many other fighters in boxing history, Jones Jr has revealed to RealLyfe who he deems to be the greatest of all time.
“If I had to pick my own Mount Rushmore. I’d put Ali first. I’ll take myself out because I’m the one doing it.
“I’d put Sugar Ray Robinson second. I’ll probably put Roberto Duran third, he beat Julio Cesar Chavez and Salvador Sanchez so he’s got to be three.
“I’ll probably put Mike Tyson somewhere around number four.”
With Muhammad Ali known for his ‘The Greatest’ moniker, it is no surprise to see Jones Jr put the heavyweight icon as his number one fighter of all time.
Sugar Ray Robinson is another that many view as one of the best, having held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and the world middleweight title on two occasions during the 1950s, as his record ended with a remarkable 174 wins, 19 defeats and 6 draws.
Roberto Duran was a four-weight world champion after claiming world honours at lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, and just like Robinson managed to amass over a century of wins, with his final record reading 103 victories and 16 defeats.
Mike Tyson remains the youngest world heavyweight champion in history after winning the belt at just 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old, and was undisputed champion from 1987 to 1990.
Jones Jr and Tyson shared the ring together in 2020 for an exhibition bout, while ‘Iron Mike’ also recently returned for a controversial clash with Jake Paul, and Jones Jr has revealed that he would be willing to face the Youtuber-turned-boxer under one condition.
