{"id":68708,"date":"2025-08-15T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/68708\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:03:06","slug":"roy-jones-jr-claims-mayweathers-taunt-is-retaliation-for-questioning-his-ability-to-beat-sugar-ray-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/68708\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr. Claims Mayweather’s Taunt Is Retaliation For Questioning His Ability To Beat Sugar Ray Leonard."},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr. says he thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. pulled a \u201clow class\u201d move by posting clips of his losing fights in retaliation for him saying that he wouldn\u2019t have beaten Sugar Ray Leonard if they had fought prime for prime.<\/p>\n

Missing Hagler, Hearns, Hopkins<\/p>\n

Jones Jr. says Mayweather\u2019s resume doesn\u2019t stack up to the big victories that he and Sugar Ray Leonard had during their careers.<\/p>\n

Floyd didn\u2019t have big wins over fighters on the same level as Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Bernard Hopkins, and James Toney. Roy Jr. points out that Mayweather retired without fighting Terence Crawford when he could have done so.<\/p>\n

Mayweather definitely didn\u2019t have the same kinds of wins that Sugar Ray Leonard had during his career. There was no Roberto Duran, and the aforementioned Hagler and Hearns. As Jones mentions, Floyd\u2019s best wins were against a 22-year-old Canelo Alvarez when he first started out, and a washed-up Manny Pacquiao after he\u2019d been knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez.<\/p>\n

Mayweather\u2019s \u201cLow Class\u201d Tactic<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was low class for him to post clips of me losing,\u201d said Roy Jones Jr. to Ring Magazine<\/a>, reacting to Floyd Mayweather Jr. posting clips of his losses. \u201cHe did it because I said I would bet my life that Floyd would not beat a prime Sugar Ray Leonard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayweather\u2019s potshot style of fighting wouldn\u2019t have been enough for him to hold off Sugar Ray, who had speed, but far better offensive weaponry. He was capable of throwing combinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho was his Thomas Hearns or Marvin Hagler or James Toney or Bernard Hopkins? Where is the guy who was on his level? Canelo Alvarez was young, and he fought Manny Pacquiao after he was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez. He didn\u2019t fight Terence Crawford,\u201d said Roy Jr..<\/p>\n

Mayweather\u2019s Best Wins<\/p>\n

Canelo \u00c1lvarez
Manny Pacquiao
Diego Corrales
Oscar De La Hoya
Arturo Gatti
Jos\u00e9 Luis Castillo
Shane Mosley
Ricky Hatton
Genaro Hern\u00e1ndez
Juan Manuel Marquez<\/p>\n

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