‘He’s a Clown and Hater’: Boxing Legend Roy Jones Jr. Criticized by Fans for His Pound-for-Pound List

The former Pound-for-pound best Roy Jones Jr. has named his pound-for-pound best fighters in the current world of boxing. The list he framed is quite different from the pound-for-pound list of ESPN and The Ring Magazine.

Michael Benson of talk Sports reported this on Twitter. According to Jones Jr., Tyson Fury, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk, and Dmitry Bivol are the top-four fighters in the current scenario. 

Jones Jr. did not include any fighters from lower-weight divisions. He gave the first spot to Fury, who fought only once in this entire year. This did not sit well with fans and they criticized Jones Jr’s list.

The former four-weight division champ hung up his gloves in 2018 after a long career of over two decades. However, he laced gloves in 2020 again to meet the former two-time heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, in a highly anticipated exhibition.

With no person in attendance, this fight took place during the COVID pandemic and it was aired for eager fans on PPV.

The fight did good and made record PPV sales.

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As of now, the 53-year-old is a renowned boxing trainer and businessman who often share his thoughts on the sport. His list of top fighters did not sit well with fans, they criticized it.

How did fans react to the pound-for-pound list of Roy Jones Jr?

A fan wrote, “He’s a clown and hater.”

“Ring magazine first P4P rankings had Mike Tyson at 1”, another fan wrote.

“Take Crawford out and it’s a good list”, another fan wrote.

Another fan wrote, “How can fury be pound for pound when he outweighs his opponents by 40 pounds?? I’m not sure most of these fanboys and journalist know the definition of what that is.”

Another fan seemed angry at Jones Jr for not including Naoya Inoue. The unified bantamweight champ is on a phenomenal winning streak. He wrote, “Much respect to RJ but it’s BS the disrespect to the lighter weight classes. The P4P number 1 is Inoue, no question!”

Another fan wrote, “Roy Jones Jr. is a drug cheat, so it’s only natural he picks a fellow drug cheat for number 1.”

Another fan wrote, “I like it except Crawford shouldn’t be there and instead, I would put Canelo or little Charlo.”

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