BQ:] Question I’m asking here is who was P4P the best fighter/boxer during the 90’s
Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones Jr. please provide some specific reasons for answer.
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BQ: Sir, this is a very tough question. I may be biased, since I’m a bigger Roy Jones Jr fan than I am a Mayweather Jr. or Hopkins fan, and I’m not really a fan of Oscar. But, here are some of their notable wins in the 1990’s.
Oscar De La Hoya:
John John Molina
Genaro Hernandez
Jessie James Leija
Julio Cesar Chavez
Pernell Whitaker
Hector Camacho
Ike Quartey
Roy Jones Jr:
Bernard Hopkins
James Toney
Vinny Pazienza
Mike McCallum
Montell Griffin
Virgil Hill
David Telesco
De La Hoya went 31-0, until losing a very close decision against Felix Trinidad, which I felt he won. Jones looked unbeatable in the 90’s, with only 1 loss to Montell Griffin, an unfair DQ, which he avenged by 1st round KO. Its easy to say De La Hoya, since there are better names on his resume, like Chavez, Whitaker, Camacho, Quartey, etc. But you have to think about what point of their careers these fighters were at, and De La Hoyaa’s performances against them. Chavez was way passed his best. Whitaker as well, but yet he made Oscar miss combinations, and gave him trouble with his defense. Camacho, in my opinion, was passed his best as well. Jones Jr. was completely dominant, and beat a young Hopkins, prime Toney, McCallum, Hill, Griffin, etc. In my opinion, Jones Jr is the Fighter of the Decade for the 1990’s, but De La Hoya and Holyfield make strong arguments.
De La Hoya was the most sound, Roy Jones Jr. themost mercurial. Jones didn’t have classic technical skills; he had ferocious reflexes, speed, but all were poised to fail at moment’s notice. De La Hoya had true skill. I guess a better way to put it: both had talent, tons of it, but Roy Jones Jr. had nothing supporting that talent. An ordinary fighter with those reflexes speaking the Oz soliliquy…better than Hamed, however. De La Hoya didn’t quite have the gilt-edged talent of Jones, Jr. So I would say during the time frame you mention, Oscar wins. Jones had a few phenomenal years, surpassing Oscar but not lasting.
Oscar De La Hoya won more titles, he faced the better opposition, he won titles in more divisions, made way more money and he won a gold Olympic medal while Jones didn’t. The title goes to Oscar by any way you look at it. Let’s not forget Roy Jones got caught and admitted using PED’s, while Oscar never used such things.
properly for the reason which you assert “appropriate now”, i could ought to take Oscar. i’ve got confidence he has somewhat greater in the tank “appropriate now” then RJ. for sure there is the question of arising the load. Roy could ought to drop some pounds to return all the way down to Oscar’s battling weight. that could desire to be against him too. seems greater solid to return down in weight then to pass up. At any fee, an excellent style of people could pay to verify this combat on PPV. Now if the two have been of their primes, i could provide Roy the sting in an extremely close combat. speaking approximately warring parties of their primes, if the weights have been equivalent what some combat between Roy Jones, Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. i could provide Roy the sting by employing a skinny margin, in spite of the undeniable fact that it may desire to pass the two way.
Roy because he won his biggest fights in the 90’s beating Popkins, Toney, Hill, Griffin, Paz, and that other guy that was pretty good but I can’t remember right now. He also won a lot of fights impressively, disposing guys easily or barely getting hit other times, nobody could beat him for a bit there.