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What if Roy had moved to Cruiserweight in 1998-2002, and fought Juan Carlos Gomez and Jirov?

yeah.

It depends on what year(s) you are talking about.

Nonetheless, I'm fairly confident that Roy would have had a successful spell at Cruiserweight.

Let's assume that you are talking about October 2002 - March 2003, when he moved up in weight and prepared to face John Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight Title. At around that time the four Champions at Cruiserweight were:

WBC - Wayne Braithwaite
WBA - Jean Marc Mormeck
WBO - Johnny Nelson
IBF - Vassily Jirov

Looking at those four guys, I'd say that Roy (in his prime) would go in to the ring as favourite against any of them.

VG_Addict wrote:What if Roy had moved to Cruiserweight in 1998-2002, and fought Juan Carlos Gomez and Jirov?

Specifically talking about Gomez & Jirov.

Against Gomez, Jones probably would have beaten hima t the turn of the century, but the later in to the decade you go, the more Roy declines and the greater chance that Juan could beat him.

I suppose it all depends on the timing of the fight.

As for Jirov. I would have fancied Jones to have beaten him on any night. Jirov beat a helluva lot of lower class fighters.

and James Toney

I think he could have looked great against everyone in the list bar Nelson. Although Jones' extra speed and moves probably would have seen him through 116-112.