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Floyd Mayweather vs Roy Jones Jr.

Which boxer? Pick one and see how the world splits.

What the votes say

The world picks Floyd Mayweather over Roy Jones Jr., 61% to 39%. Floyd Mayweather is #5 of the 110 boxers in the world ranking and Roy Jones Jr. #17; among the 59 from the United States, they are #4 and #13.

The case for each

Floyd Mayweather: Retired 50-0 with titles in five weight classes.

Roy Jones Jr.: The best pound-for-pound fighter of the 1990s, robbed of Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988, who won a heavyweight title in 2003; they never fought.

Side by side

Floyd MayweatherRoy Jones Jr.
World rank#5#17
CountryUnited StatesUnited States
Born19771969

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