Why wasn't roy jones bigger (like in the mainstream)

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

Tito should have never even been an option for Roy

Let's matchup our Welterweight champion vs our light heavyweight champ BRILLIANT

That just shows how desperate HBO was to match Roy up with somebody with a pulse

 

[Wacky D]

Bigger than oscar?

Yeah, MASSIVE reach. Roy was not bigger than:

Tyson, Lewis, Oscar, Shane, or Tito.

I was moreso referring to star status.

im not really qualified to speak on Oscar and tito.

roy definitely was a more popular figure than shane and lewis.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Roy was huge breh.

Exactly,
people really showing their age with this thread

The only cats who were bigger stars than a prime Roy was Tyson and Oscar.

 

[mson]

The episode of Married with Children that Roy Jones makes an appearance is on vh1 classic right now.

 

[theflyest]

Exactly,
people really showing their age with this thread

The only cats who were bigger stars than a prime Roy was Tyson and Oscar.

The op is talking Oscar, Mayweather, Pacquaio type level, which is nearly impossible to get to anyway.

 

[Wacky D]

The episode of Married with Children that Roy Jones makes an appearance is on vh1 classic right now.

he was on there?

 

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

Lennox Lewis was pretty damn popular despite being a boring heavyweight....had a bunch of fights on ppv...was on TV shows, summerslam, N he fought in USA most of the time even tho he's British

Meanwhile Roy could barely sell out a shyt arena in Tampa

 

[mson]

he was on there?

he was on there?

The olympic torch episode.

 

[patscorpio]

Lennox Lewis was pretty damn popular despite being a boring heavyweight....had a bunch of fights on ppv...was on TV shows, summerslam, N he fought in USA most of the time even tho he's British

Meanwhile Roy could barely sell out a shyt arena in Tampa

lennox was on tv shows? the only show i remember him being on in america is that ll cool j show in the house..dude wasn't even as popular as frank bruno in england

 

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

lennox was on tv shows? the only show i remember him being on in america is that ll cool j show in the house..dude wasn't even as popular as frank bruno in england

Summerslam, in the house, mad TV, daily show, Arliss, politically incorrect, all the late night talk shows

 

[Wacky D]

Lennox Lewis was pretty damn popular despite being a boring heavyweight....had a bunch of fights on ppv...was on TV shows, summerslam, N he fought in USA most of the time even tho he's British

Meanwhile Roy could barely sell out a shyt arena in Tampa

meh, up until recent years, there was an automatic celebrity that came with being a major boxing champion, ESPECIALLY if you were a heavyweight.

and you talking about the summerslam that was in England? cmon dog.

lennox' whole celebrity came from being a heavyweight champ. meanwhile, roy jones was a BRAND. and that's not a term that i use lightly.

 

[Reggie]

Roy was huge and after Tyson and Oscar he had a solid argument for being number 3 on the popularity list. Maybe Tito and Evander were over him but definitely not Shane Mosley.

 

[R=G]

Michael Jordan worshipped Roy Jones. Lenox Lewis? HAHAHA.