So who should Jones fight to re-establish pound-for-pound supremacy among active fighters? Without the abundance of attractive fighters available to a Trinidad or a De La Hoya in the 140 - 160 pound range, Jones must make the best of what's available. In other words, first take care of Dariusz Michalczewski once and for all. Dariusz is largely an unknown quantity here in the U.S. but is a big draw in his native Germany and appears reluctant to fight anywhere he doesn't possess a homefield advantage. Jones is the true champ at 175 and shouldn't have to go overseas to defend. Nevertheless, if the only way to make the fight happen is to go to Germany then Jones should do so under one condition - that there are German judges scoring the fight. The guess here is that Jones would outpoint Michalczewski over 12 rounds, so Roy - who was robbed at the 1988 Olympics - has to make sure he can receive a fair decision in Michalczewski's backyard. After becoming a truly unified champ (WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO titles), Jones could take a rematch with Bernard Hopkins (another decision win for Jones) and close out his career against undefeated cruiserweight champ Vassily Jirov (yet another decision win for Jones). Three more fights and then call it a career, with only one disqualification loss (later avenged) on his professional record.

Jones has nothing left to prove against the Glen Kellys of the world. No other fights make sense for Jones at this point so he would be wise to simply concentrate on taking care of his remaining business - Michalczewski, Hopkins and Jirov. Regardless of what he does at this point, Roy Jones, like Larry Holmes before him, will be unfairly characterized as a great fighter who dominated a weak era of opponents. Since he ultimately has little control over his ultimate legacy, Jones should do what so few other fighters do: get out on top and on his own terms.

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