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Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr.’s son, DeAndre, has died by suicide. He was 32, a representative confirmed to NBC News. “Unfortunately, my son DeAndre took his life on Saturday,” Jones, 55 ...
Boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. announced Monday his son has died by suicide. His son DeAndre was 32 years old, a representative said. In a post on X, Jones, 55, who has captured titles in multiple ...
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the light middleweight silver medal ...
On 8 July 2008, after Calzaghe's split from Frank Warren, it was officially announced that the 39-year-old, Roy Jones Jr., and 36-year-old Joe Calzaghe had reached an agreement to fight for The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship in New York City at Madison Square Garden on 20 September 2008 on HBO PPV.
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Clinton Woods, billed as Rumble at the Rose Garden, was a professional boxing match contested on September 7, 2002 for the WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO, WBF, IBA, NBA and The Ring light heavyweight titles.
In early September 1996, it was announced that Roy Jones Jr., the reigning IBF super middleweight champion and The Ring magazine's top ranked pound-for-pound fighter, would face Bryant Brannon, the IBF's number-one ranked super middleweight challenger, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden the following month.
Thomas Yankello Jr. (born February 12, 1971) is an American boxing trainer and a teacher of boxing through his YouTube channel, World Class Boxing Channel. Yankello is considered by many Roy Jones Jr as one of the best boxing trainers in the world.
Following his August 1997 victory over Montell Griffin, Roy Jones Jr. was linked to his WBC mandatory Michael Nunn. [4] [5] However, in November 1997 he vacated his belt to move up to heavyweight with a $6,000,000 deal to face former undisputed champion Buster Douglas on the table. [6]