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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer. ... Lebedev knocked Jones out with 2 seconds left in their 10-round bout. After round ...
Three months after winning the WBA light heavyweight title after defeating Lou Del Valle in his previous fight in July 1998, Roy Jones Jr. announced in early October that he would make the first defense of the newly unified titles (having been promoted to full WBC champion after the controversial demotion of former champion Graciano Rocchigiani) the following month against the reigning WBO ...
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Julio César González, billed as Roy vs. Julio, was a professional boxing match contested on July 28, 2001, for the unified WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO, IBA, WBF and NBA light heavyweight championship. [2]
In his previous fight, then-WBA and WBC Roy Jones Jr. was soundly defeated for the first time in his professional career after being knocked out in the second round of his rematch with Antonio Tarver on May 15, 2004 (his only other loss had been by disqualification in 1997). [2]
Though Jones came into the fight as a heavy favorite, he trailed Johnson on all three scorecards (75–77, 75–77, 74–78) before he was knocked out for the second consecutive time, this time in the ninth round by an overhand right to the head from Johnson which saw Jones laying down on the canvas for some minutes afterwards, producing an ...
Hill had been out of the ring since his loss to WBO titleholder Dariusz Michalczewski in June 1997. In March Graciano Rocchigiani defeated Michael Nunn to win the WBC title that Jones vacated, with its president Jose Sulaiman installing Jones as his mandatory challenger, naming him a "champion in recess". Jones was a 6–1 favourite to win.
Pages in category "Boxing matches involving Roy Jones Jr." The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jones did not score a knockdown during the fight, but the rounds were so lopsided in Jones' favor that all three judges scored several rounds 10–8 in Jones favor. The end came after a particularly lopsided sixth in which Jones landed 21 punches to Woods' zero, the fight was stopped midway through after Woods' corner, having seen enough, waved ...