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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer.He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight.
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 ]
Jones struggled to come down from his initial weight of 180 to the required weight of 168 as mentioned in a 1994 interview by the news company "The Hour" stating "I came from 180 to 168 and it was tough," Jones said. However, despite his weight struggles, Jones dominated nearly the entire fight and won a unanimous decision.
Seemingly everyone — Canelo Álvarez, Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia and Roy Jones Jr. — wants to fight Jake Paul after the influencer beat a 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
Roy Jones Jr. and his family are in mourning following the death of the boxing legend's son, DeAndre, on Saturday.Jones Jr. took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the tragic news, writing ...
On March 1, 2003, then-undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. picked up a historic victory over John Ruiz that made him the WBA heavyweight champion. Following this, Jones' WBA, WBC, IBF, IBA, NBA and WBF light heavyweight titles were vacated and Antonio Tarver met former WBC light-heavyweight champion Montell Griffin (the only man to hold a victory over Jones at that point) to ...
Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Lockdown Knockdown, was an exhibition boxing match between former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson and former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. The bout took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 28, 2020, and was sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission ...
The Dallas Cowboys slow start to the season, which peaked with a 47-9 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions, seems to be taking a toll on owner Jerry Jones.. At his weekly radio show on 105.3 The Fan ...