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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Montell Griffin, billed as The Battle of the Undefeated, was a professional boxing match contested on March 21, 1997 for the WBC light heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins (50–5–1, 32 KOs) met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, 17 years after their first fight. [107] Jones entered with a record of 5–5 in his previous ten bouts dating back to May 2004 whilst Hopkins came in 4–1 since June 2006.
Jones and Griffin had previously fought earlier in 1997 on March 21. Jones, who was the number one ranked pound-for-pound fighter in all of boxing, was making the first defense of the WBC light heavyweight title he had won on November 22, 1996 after defeating Mike McCallum against the undefeated Montell Griffin, who held the WBU light heavyweight title and was the top ranked light heavyweight ...
Instead Jones signed to fight former light heavyweight champion Virgil Hill in a 12-round non-title fight at a 177 1/2 lb catchweight. HBO had been set to broadcast a bout between Ike Quartey and Pernell Whitaker , but following Whitaker testing positive for drugs, Jones agreed to face Hill to replace it.
In September 1994, promoter Bob Arum officially announced the highly anticipated title fight between undefeated fighters James Toney and Roy Jones Jr. [2] Toney came into the fight as the IBF super middleweight champion, having won the title on February 13, 1993, from Iran Barkley and having since successfully defended the title three times.
Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes 46 Win 46–0 Roy Jones Jr. UD 12 8 Nov 2008: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US: Retained The Ring light-heavyweight title: 45 Win 45–0 Bernard Hopkins: SD 12 19 Apr 2008: Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, US: Won The Ring light-heavyweight title: 44 Win 44–0 Mikkel ...
Jones was Superman come to life, moving with herky-jerky motions and unorthodox punches with blazing speed and uncanny accuracy. At his peak, first-ballot Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. was ...
Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Battle of the Superpowers, was a professional boxing match contested on November 8, 2008, for the Ring Light heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It ultimately proved to be Calzaghe's final professional bout, as he announced his retirement on February 5, 2009.