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In his following fight, which was Jones' first fight against Tarver, Jones was clearly weakened and slower in the ring after losing 24 pounds to get back down to the 175 pound light heavyweight limit, while Tarver, who had captured the WBC and IBF titles Jones had vacated after his WBA heavyweight title win against John Ruiz in March, was able ...
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.
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 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 ...
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.
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. (c) def. Éric Lucas: RTD 11/12 note 1: Featherweight 126 lbs. Kevin Kelley (c) def. Derrick Gainer: KO 8/12 note 2: Middleweight 160 lbs. Keith Mullings: def. Anthony Bradley TKO 3/8 Heavyweight 190+ lbs. Ezra Sellers: def. Earl Talley TKO 1/8 Middleweight 160 lbs. Jason Papillion: def. Earl Allen TKO 3/8 Heavyweight 190+ lbs ...
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 ...