Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is a former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and American actor who has dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and is a six-time world champion in four heavyweights, having held titles in the middle, super-middleweight, heavyweight and heavyweight classes; and is the only boxer in history to start his professional career in the light middle class and continue to win the heavyweight title. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the light-middleweight division.
Jones is considered by many to be one of the best boxers of all time, pounds for the pound, and left his mark in sports history when he won the WBA heavyweight title in 2003, becoming the former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. Prior to that, in 1999, he became the undisputed light-heavy champion by bringing together WBA, WBC and IBF titles. During his heyday, Jones is known for having exceptional hand, athletic, movement, and reflex speed.
In February 2018, Jones held the record of most wins in a lightweight heavyweight title fight united in boxing history, at the age of twelve. The Ring magazine named Jones the Fighter of the Year in 1994, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame named him Fighter of the Year for 2003. He was also a three-time winner of the Best Boxer ESPY Awards (1996, 2000 , and 2003). The American Boxing Writers Association named it the Fighter of the Decade for the 1990s.
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Amateur career
Jones won the 1984 National Olympic Games in 1984 at the weight division of 119 pounds (54 kg), 1986 United States National Gold Glove at 139bb (63kg) division, and US National Golden Glove in 1987 at £ 156 (71kg) division. As an amateur, he ended his career with a 121-13 record.
Jones represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where he won a silver medal. He dominated his opponents, never losing a lap on his way to the final. His participation in the final was greeted with controversy when he lost a 3-2 decision to South Korean Park Si-Hun fighters despite having beaten Park for three rounds, landing 86 strokes to Park 32. Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterwards and the referee told Jones that he was surprised by the judge's decision. One judge soon admitted that the decision was wrong and the three judges who voted against Jones were finally suspended. Marv Albert, calling a US television showdown for NBC, reported judges from Hungary and the Soviet Union scored in support of Jones, while people from Morocco and Uruguay liked Park. The fifth judge, from Uganda, scored the bout as a draw, leaving the result to be decided on the basis of other criteria.
The IOC's official investigation ending in 1997 found that, although the offending judges had been won and eaten by South Korean organizers, there was no evidence of corruption in boxing events in Seoul. Jones was awarded the Val Barker trophy, as the best style boxer of the 1988 game, the only third and to this day last time in the history of the competition when the award did not go to one of the gold medal winners. The incident caused Olympic organizers to set up a new appraisal system for Olympic boxing.
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Professional career
Initial years
As a professional player, he has been arguing with many professional boxers, including NABF Champion Ronnie Essett, IBF Champion Lindell Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard. Jones started as a professional on May 6, 1989, beating Ricky Randall in two rounds at Pensacola at Bayfront Auditorium. For the next fight, he faces the more experienced Stephan Johnson in Atlantic City, defeating him with a knockout in the last eight.
Jones made a 15-0 record with 15 knockouts before going up to meet former Welterweight Champion Jorge Vaca in the Pay Per View bout on January 10, 1992. He beat Vaca in the first round to clinch 16 knockouts in the row. After another knockout, Jones went the distance for the first time against future world champion Jorge Castro, winning a 10-round decision in front of a nationwide USA Network audience.
Champion of middle class
Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins
Jones made his first attempt at a world title on May 22, 1993. He defeated undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins with a unanimous decision in Washington, D.C. to capture the IBF middle-class championship. Jones was ahead on all three scorecards (116-112 three times). Jones landed 206 of 594 blows (35%) and Hopkins connected at 153 from 670 (23%). Jones claimed he had entered the fight with his broken right hand, but still managed to outperform Hopkins and get the victory unanimously. Jones reminded the world of this claim on his hit single "Ya'll Must Forgot" later in his career.
For his next fight, he fights another future world champion, Thulane "Sugar Boy" Malinga, in a non-degree affair. Jones beat Malinga by knockout in six rounds. Jones ended the year with another win, beating Fermin Chirino with a decision. In 1994, Jones defeated Danny "Popeye" Garcia by knockout at six, then defended his IBF title against Thomas Tate in two rounds in Las Vegas on 27 May.
Super middle class champion
Roy Jones vs. James Toney
On November 18, 1994, Jones will face the unbeaten super-IBF superweight champion James Toney, who ranks high in the "pound for pound" ranking. Toney is unbeaten after 46 matches and rated the best in the world at 168 pounds. Billed as "The Uncivil War", Toney vs Jones is highly hyped and on PPV. Jones, for the first time in his career, is the underdog.
During 12 round unanimous decisions, Jones showed his prowess. He dances around Toney, taking advantage of his speed and athletics to dictate action, and landing quick combinations every time Toney presses him. Jones scored a flash knockdown in the third round with a left hook jumping after Goading Toney by emulating a rooster. Ring magazine called Jones' performance the most dominant of any major fight in 20 years. Jones landed 285 of 614 blows (46%) and Toney connected on 157 from 451 (35%). Jones was ahead on all three scorecard assessments (117-110, 119-108 & 118-109). The fight resulted in 300,000 pay-per-view purchases.
Various defenses
In 1995, Jones retained his super-middleweight title successfully several times. He started the year by beating IBF # 1 Antoine Byrd in the first round. This is the first time a championship battle takes place in Pensacola. In a battle that is billed as' The Devil & amp; Mr Jones, he faced former IBF lightweight champion Vinny Pazienza and beat him in the sixth round, after dropping Pazienza three times. In the fourth round, Jones became the first fighter in CombuBox history to go all round without exposing his opponent. Pazienza is credited with throwing five punches and landing zero. Pazienza secured $ 1.35 million, while Jones, who works from percentage gates and pay-per-view revenue, secured at least $ 2 million. Jones then defeated Tony Thornton in the second round by a knockout three months later.
In 1996, Jones defended his winning ways, beating Merqui Sosa with a knockout in two and world champion Eric Lucas in the 11th round. When he boxed Lucas, he became the first athlete to participate in two paid sports events on the same day. He had played a basketball game in the morning and defended his fist title in Jacksonville, Florida that night. He also held a press conference in the ring just before his 3rd fight of the year, picking up a question from a chair in the middle of the ring and defending his choice of Bryant Brannon as his opponent instead of Frankie Liles, his arch-foe from amateurs. He then defeated Bryant Brannon in a two-lap TKO.
Light heavyweight champion
Roy Jones vs Mike McCallum
In November 1996 at the Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, Jones beat former world thirty-year-old Mike McCallum through a shutout decision (120-107, 3 times) before a crowd of 12,000 people, to win an empty WBC Interim. Heavyweight Class Title. Jones scored a knockdown just before the bell at the end of the 10th round. Jones landed 254 of 535 strokes (47%) over 12 rounds and McCallum connected on 209 of 651 (32%) Jones was soon upgraded to full champion by WBC when former titlist Fabrice Tiozzo moved to cruiserweight. Jones earned $ 2.8 million from the fight and McCallum earned $ 750,000.
Roy Jones vs. Montell Griffin I & amp; II
In 1997 Jones suffered his first professional loss, disqualification against Montell Griffin (26-0, 18 KO) at Taj Majal Hotel & amp; Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Griffin is trained by the legendary Eddie Futch, who has taught him how to capitalize on Jones's technical mistakes and lack of basic boxing basics. Griffin jumped to the start of the lead on Jones but with round 9 Jones was ahead on the scorecard by point and Griffin on the canvas early in the round of nine. But when Griffin kneels on the canvas to avoid further punishment, Jones hits him twice. Furthermore, Jones was disqualified and lost his title. At the time of disqualification, Jones was ahead on two judge judging cards (75-76, 77-75, 76-75).
Jones searched for a rematch five months later at Foxwoods Resort, Connecticut, USA and regained the World Lightweight title easily, dropped Griffin in the first 2 minutes of 31 seconds of the fight, then ended the fight by dropping Griffin for more than two minutes. with a left-handed shot jump. The fight took place in the bingo hall before a crowd of 4,500 sellers. Both Jones and Griffin earn $ 1.5 million.
Careers from 1998 to 2002
In 1998, Jones began by defeating former light heavyweight champion and future champion Virgil Hill in four rounds with his big right hand to the body that broke one of Hill's ribs. Jones followed it up with a win against lightweight WBA heavyweight champion Lou Del Valle, with a decision on 12 on July 18, to unite the WBC and WBA belts. Jones had to climb the canvas for the first time in his career, as he was dropped in round eight, but kept out of the Del Valle box throughout the rest of the fight and got a unanimous decision. Jones was followed by a defense of Otis Grant. He defended the crown by dropping Grant in ten rounds.
Jones started in 1999 by beating the number one competitor of the WBC number at the time, Rick Frazier. On June 5 of that year, Jones defeated IBF champion Reggie Johnson with a 12-round decision to become undisputed lightweight champion and first to unite the WBA, WBC and IBF titles with that weight since Michael Spinks in 1983. Jones dropping Johnson hard in the second half, but backed away and allowed Reggie to finish the fight.
The year 2000 begins with Jones easily defeating loud David Telesco through a 12-lap decision on January 15 at Radio City Music Hall to defend his title. Jones reportedly broke his wrist several weeks before this fight and fought almost exclusively one hand. She enters the ring surrounded by a group of famous dancers, The Rockettes. The ensuing battle is also the first boxing event for a place, as he travels to Indianapolis and defends his title with 11-round technical knockout over Richard Hall at Conseco Fieldhouse. Jones ended the year with an unbeaten 10-lap stoppage of Eric Harding in New Orleans.
In 2001, Jones released Round One: The Album , a rap CD. That year he retained the title against Derrick Harmon with a knockout in the top ten and against world champion Julio CÃÆ' Â © sar González Mexico with a 12 round unanimous decision before a crowd of 20,409. The three judges scored the goal (119-106, 118-107, 119-106) all for Jones. Jones dropped Gonzalez in the first round, five and twelve and earned a $ 1.5 million purse. Jones landed 192 out of 375 strokes (51%) while Gonzalez connected on 91 from 609 which was very low (15%).
In 2002, Jones defended his title by beating Australian boxer Glen Kelly in seven rounds through the knockout system. Jones put his hands behind his back. When Kelly moved behind the prick, Jones held out a jab with the right to the head. Kelly goes down and counts. Jones landed 124 of 249 strokes (50%) and Kelly connected on 42 of 171 (25%). Prior to this fight, Jones was controversially awarded the Ring of Championship belt, though Dariusz Michalczewski was still considered a champion of Lineal in the same heavyweight.
Jones then beat the world champion of the future, WBC # 1 Clinton Woods by technical knockout before the crowd of 16,229. He brought the song from his CD as he entered the ring. The fight was halted in round 6 after corner Woods threw a towel. Jones landed 140 of the 300 blows (47%) and Woods connected on 39 of 166 (23%).
WBA heavyweight champion
Roy Jones vs. John Ruiz
On March 1, 2003, at Thomas & amp; Mack Center in Las Vegas, Jones defeated John Ruiz, the man who beat old Evander Holyfield, for the WBA heavyweight title in front of 15,300 fans. Jones officially weighed in 193 pounds (88 kg) and Ruiz at 226 pounds (103 kg). Jones became the first middle-class holder to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. Jones also became the first fighter who started his career as a light middle class and won a heavyweight title. Jones secured $ 10 million against 60% of the profits. Ruiz has no guarantees. He receives 40% of the profits, which he must share with promoter Don King. Jones won on all three scorecards (116-112, 118-110 & amp; 117-111). According to Mark Taffet, Senior Vice President of Sports Operations and Vice-T-View HBO, the fight resulted in 602,000 pay-per-view purchases.
Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver
Jones chose to return to the light heavyweight division and on November 8, 2003 he defeated Antonio Tarver to retain the Lightweight Championship Lightweight Championship and won the WBC Tarver title, as well as an empty WBA (Super) title. Jones looked much weaker after returning to the light heavyweight division, losing the muscle he gained because the heavyweight bout seemed to have an impact on his aging body and his catlike reflex seemed diminished. Jones was won by a majority decision, the judge gave him 117-111,116-112 and 114-114.
Fall from grace
Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver II
On May 15, 2004, Jones faced Tarver in a rematch. Jones was well-liked to win, but Tarver dropped it at 1:31 in the second half. Jones had won the first round (Tarver only landed two punches in the first half), but in the second, when Jones tried a combination, he was caught by a large left hook counter from Tarver. Jones got up by counting, but for the first time in his career being ruled out can not be continued by referee Jay Nady.
Roy Jones vs. Glen Johnson
On September 25, 2004, Jones attempted to win the IBF light-heavyweight title from Glen Johnson in a match in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson dropped Jones 49 seconds into the ninth round. Jones was lying on the canvas for three minutes after being counted. Johnson was ahead on all three judge scorecards at the time of the KO (77-75, 77-75, 78-74) and had landed 118 blows to Jones 75. Jones used the canvas ring that night as a billboard for his future. rap CD, which came out November 1st.
Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver III
After almost a year of the ring, focusing on training and working as an analyst for HBO Boxing, Jones scheduled his third fight with Antonio Tarver, on October 1, 2005, the bestselling crowd of 20,895 in St. Louis. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, which aired on HBO PPV. Just for the second time in his career, Jones is considered the underdog who will fight.
Tarver won by a unanimous decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112) and made Jones rise in the 12th round. Tarver landed 158 â € <â € In a post-fight interview with ESPN Brian Kenny, Jones says that he wants to fight again. He will welcome the fourth fight with Tarver or another duel with Johnson. The fighters earned more than $ 4 million each plus a share of pay-per-view revenue, with the struggle to generate 440,000 pay-per-view purchases. Fall with HBO
After the defeat in the third Tarver fight, Jones resumed his role as a commentator for the HBO World Championship Boxing, calling Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Sharmba Mitchell's fight on 19 November 2005 and Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins a rematch on 3 December 2005. His comeback to the network was brief, as Jones was released from the role of ringside analysts in January 2006. HBO cites a lack of commitment to attend network production meetings.
Trace comeback
Back to winning
Jones took Prince Badi Ajamu (25-2-1, 14 KO) on July 29, 2006, at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Jones defeated Ajamu with a unanimous decision (119-106, 3 times), winning the WBO heavyweight title NABO. Yours won the first round on all three official scorers, but it was the only round he won. Ajamu also lost two points due to a repeated low blow in round seven and one in round eight.
Next to Jones is the unbeaten 29-year-old Anthony Hanshaw (24-0-1, 14 KO), on July 14, 2007, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hanshaw was ranked 11th by IBF in the super middle class. Hanshaw was beaten back in the 11th round. Jones won the battle with a unanimous decision (114-113, 117-110, 118-109) to claim a light heavyweight title of the empty Empty Boxing Board.
Roy Jones vs. FÃÆ'Â © lix Trinidad
On January 19, 2008, Jones faced the former world champion five times fifteen and 154 pounds five times FÃÆ' Â © lix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight was fighting at a capture of 170 pounds. Jones has a striking size and speed, and in lap seven, a short right hand to the temple drops Trinidad to his knee. Jones fired a combination in the tenth round to send Trinidad down once more. Jones won the battle with a score of 117-109 and 116-110 (twice). This is the first time a former heavyweight champion has returned to a successful fight at 170 pounds. The fight resulted in 500,000 pay-per-view purchases and $ 25 million in domestic television revenue. This is also the last fight of a Trinidad career.
Roy Jones vs. Joe Calzaghe
After Joe Calzaghe split from promoter Frank Warren, it was officially announced that Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe has reached an agreement to fight for the Light Heavyweight Championship The Ring in New York City at Madison Square Garden in September. 20, 2008 on HBO PPV. However, Calzaghe admitted injury in his right hand during training, so the fight should be postponed a few weeks, with November 8 set as the new date.
In the first half, Jones captured Calzaghe with a hard blow and knocked him down, and cut the georgejetson across the bridge of his nose. However, Jones failed to take advantage of knock down. In the second round, Calzaghe begins to control the action and dominate Jones throughout the rest of the fight. As the fight progresses, Jones absorbs more punishment and suffers injuries to his left eye. The corner of Jones, who had never seen Roy cut before, did not know how to handle the situation properly and the blood covered the left side of his face. In the end, Jones lost by a unanimous decision, winning just one round (10-8 in the first) on 3 official jury cards. There was a crowd of 14,152. The fight generated 225,000 pay-per-view purchases.
Roy Jones vs. Omar Sheika
It was announced that Jones would next fight Omar Sheika (27-8, 18 KO) on March 21, 2009 at Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida. Jones beat Sheika through a fifth-round technical knockout to claim a vacant WBO NBA lightweight title. The fight is the main event of the pay-per-view titled "March Badness , which includes boxing matches and mixed martial arts. Sheika had earlier beaten Glen Johnson, who had beaten Jones in 2004 and came into this fight after losing six of his last ten fights. It was only his second fight since September 2005. Jones was ranked # 6 light heavyweight in the world by The Ring .
Roy Jones vs. Jeff Lacy
On August 15, 2009, Jones defeated former super-middleweight champ Jeff Lacy (25-2, 17 KO) in 10 rounds after Lacy's kick halted the fight. The fight, billed as "Hook City ", out of the boxer nicknames ' Captain Hook ' and ' Left Hook ', takes place at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi , Mississippi. Lacy had never been beaten or stopped before. Lacy tried to pin Jones on the ropes during the fight, but Jones was unfazed by the tactics and seemed more worried about playing for the audience than about Lacy's blows. There was a discussion in Lacy's corner after the ninth round about stopping him, but Lacy, convincing his team to give him another round. Jones landed 249 out of 500 blows (50%) while Lacy was connected on 104 out of 429 (24%). Jones was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of termination (99-91, 100-89, 98-92).
Consecutive defeat
Roy Jones vs. Danny Green
In December 2009, Roy Jones will face Australian Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. In the weeks leading up to this fight, there were reports in the newspaper that showed the difficulty of getting Roy's rival to Australia. Then on December 2, 2009, after an extensive pre-fighting delay due to a hand-wrapping protest, Danny Green beat Jones through a first-round TKO. Jones was initially generous in his patronizing defeat, stating that "We did not make excuses, it was a great performance from Danny." However, less than a month later, Jones will launch a formal complaint, accusing Green of using an illegal silencing and demanding his defeat canceled, even though the decision was enforced. Although Jones's rematch with Hopkins looked troubled after losing Jones, the two sides would formally reach an agreement in February 2010 for the 3 April bout.
Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins II
Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO) met in a test match, on 3 April 2010 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, 17 years after their first fight. Jones came in with a 5-5 record in the previous ten games which started in May 2004 while Hopkins came in 4-1 since June 2006. After a long walk, Hopkins was awarded with a unanimous decision (118-109, 117-110 twice). Hopkins landed 184 of 526 blows (35%), while Jones was connected on 82 of 274 (30%). Hopkins fell to his knees in the dressing room, drained of a brutal fight and exhausted at the end of the 17-year wait for revenge against Jones. The fight resulted in 150,000 pay-per-view purchases.
Roy Jones vs. Denis Lebedev
In February 2011, Vladimir Hryunov confirmed that negotiations were underway for Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KO) to fight Jones in Moscow. Lebedev just came out of a controversial decision to lose Marco Huck's decision. At that time, Lebedev was ranked # 4 on cruiserweight by The Ring . On March 24, a deal has been agreed that will see Jones get $ 500,000. The battle, a 10-round battle, billed as "The Battle of Two Empires" was announced to take place on 22 May at the Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye. 2,000 tickets are reportedly sold on launch day. The promoter expects the sale to run out.
Lebedev knocked Jones out with 2 seconds left in their 10-round bout. After round 9, the scorecard is read (87-84, 85-86, 90-81). Controversy arose when Lebedev hit Jones, when it was, for some, it was clear that Jones was unresponsive and out of his feet. The final blow keeps Jones cold on the canvas and he does not regain his senses for more than 5 minutes amid active medical help. After the fight, Lebedev said that he did not have to regret it. Referee Steve Smoger was also accused of incompetence because he did not stop the fight even though Jones could no longer defend himself causing Jones to take on unnecessary damage. In a statement after the fight, Smoger said, "I did not stop the fight because there are only seconds left in the fight and it seems like Roy is pretending, trying to trick his opponent.He does this repeatedly in So I think Jones did the same here, to deceive Lebedev in the final seconds of the fight to lure Denis to a major blow [which Jones managed to do in the previous round]. "Jones, when asked about his feelings at the punch replied," I forgive him ".
Cruiserweight
Roy Jones vs. Max Alexander
Jones won a 10-round unanimous decision against Max Alexander on December 10, 2011, in Atlanta, halted a three-game losing streak, and won the Intercontinental International Space Class (UBO) championship. The three judges rated all battles in support of Jones (100-90, 100-90 & amp; 99-91). Jones rarely pressed for the first seven rounds, but collected some combinations in the eighth and 10th rounds to beat Alexander. After the fight, Jones said, "I feel great, I want a cruiserweight title, world title," said Jones, who weighs 189 pounds. "This is just the beginning, I have not been through yet." The battle was aired live on Ustream's PPV Internet channel for $ 9.99.
Roy Jones vs. Pawe? G? A? Ewski
Jones is due to fight Polish boxer Dawid Kostecki (39-1, 25 KOs) in a ten-lap showdown at Atlas Arena, Poland on 30 June. A few days before the fight, Kostecki was arrested on June 19 to begin serving 2 and a half-year prison sentence because of previous beliefs running a prostitution ring. Jones negotiated his deal with 12 Knockout Promotions, promoters of the fight, he was convinced that Kostecki would not start serving his sentence until after the fight. 12 Knockout Promotions tried to secure a temporary release for Kostecki but to no avail. Pawe? G? A? Ewski (17-0, 4 KO), who was on standby all week, entered as a substitute. Jones beat G? A? Ewski with separate decisions (96-93, 94-95 & amp; 96-94). There is some controversy about the decision. Many believe that Jones is lining up to challenge the current WBC cruiserweight champion, Krzysztof W? Odarczyk, he was given a decision.
Roy Jones vs. Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf
On 21 December 2013, Jones defeated Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf (17-3-1, 8 KO) with a unanimous decision to vacate the WBU cruiserweight title at Dinamo Palace of Sports at Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia. The fight was billed as "Winner Takes All", with the winner receiving the entire bag. Benmakhlouf took the knee after Jones faltered him with a left hook early in the third half. The judges scored a bout of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-111.
Various fights
Jones, fought at the Psala International Exhibition Center in Latvia, defeated Courtney Fry (18-5-0) through RTD in the 5th round on July 26, 2014. Jones led on all three scorecards at the end of the fourth round, (50-44, 50- 44 & amp; 50-45). On September 26, 2014, Jones beat Hany Atiyo through the first round of KO after 75 seconds. The fight took place in front of a sold-out crowd at The Basket Hall in Krasnodar, Russia. It was the second stop in a row and a fifth straight win for Jones. The ensuing contest for Jones, for the first time in 4 years, took place in the US at Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina and finally saw him defeat Willy Williams through a second round of TKO. Towards the end of the same month on March 28, Jones is back in the ring, this time against Paul Vasquez (10-6-1, 3 KO), defeating him through the first round of TKO for the WBU (German Version) explorer class title at Pensacola Bay Center in Florida. On August 16, 2015, Jones scored his 62nd professional win and a 45 KO victory by beating Eric Watkins through the 6th KO.
Roy Jones vs. Enzo Maccarinelli
On October 28, 2015, it was announced that Jones will fight former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli, 35, who has a career record of 40 wins and 7 losses, for the WBA super-world class title. However, this is a 'false rumor'. But it was announced that they would fight on December 12, 2015 in a non-title cruise fighting battle. This is Jones's first fight since being granted Russian citizenship and he will do it with 8 straight victories, with the last 4 within distance. The fight took place at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow.
After 3 rounds of the same, the 4th round starts more favorable to Maccarinelli. In the middle of the round, Maccarinelli dropped Jones with a hard knock. Jones beat the count and went on for 10-12 seconds more with his gloves on his face, eating some more. Against the rope, he then absorbs a large right hook that causes him to become stiff and fall facedown on the canvas. Referee Ingo Barrabas bolted from a fight in what was Jones's 9th career loss, the fifth by a knockout.
Roy Jones vs. Vyron Phillips
On March 20, 2016, Jones fought in Phoenix, Arizona at Celebrity Theater against 33-year-old MMA fighter Vyron Phillips, who won the right to fight him after being voted on Facebook. Phillips, who fought in his first boxing match, is 5-3 in MMA and 6-1 as an amateur boxer. Phillips will receive $ 100,000 if he beats Jones, but is repulsed in the second round by Jones. The referee then stopped the fight.
Roy Jones vs. Rodney Moore
Promotional Ring Square announced on July 29, Jones will return to his home village, Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida on August 13 against "Rockin" rider Rodney Moore (17-11-2, 7 KO) in a cruiser battle. The fight is titled "Island Fights 38" card, an ongoing series that combines boxing matches and MMA battles at the same event. The last Jones fought in Pensacola in March 2015, when he got rid of Paul Vasquez in the first round. Moore did not fight between 2005 and 2012 and lost nine times in a row, even though only one came with a knockout. It was the second round stop for cruiser class competitor Murat Gassiev 13 months ago. On the night of the fight, in front of more than 5,000 fans in attendance, in slow running affairs, Jones won a unanimous round round decision with a score of 100-90 on all three cards.
It was noted that Jones had torn on his right biceps in round five and fought with the rest of one hand and confessed after the healing time needed for his torn right biceps might mean the end of his long career. In October, Jones expressed his intention to keep fighting and not retire from sports.
Roy Jones vs. Bobby Gunn
On December 2, 2016, David Feldman Promotions confirmed a fight between Jones and an unbeaten naked fighter and former world title challenger Bobby Gunn will be announced for February 17, 2017 for the empty WBF Cruiserweight championships at a December 6 press conference at the Chase Center in Delaware. At the time of the announcement, Gunn was a former IBA cruiser class winner and nude heavyweight champion, with a 72-0 record with 72 knockouts. The fight was made official at a press conference on 7 December. Jones talks about his long-awaited desire to fight Gunn, "I always do things that people do not expect me to do, I promise Bobby that I will give him a chance and I'm a person of my words Let's February 17, I will shock the world again. "On the official scales, Jones has 199 pounds and Gunn weighed lighter weighing 197.4 pounds. In a fast-paced battle, Jones stopped Gunn at the start of the 8th round, before Gunn even left his bend, to win an empty World Boxing explorer class. Gunn injured his nose and came out of the box by Jones for seven rounds. In post battle, Jones and Gunn are both embraced.
Jones talks about his desire to continue his fist career further, "Whatever it may be, I will not make an immediate decision Why do I have to stop when I see good though... I want to shoot on an explorers degree... I intend to fight and we'll see what happens in the future.I look good. "Jones then tells On The Ropes Boxing Radio," Yeah, I think it's my last year in boxing, and I'm telling people all the time. " Hinting he will retire by the end of 2017. On December 3, 2017 after a fight farewell Miguel Cotto repeated his desire to continue boxing.
Roy Jones vs. Scott Sigmon
On December 30, 2017, Jones announced that he would return to the Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida to headline the Island Fights 46 on February 8, 2018. Jones had previously performed the Island Fights, a show that included boxing and MMA fights. Speaking of the event, Jones said, "My last day in the Bay... This is the last one for the bay... Civic Center, Pensacola, Bayfront Arena, whatever you want to call it, so if you want to come to see me last day in Pensacola, was there February 8. That was my last one there. "He declared it would be his last fight. Jones announced Scott Sigmon (30-11-1, 16 KO) as his opponent for a bout of 10 innings. Jones ended his fist career by defeating Sigmon through a round 10 round decision, also winning the world class explorers degree from Boxing Empty in the process. The three judges scored the 98-92 winning goal in support of Jones. Jones starts from a better boxer landed on the top and hooks and retains control throughout the fight. Jones landed with a hard blow in round 5 that dropped Sigmon's mouthpiece. In round 6, Sigmon started throwing more punches, though they were a weak combination that Jones easily blocked. Jones was also able to fight most of the shots that Sigmon threw. After the fight, Jones stated he had struggled with a bicep injury. He also called for a boxing match against former 42nd-year UFC champion Anderson Silva. In a post-fight interview, he said, "I know Scott is hard, I know Scott is a game and I know Scott will keep coming, but I did not make excuses, but last week I tore my biceps on my left arm again I refuse to get out, besides [fight], chapter is closed. "
Professional boxing record
Pay-per-view bouts
Personal life
Jones was born in Pensacola, Florida, to two very different parents. Her mother, Carol, is warm and relaxed, while her father, Roy Sr., is very much like the Marine Drill Instructor who respects her son. A Vietnamese veteran decorated, a former combat fighter and retired aircraft engineer who has been farming pig, Roy Sr. being tough with his son early on, ridiculing the child, "fighting" him, angry at him, yelling at him and abusing him, often for 20 minutes each time. This behavior never really changes; if anything becomes more brutal as Roy Jr grows. Many people would call Roy's father's treatment as harassment, and he believes he has a good reason for it: make Roy Jr tough enough to become a champion. In this pursuit, he is relentless and Roy Jr. living in constant fear of his father's verbal and physical violence against him.
Jones describes his childhood at Sports Illustrated: "After a while I do not care about sickness or death anymore, I'm in pain all day, every day, I'm so scared of my dad He's going to get on his truck and start looking- look for something I have done wrong There is no way out, no excuses, no way out of anything.... Getting 'hurt or dead' may be better than the life I'm living...... Used to think about killing myself. "
Roy Sr. running his own boxing gym, where he devotes all his time and financial resources. He offers referrals to many youth and leads many of them away from problems. Roy Sr. do everything possible to expand the program and help more children. But against his own son, he was merciless, making Roy Jr on the verge of exhaustion, yelling at him in front of all the other fighters and attacking him. "
Using his birds as a drawing for his own difficulties, Jones says in a Sports Illustrated article: "I spent my whole life in my father's cage I can never be 100 percent of who I am until I leave him. because he, nobody bothered me, I will never face something stronger and harder than what I already have. "
However, his father's violence has paid off well - after some early successes in his career including the 1984 National Junior Olympic triumph of 1984 - Jones's hard work began to kill him. Not only did he gain fame, but wealth - according to research, Jones assets exceeded $ 45 million in 2012.
Former Heavyweight Champion George Foreman said Jones, "hit like heavyweight and move like a lightweight.".
Boxer Montell Griffin, who faces Jones twice at £ 175 and argues with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at 140 pounds, said: "Floyd has no comparison as far as speed, Roy is much faster."
In 1996, John DiMaio of High Frequency Boxing wrote "Early evidence shows the real possibility that Jones is the greatest talent the sport has ever seen, its skill so dwarfs its closest opponent... which gives the competitive opponent more challenging dilemmas than fights alone." Expert opinion Boxing magazine editor, Bert Sugar, was given on Jones' website: "He has the fastest hand in boxing with lightning fast movement and explosive force in both hands." After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council heavyweight crown to Roy Jones in a 1996 unanimous decision, he called Jones "the greatest fighter of all time".
On August 19, 2015, Roy Jones met with Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, Crimea, to ask for Russian-American double citizenship. He explains that he often visits Russia for business, and passports will avoid uncomfortable journeys. Jones was granted Russian citizenship on September 12. Because of this he was forbidden to enter Ukraine. Crimea since March 2014 disputed by Russia and Ukraine.
Music career
Jones started his rap music career in 2001 with his album, titled Round One: The Album and the debut single, "Y'All Must've Forgot". In 2004, Jones formed the group - Body Head Bangerz and released the album. The album, Body Head Bangerz: Volume One , features B.G., Juvenile, Bun B from UGK, Petey Pablo, Lil 'Flip and Mike Jones among others.
Discography
Albums
With the Head of Bangerz Agency
Single solo
- 2001: "You Must Forget"
- 2001: "And Still"
- 2009: "Super Strength Battles"
Displays singles
- 2004: "Not touched" â € <â € <
Moviesography
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Himself
- The Sentinel (1998) - Sweet Roy Williams (Episode: "Sweet Science")
- The Wayans Brothers (1999) - Himself (Episode: "Rope-a-Dope")
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Captain Ballard
- Entry to Matrix (2003) - Captain Ballard
- Invited By Design (2007) - Lenny Banks
- Universal Soldier: A New Dimension (2012) - Mess Hall Unisol
- Southpaw (2015) - Himself
References
External links
- Official website
- Roy-Jones.net (in Russian)
- Professional boxing record for Roy Jones Jr. from BoxRec
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