Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American-Russian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes...
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Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as "Lockdown Knockdown", was an exhibition boxing match between former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike...
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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...
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis (also known as Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing 4) was a cruiserweight professional boxing match between 4-division world...
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James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as The Uncivil War, was a professional boxing match held on November 18, 1994, for the IBF super middleweight championship...
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Jeff Lacy (section Loss to Roy Jones Jr. and beyond)
Lacy suffered a 10th-round technical knockout to Roy Jones Jr. Sixteen months after the loss to Jones Jr., Lacy returned to his hometown of St. Petersburg...
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Mike Tyson (section Tyson vs. Jones)
Tyson had signed a contract to face former four-division world champion, Roy Jones Jr., in an eight-round exhibition fight. Mixed martial arts coach Rafael...
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver, billed as Now It's Personal, was a professional boxing match contested on November 8, 2003 for the vacant WBA (Unified)...
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John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Never Take A Heavyweight Lightly, was a professional boxing match contested on March 1, 2003 for the WBA heavyweight...
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza, billed as The Devil and Mr. Jones was a professional boxing match contested on June 24, 1995 for the IBF super middleweight...
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Félix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Bring on the Titans, was a professional boxing match contested on January 19, 2008. The non-title bout was...
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II, billed as The Rivals, was a professional boxing match contested on April 3, 2010. The fight was a rematch of the...
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Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson (redirect from Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bernard Hopkins)
that included a fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF middleweight championship, which Jones won. Since winning what was then...
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Joe Calzaghe (section Calzaghe vs. Jones Jr.)
case against Calzaghe, claiming that a verbal promise to promote the Roy Jones Jr. fight was broken and that Calzaghe owed him $1.4 million; Calzaghe in...
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Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III, billed as No Excuses, was a professional boxing match contested on October 1, 2005 for Tarver's IBO and The Ring...
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John Ruiz (section Ruiz vs Jones Jr.)
2003, Ruiz was contracted to fight Roy Jones Jr., who at the time was The Ring light heavyweight champion. If Jones was to beat Ruiz in the fight, he would...
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II, billed as More Than Personal, was a professional boxing match contested for the WBA (Unified), WBC, IBA, IBO, The...
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get a fight against the pound for pound number one boxer of the time, Roy Jones Jr., who was then fighting in the light-heavyweight division. Having competed...
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in a rematch. Perez was again involved in a controversial match when Roy Jones Jr., the WBC's world Light Heavyweight champion and, at 34 wins, no defeats...
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Bernard Hopkins (section Hopkins vs. Jones I)
scheduled March 13, 2010, rematch with Roy Jones Jr. The rematch was later postponed as a result of Jones Jr. falling to a first-round technical knockout...
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Glen Johnson (boxer) (section Johnson vs. Jones Jr.)
Boxing Writers Association of America for his upset knockout victory over Roy Jones Jr. Throughout his career, Johnson was well known for his exceptionally...
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staying active and working on a kimura. He then went on to fight for Roy Jones Jr.'s Square Ring Promotions against Jeff Monson. This fight also ended...
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Antonio Tarver (section Tarver vs. Jones I, II)
Tarver won a unanimous decision over Roy Jones Jr. on October 1, 2005, in Tampa, Florida, almost knocking Jones down in the 11th round but also finding...
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Denis Lebedev (section Lebedev vs. Jones Jr.)
former pound for pound best Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KOs) in Moscow. On 24 March, a deal had been agreed which would see Jones earn a $500,000 purse. The...
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Retrieved 13 January 2014. Roy Jones Jr. Says He's the Draw, But it He?, FightHype.com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08 Tarver v Jones II PPV did 360,000 buys...
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Max Alexander (boxer) (section Roy Jones Jr.)
fought the biggest fight of his career when he faced the boxing legend: Roy Jones Jr. for a vacant cruiserweight championship in what many assumed would be...
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Artur Beterbiev (section Beterbiev vs. Smith Jr.)
first boxer to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion since Roy Jones Jr. last held that distinction in 2002, and is the first to do so in the...
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Montell Griffin (section Griffin vs. Jones Jr.)
champion Roy Jones Jr. After his 1996 win over Toney, Griffin landed a shot at WBC light-heavyweight title holder Roy Jones Jr. Griffin handed Jones his first...
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LeRoy J. Jones Jr. (born September 5, 1957) is an American politician who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the...
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Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr., Azumah Nelson, Gerald McClellan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Salvador Sanchez...
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