Roy Jones Jr. was born January 16, 1969. A professional championship boxer who has held 8 championship belt and the first boxer in 106 years to start as a ___ and win the Heavyweight title.
Jones has captured numerous championships in the Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions throughout his career and defended up to 4 belts at a time in his prime..
And the only champion to fight an entire championship round with out being hit a single time according to compu box totals since punches we're first kept track of.
The incomparable, greatest championship or even fighter ever pound for pound of all time.
Roy Jones, Jr.
As an amatuer Jones won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the 119 lb weight division, and the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the 139 lb division and in 1987 the United States National Golden Gloves in the 156 lb division.
He ended his amatuer career with a 121-13 record.
Jones represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where he won the silver medal after having been completely robbed of the Gold by the Judges in what was clearly a undisputablre dominant victory that tainted the image of the Olympic games it was so outrageous.
. He dominated all his opponents, never losing a single round throughout the final. Then lost a 3-2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun despite pummeling Park for three rounds, and landing 54 more punches than Park's 32.
Park himself even publicly apologized to Jones after the awards debacle, the referee also told Jones that he was shocked by the judge's decision.
One judge shortly thereafter admitted to the press that the decision was a mistake.
All three of the judges who voted against Jones were suspended.
But, Boxing's greatest ever was robbed of his rightful Gold medal, it seemed his whole career went that way as well. People never wanted to admit what was happening.
A fighter with a natural gift from God and athleticism and skill completely unparalleled in boxing or even sports I hope the payoff was worth tarnishing not only the Olympic games itself but also the legacy of the greatest boxer of all time.
The Olympic judges were obviously bribed but the sporting community and boxing analysts?
Could I possibly be watching the same fights? What I saw was a man who moved with physic animalystic speed like a cat or a fighting rooster like the kind Roy Raises on his ____ in ____.
There was an official IOC investigation concluding in 1997 found that three of the judges were wined and dined by some South Korean officials.
This discovery led to calls for Jones to be awarded a gold medal, but the IOC still officially stands by the judges original bribed decision, despite the allegations and witnesses or anyone with eyes who has seen the fight.
Jones was instead awarded the Val Barker trophy as the best stylistic boxer of the 1988 games. It is said Roy was devastated by the _____ and almost quit boxing. He turned pro though having already sparred with many of the best professional boxers of the time, including Sugar Ray Leonard.
Jones began his professional career on May 6, 1989, knocking out Ricky Randall in 2 rounds in his hometown of Pensacola Florida at the Bayfront Auditorium.
