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Antonio Tarver
Antonio Deon Tarver (born November 21, 1968), nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC, WBA and IBO light heavyweight champion. He stands at 6' 2" and was the first man to beat Roy Jones, Jr. (aside from a loss to Montell Griffin, via disqualification). He built an impressive amateur career, including winning a bronze medal while representing the United States at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. In 2006, Tarver starred as Mason "The Line" Dixon, the heavyweight division champion in the film Rocky Balboa.
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B.G. (rapper)
Christopher Dorsey (born September 3, 1980), better known by his stage name B.G. (short for "Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle"'), is an American rapper and actor, from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his music career signed to Cash Money Records in 1993 with Lil Wayne as half of the duo "The B.G.'z". Both, along with rappers Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group, the Hot Boys in 1997. In 2001, B.G. resigned from Cash Money Records, and created his own label, Chopper City Records. In 2006 he signed with G-Unit South (now Cashville Records), then was released from the label due to the feud between Young Buck and 50 Cent. In 2007, B.G signed with Atlantic Records, releasing one album under the label. He returned to Cash Money Records in 2010.
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Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins, known as the Executioner (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer. He is known for his ten year reign as middleweight world champion in which he successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He is the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts including the Ring Magazine belt in the same fight. In addition to being an active boxer, he is also a minority partner with Golden Boy Promotions.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 – October 22, 1917), was a British Cornish boxer, made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat John L. Sullivan, and is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the Lightest heavyweight champion. Nicknamed Ruby Robert or The Freckled Wonder, he took pride in his lack of scars, and appeared in the ring wearing heavy woollen underwear to conceal the disparity between his trunk and leg-development.
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Bruno Girard
Bruno Girard (born November 25, 1970 in Blois, France) was a French boxer (187 cm height) at super middleweight and light heavyweight.
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Bun B
Bernard Freeman (born March 19, 1970) better known by his stage name Bun B is an American rapper and was one half of the southern hip hop duo UGK. He recently released his third official solo album Trill OG on August 3, 2010, which received a 5 Mic "Classic" rating in The Source Magazine - the first album in over five years to receive the honor. Bun B is married with two step-children .
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Clinton Woods
Clinton Woods (born 1 May 1972), is a boxer from Sheffield, England. Growing up in tough surroundings, he was involved in a life of drugs and crime before taking up boxing as an escape. He trains on the Gleadless Valley estate and is managed by Dennis Hobson. He is a former IBF light heavyweight world champion. He has also fought for the WBC light heavyweight title and has held the British, Commonwealth and European titles.
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Danny Green
Daniel "Danny" Green (born 9 March 1973) is an Australian professional boxer.
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Derrick Harmon
Derrick Todd Harmon is a former professional American football player who played running back for the San Francisco 49ers from 1984 to 1986.
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Eric Harding
Eric Harding is an American Light Heavyweight boxer.
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Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969 in St. Denis, France) is a retired professional boxer in the light heavyweight (175 lb) division. His record is 48-2 (32 KOs).
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Floyd Mayweather Jr
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Félix Trinidad
'''Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr.''' (born January 10, 1973) is a former Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in Puerto Rico's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico. He debuted as a professional when he was 17 years old and won the first world championship in his career when he defeated Maurice Blocker for the International Boxing Federation's welterweight championship. Trinidad is the youngest welterweight champion in history (20 years old) and ranks second in title defenses (15) behind Henry Armstrong. During his career he fought Oscar De La Hoya winning the World Boxing Council's welterweight championship, Fernando Vargas in a unification fight where he won the International Boxing Federation's light middleweight title, and William Joppy for the World Boxing Association's middleweight championship. He lost to Bernard Hopkins, by technical knockout and retired for the first time. Trinidad returned to action in a fight against Ricardo Mayorga and following a fight against Winky Wright retired a second time. In 2008, he returned to the ring to fight Roy Jones, losing the contest by unanimous decision. Subsequently, Trinidad entered a two-year hiatus without clarifying the status of his career, officially announcing his retirement in an interview held on January 23, 2010.
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James Toney
James Nathanial Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American professional heavyweight boxer and mixed martial artist who is known for his victory over aging former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in round 9 on Oct 4, 2003.
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Jay Nady
Jay Nady (born August 23, 1947) is a championship boxing referee and the uncle of Chicago Cubs outfielder Xavier Nady.
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Jeff Lacy
Jeffrey Scott Lacy (born May 12, 1977 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.
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Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE (born 23 March 1972) is a former Welsh professional boxer. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world and was rated as the second best pound for pound boxer on the planet by the BBC before he retired. He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the fourth European boxer, after Terry Marsh, Michael Loewe and Sven Ottke, to retire as an undefeated world champion. After his retirement, Ricky Hatton described him as "the best British fighter we've ever had".
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John Ruiz
John “The Quietman" Ruiz (born January 4, 1972 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a former American professional boxer of Puerto Rican descent, Ruiz is regarded as the first Latino Heavyweight Champion and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, the two-time WBA world champion officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April 26, 2010. His final fight was a title shot against current WBA Heavyweight Champion of the World David Haye, in which he was defeated by TKO in round 9.
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Jorge Vaca
Jorge Vaca (born December 14, 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division.
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Julio César González
Julio César González Ibarra (born July 30, 1976) is a Mexican light-heavyweight boxer who held the WBO world title in that weight class.
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Lil' Flip
Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. (born March 3, 1981), better known by his stage name '''Lil' Flip''', is an American rapper.
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Lindell Holmes
Lindell Holmes (born April 4, 1957 in Toledo, OH) is a retired American boxer in the super middleweight division.
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Lou Del Valle
Louis Del Valle (born July 13, 1968 in Long Island, New York) is an American boxer of height 183 cm.
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Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (; born December 17, 1978), also known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is a seven-division world champion, the first boxer in history to win nine world titles in seven different weight divisions. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He is also a three-time BWAA and The Ring "Fighter of the Year" in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
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Marco Huck
Marco Huck (born November 11, 1984 as Muamer Hukić in Sjenica, Serbia) is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin.
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Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American four-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer,"Hands Of Stone" Roberto Durán.
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Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks (born July 13, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed Jinx, which spawned the nickname of his right hand: The Spinks Jinx, he is the brother of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight champion and current IBF Light middleweight champion.
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Mike Jones (rapper)
Michael "Mike" Jones (born January 6, 1981) is an American southern rap artist, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the owner of Ice Age Entertainment.
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Montell Griffin
Montell Julian Griffin (born June 6, 1970 in Chicago) is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.
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Omar Sheika
Omar Sheika (born February 20, 1977 in Paterson, NJ) is an American boxer.
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Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973 in Montebello, California) is an American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers. De La Hoya was The Ring's "Fighter of the Year" in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997 & 1998. De La Hoya officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference held in Los Angeles on April 14, 2009.
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Otis Grant
Otis Grant (born December 23, 1967 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final.
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Park Si-Hun
Park Si-Hun (born December 16, 1965 in Haman County, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer and former Olympic gold medal winner.
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Petey Pablo
Moses Barrett III, known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American Southern hip hop artist from Greenville, North Carolina.
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Prince Badi Ajamu
Prince Badi Ajamu (born January 24, 1972 in Camden, New Jersey) — nicknamed the Boxing Prince — is best known for taking a fight against former champion Roy Jones Jr.
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Sharmba Mitchell
Sharmba David Mitchell (born August 27, 1970), better known plainly as Sharmba Mitchell, is a boxer who was world Jr. Welterweight champion.
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Steve Smoger
Steve Smoger is an American boxing referee. He works exclusively on the East Coast, and is often featured as the referee in world title or major fights taking place at East Coast venues. When Smoger is not refereeing fights, he serves as a Municipal Court Judge in Atlantic City, as well as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired professional boxer. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles. Leonard was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles in five weight divisions and defeating future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Wilfred Benítez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Durán and Marvin Hagler. Leonard was named "Boxer of the Decade" for the 1980s, due to his accomplishments.
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Thomas Tate
Thomas Tate (born 19 December 1965, Detroit MI) is retired American middleweight and super-middleweight professional boxer. His record was 41-7 (28KO).
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Thulani Malinga
Thulani "Sugarboy" Malinga (born December 11, 1955 in Ladysmith, South Africa, was a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division, and was twice WBC super middleweight champion.
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Tony Thornton
Tony Thornton (8 November 1959 - 10 September 2009) was an American professional boxer who died of a motorcycle accident on 10 September 2009.
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Vinny Paz
Vinny Paz, formerly Vinny Pazienza (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza on December 16, 1962 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is an Italian-American former boxer and world champion in the lightweight and light middleweight weight classes. He boxed under the nickname of "The Pazmanian Devil."
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Vinny Pazienza
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Virgil Hill
Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964 Clinton, Missouri) was a Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing.
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Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
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Biloxi (, ) is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2000 census recorded the population as 50,644, although the 2008 Census Estimate placed the population at 45,670. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County.
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Boise (; {Boy-see not Boy-zee}) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, this is the principal city of the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.
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Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Caesars is located on the west side of the Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage.
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California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Connecticut () (state code CT) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south (because various islands of New York span Connecticut's entire coast).
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Florida () is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the state's land mass is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean to the south. Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state in 1845, after a three hundred year period of European colonization.
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Idaho is a state in the United States of America. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890 as the 43rd state.
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Indianapolis (), often abbreviated Indy (), is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, excluding the included towns, at 807,584 in 2009. It is Indiana's largest city and is the 14th largest city in the U.S., the third largest city in the Midwest (behind Chicago and Detroit), the second most populous state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona), and the most populous state capital east of the Mississippi River. Indianapolis is also the fastest growing region in the Midwest.
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:This article is about the city of Las Vegas, Nevada proper, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip or the Las Vegas metropolitan area. For other uses of "Las Vegas", see Las Vegas (disambiguation).
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Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Louisiana ( or ; , ; Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties. The largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish, and the largest by land area is Cameron Parish.
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Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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Miami ( or ) is a major city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida, and the eighth-most populous county in the United States, with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city in the United States, with a population of 433,136, it is the principal, central and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area. According to United Nations estimates, the Miami Urbanized Area was the fifth most populous urbanized area in the U.S. in 2000 with a population of 4,919,036, but in 2008 that number increased to 5,232,342, making it the fourth-largest urbanized area in the United States, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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Mississippi () is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, and its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
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Mobile ( ) is the third most populous city in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 198,915 during the 2000 census. It is the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana and St. Petersburg, Florida. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a region of 399,843 residents which is composed solely of Mobile County and is the second largest MSA in the state. Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 540,258, the second largest combined statistical area in the state behind Birmingham.
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Nevada is a state located in the western and southwestern region of the United States. Nevada is also part of the Mountain States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. "Sagebrush State" and "Battle Born State" are its alternative nicknames. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union, and the phrase "Battle Born" on the state flag reflects the state's entry on the Union side during the American Civil War. Its first nonnative settlement was called Mormon Station.
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New Jersey (, ) is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the northeast by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey lies largely within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. It is the most densely populated state in the United States.
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New Orleans ( or , locally or ; ) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area, (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner) has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population of 1,360,436 as of 2000.
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New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW), Australia's most populous state, is located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland, east of South Australia and encompasses the whole of the Australian Capital Territory. The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Van Diemen's Land, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales, which was formed during Federation in 1901.
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New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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Oregon ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern boundaries, respectively. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers, and settlers who formed an autonomous government in Oregon Country in 1843; the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Salem is the state's capital and third-most-populous city; Portland is the most populous. Portland is the 30th-largest U.S. city, with a population of 582,130 (2009 estimate) and a metro population of 2,241,841 (2009 estimate), the 23rd-largest U.S. metro area.
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Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, U.S. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2006, the estimated population was 53,248.
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Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130, making it the 30th most populous in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 2.2 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States as of July 2006.
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Puerto Rico ( or ), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( — literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands.
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Qwest Arena (formerly Bank of America Centre) is multi-purpose arena in Boise, Idaho. It holds 5,300 fans for ice hockey and basketball, 5,732 for end-stage concerts, 6,400 for boxing and up to 6,800 for center-stage concerts. It contains 4,508 permanent seats. It was built for $50 million.
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Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the fourth most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas. It sits in a high desert valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada.
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Sydney () is the largest and most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. With an approximate population of 4.5 million in the Sydney metropolitan area the city is the largest in Oceania. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population of people from numerous places around the world.
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Tampa () is a Gulf Coast Bay city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447. According to the 2009 estimates, the city's population had grown to 343,890, making it the 54th largest city in the United States.
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Tennessee () is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902. Nashville has the state's largest metropolitan area, at 1,521,437 people.
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The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (aka: Trump Taj, The Taj) is located at 1000 Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the bustling casino area along the shore. The casino is owned by Trump Entertainment Resorts. With approximately 75 regular tables and 14 tournament tables, the Taj Mahal has one of the largest poker rooms in Atlantic City, second in size only to the Borgata. The poker room was also featured in the 1998 movie Rounders. It is currently undergoing a $250 million renovation and addition of a new hotel tower, which commenced groundbreaking in July 2006. The hotel has 2,248 guest rooms, including 237 suites. The casino has 3,124 slots and 210 table games.
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Washington, D.C. (), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. Article One of the United States Constitution provides for a federal district, distinct from the states, to serve as the permanent national capital. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the federal territory until an act of Congress in 1871 established a single, unified municipal government for the whole District. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, which is located on the country's Pacific coast.
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- Julio César González
- junior middleweight
- Junior Olympics
- Juvenile (rapper)
- knockout
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Light Heavyweight
- Lil' Flip
- Lindell Holmes
- Los Angeles
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- Louisiana
- Manny Pacquiao
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- Michael Spinks
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- New York City
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- Pensacola, Florida
- Petey Pablo
- Portland, Oregon
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- UGK
- USA Network
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- Vinny Pazienza
- Virgil Hill
- Washington, D.C.
- World Boxing Council
Jones Jr., Roy Filmography
- Cordially Invited (2007) (actor, plays Lenny Banks)
- (2006-01-27) (2006) (actor, plays Himself)
- David Banner: Ain't Got Nothing (2005) (actor, plays Himself)
- HBO: Tarver vs. Jones 3 - No Excuses (2005) (actor, plays Himself)
- Roy Jones Jr's Greatest Knockouts (2005) (actor, plays Himself)
- Roy Jones Jr's Greatest Power Shots (2005) (actor, plays Himself)
- Roy Jones, Jr.: Heart of a Champion (2005) (actor, plays Captain Ballard)
- The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) (actor, plays Himself - Presenter)
- The Southern Sports Awards 2005 (2005) (actor, plays Himself)
- The Group Dates Begin! (2004) (actor, plays Himself)
- (2004-05-13) (2004) (actor, plays Himself)
- The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (actor, plays Himself)
- Da Block Party (2004) (actor, plays Himself)
- Making 'Enter the Matrix' (2003) (actor, plays Ballard)
- Enter the Matrix (2003) (actor, plays Ballard)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (actor, plays Himself)
- Profiles in Agenting (2002) (actor, plays Himself)
- 1st Annual BET Awards (2001) (actor, plays Himself)
- (2001-07-25) (2001) (actor, plays Himself)
- The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000 (2000) (actor, plays Himself)
- Making Things Happen (2000) (actor, plays Himself)
- Rope-a-Dope (1999) (actor, plays Sweet Roy Williams)
- New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) (actor, plays Himself)
- Sweet Science (1998) (actor, plays Himself - Ringside Commentator)
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) (actor, plays Himself)
- (#2.11) (1997) (actor, plays Himself)
- (2010-06-18) (1996) (actor, plays Himself - Commentator)
Roy Jones Jr.
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- Boxing
- Boxrec.com
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- Bryant Brannon
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- Caesars Palace
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- Can't Be Touched
- catchweight
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- Connecticut
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- Danny Green
- David Telesco
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- Enter The Matrix
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Name | Roy Jones, Jr. |
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Realname | Roy Jones Jr. |
Nickname | JuniorSupermanRJCaptain Hook |
Height | |
Reach | |
Weight | Light HeavyweightHeavyweightSuper MiddleweightMiddleweight |
Nationality | American |
Birth date | January 16, 1969 |
Birth place | Pensacola, Florida, USA |
Death date | |
Death place | |
Style | Orthodox |
Total | 62 |
Wins | 54 |
Ko | 40 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Medaltemplates | }} |
Boxing career
Amateur career
Jones won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the weight division, the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the division and the 1987 United States National Golden Gloves in the division. As an amateur, he ended his career with a 121-13 record.Jones represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where he won the silver medal. He dominated his opponents, never losing a single round en route to the final. His participation in the final was met with controversy when he lost a 3-2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun despite pummeling Park for three rounds, landing 86 punches to Park's 32. Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterward, and the referee told Jones that he was dumbstruck by the judge's decision. One judge shortly thereafter admitted the decision was a mistake, and all three judges voting against Jones were eventually suspended. An official IOC investigation concluding in 1997 found that three of the judges were wined and dined by South Korean officials. This led to calls for Jones to be awarded a gold medal, but the IOC still officially stands by the decision, despite the allegations. Jones was awarded the Val Barker trophy as the best stylistic boxer of the 1988 games, which was only the third and to this day the last time in the competition's history when the award did not go to one of the gold medal winners. The incident led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing.
Professional career
On turning professional, he had already sparred with many professional boxers, including NABF champion Ronnie Essett, IBF world champion Lindell Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard. Jones began as a professional on May 6, 1989, knocking out Ricky Randall in 2 rounds in Pensacola at the Bayfront Auditorium. For his next fight, he faced the more experienced Stephan Johnson in Atlantic City, beating him by a knockout in round eight.Jones built a record of 15-0 with 15 knockouts before stepping up in class to meet former world welterweight champion Jorge Vaca in a Pay Per View fight on January 10, 1992. He knocked Vaca out in round one to reach 16 knockout wins in a row. After one more KO, Jones went the distance for the first time against future world champion Jorge Castro, winning a 10-round decision in front of a USA Network national audience.
Roy Jones vs Bernard Hopkins
Jones tomade his first attempt at a world title on May 22, 1993. He beat future undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins by unanimous decision in Washington, D.C. to capture the IBF middleweight championship. Jones claimed he had entered the bout with a broken right hand, but still managed to outpoint Hopkins and secure a unanimous decision win. Jones reminded the world of this claim on his hit single "Ya'll Must've Forgot" later in his career. While working for HBO as an analyst for Bernard Hopkins title defense against Simon Brown, Jones would admit on air that he was 16 pounds heavier than Hopkins on fight night, weighing 180 to Hopkins 163.For his next fight, he fought another future world champion Thulane "Sugar Boy" Malinga, in a non-title affair. Jones beat Malinga by knockout in six. Jones finished the year with another win, beating Fermin Chirino by decision. In 1994, Jones beat Danny "Popeye" Garcia by knockout in six, then retained his world title against Thomas Tate in two rounds at Las Vegas on May 27.
Roy Jones vs James Toney
By this point in his career, Jones was considered one of boxing's top four "pound for pound" fighters. On November 18, 1994, he was set to face undefeated IBF super middleweight champion James Toney, #1 ranked "pound for pound" contender. Toney had gone undefeated in 46 bouts and was rated the best in the world. The Jones/Toney fight was ultra-hyped, and Jones for the first time in his career was the underdog.Over the course of the 12-round unanimous decision, Jones demonstrated his greatness. He danced circles around Toney, scoring a flash knockdown in the third round. Ring magazine called Jones' performance the most dominant of any big fight in 20 years. Revelations that Toney was badly underprepared and dehydrated would surface in the days following the fight. Toney himself would reveal in an interview with Ring magazine that he had taken laxatives and diuretics the day of the weigh-in to make weight.
In 1995, Jones defended his super middleweight title successfully multiple times. He began the year by knocking out Antoine Byrd in round one. He faced former world lightweight champion Vinny Pazienza and defeated him in round six. He then beat Tony Thornton in round two by KO.
Career from 1996 to 2002
In 1996, Jones maintained his winning ways, defeating Merqui Sosa by knockout in two, and future world champion Eric Lucas in round 11. 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 boxing title in Jacksonville, Florida that evening. He also held a press conference in the ring just before the fight, taking questions from a chair in the middle of the ring and defending his choice of Bryant Brannon as his opponenet instead of Frankie Liles, his nemesis from the amateurs. He then defeated Bryant Brannon in a round two TKO.
Roy Jones vs Mike McCallum
The 40 year old former multiple world champion and eventual hall of famer Mike McCallum was defeated by a wide decision in 12 rounds. Jones became a member of boxing's exclusive group of world champions in three weight divisions by winning the WBC light heavyweight championship. After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Roy Jones, he called Jones ``the greatest fighter of my time.'`
Roy Jones vs Montell Griffin I & II
In 1997 Jones had his first professional loss, a disqualification against Montell Griffin. Griffin was trained by the legendary Eddie Futch, who had taught him how to take advantage of Jones technical mistakes and lack of basic boxing fundamentals. Griffin jumped out to an early lead on Jones but by round 9 Jones was ahead on the scorecards by a point and had Griffin on the canvas early in round nine. But as Griffin took a knee on the canvas to avoid further punishment, Jones hit him twice. Subsequently, Jones was disqualified and lost his title. Jones sought an immediate rematch and regained the world light heavyweight title easily, knocking Griffin down within the first 2 minutes 31 seconds of the fight, then ending the fight by knocking Griffin out just over two minutes in with a leaping left hand shot.In 1998, Jones began by knocking out former light heavyweight and future cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill (who had already lost his belts to WBO champion Darius Micalczewski) in four rounds at Biloxi, Mississippi with a huge right to the body that broke one of Hill's ribs. He followed that with a win against the WBA light heavyweight champion, Puerto Rico's Lou Del Valle, by a decision in 12 on July 18, to unify the WBC and WBA belts. Jones had to climb off the canvas for the first time in his career, as he was dropped in round eight, but continued to outbox Del Valle throughout the rest of the fight and gained a unanimous decision. Jones then followed with a defense against Otis Grant. He retained the crown by knocking Grant out in ten rounds.
Jones began 1999 by knocking out the WBC number one ranked contender at the time, Rick Frazier. After this, many boxing critics started to criticize Jones for fighting overmatched mandatories who few had ever heard of as well as his steadfast refusal to meet WBO champion Darius Michaczewski in a unification bout. Jones answered these calls on June 5 of that year, when he beat the IBF's world champion, Reggie Johnson, by a lop-sided 12-round decision to add that belt to the WBC and WBA belts he already owned in the division. Jones dropped Johnson hard in the second round, but backed off and allowed Reggie to finish the fight.
2000 began with Jones easily beating the hard-punching David Telesco via a 12 round decision on January 15, at Radio City Music Hall to retain the light heavyweight world championship. Jones reportedly fractured his wrist a few weeks before this fight and fought almost exclusively one-handed. He entered the ring surrounded by the famous group of dancers, The Rockettes. His next fight was also a first-time boxing event for a venue, as he traveled to Indianapolis and retained his title with an 11-round TKO over Richard Hall at the Conseco Fieldhouse. Jones ended the year with a 10-round stoppage of undefeated 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 by a knockout in ten, and against future world champion Julio César González of Mexico by a 12-round unanimous decision.
In 2002, Jones retained his title by knocking out Glen Kelly in seven rounds. Jones then defeated future world champion Clinton Woods by technical knockout. He performed a song from his CD during his ring entrance.
WBA Heavyweight Champion
On March 1, 2003, in Las Vegas, Roy Jones defeated John Ruiz, the man who defeated an aging Evander Holyfield, for the WBA heavyweight title. Jones officially weighed in at and Ruiz at . Jones became the first former middleweight title holder to win a heavyweight title in 106 years, though many historians refuse to recognize the accomplishment because Lennox Lewis was the true and lineal champion at the time of the bout. Jones also became the first fighter to start his career as a junior middleweight and win a heavyweight title.
Jones vs. Tarver
On November 8, 2003, Jones came back down to the light heavyweight division to fully duplicate Bob Fitzsimmons' feat from 1896. He regained the light heavyweight championship belt by beating Antonio Tarver. And by doing this, he became the second boxer in history to win a heavyweight title, then regain the light heavyweight title. Jones appeared a lot weaker after coming back down to the light heavyweight division, losing the muscle he gained for the heavyweight fight seemed to have taken a toll on his aging body and his cat-like reflexes appeared diminished. Jones won by majority decision, the judges giving him 117-111,116-112 and 114-114.
Fall From Grace
Jones vs. Tarver II & Jones vs. Glen Johnson
On May 15, 2004, Jones faced Tarver in a rematch. Jones was heavily favored to win, but Tarver knocked him down at 1:41 of the second round. Jones had won the first round (Tarver only landed two punches in the first round), but in the second, as Jones tried a combination, he was caught by a big counter left hook from Tarver. Jones got on his feet by the count, but for the first time in his career was ruled unable to continue by referee Jay Nady.On September 25, 2004, Jones attempted to win the IBF light heavyweight title from Glen Johnson in a match in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson knocked out Jones 49 seconds into the ninth round. Jones lay on the canvas for three minutes after being counted out. Johnson was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards at the time of the knockout (77-75, 77-75, 78-74) and had landed 118 punches to Jones's 75. Jones used the ring's canvas that night as a billboard for his upcoming rap CD, which came out on November the 1st.
Jones vs Tarver III
After almost a year away from the ring, focusing on training and working as an analyst for HBO Boxing, Jones scheduled a third fight with Antonio Tarver, on October 1, 2005, at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, which aired on HBO PPV. For only the second time in his career, Jones was considered an underdog going into the fight. Tarver won by unanimous decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112).
Fallout with HBO
After the loss in the third Tarver bout, Jones resumed his duties as a commentator for HBO World Championship Boxing, calling the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Sharmba Mitchell fight on November 19, 2005, and the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins rematch on December 3, 2005. His return to the network was short lived, as Jones was let go from his ringside analyst role in January 2006. HBO cited his reported lack of commitment to attending the network's production meetings.
Comeback Trail
Back to winning ways
Jones took on Prince Badi Ajamu on July 29, 2006, at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Jones defeated Ajamu by a unanimous decision, winning the NABO light heavyweight title.Next up for Jones was the undefeated Anthony Hanshaw, on July 14, 2007, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hanshaw was knocked down in the 11th round. Jones won the bout by unanimous decision and in doing so won the IBC light heavyweight title.
Félix Trinidad
On January 19, 2008, Jones faced former 147 and 154 pound five-time world champion Félix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout was fought at a catchweight of 170 lbs. Jones had a noticeable size and speed advantage, and in round seven, a short right hand to the temple dropped Trinidad to his knees. Jones fired a combination in the tenth round to send Trinidad down once more. Jones won the fight by scores of 117-109 and 116-110 (twice). This was the first time a former heavyweight champion returned to fight successfully at 170 lbs.
Joe Calzaghe
After Joe Calzaghe's split from promoter Frank Warren, it was officially announced that Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe had reached an agreement to fight for the The Ring light heavyweight championship in New York City at Madison Square Garden on September 20, 2008 on HBO PPV. However, Calzaghe claimed injury to his right hand in training, so the fight had to be postponed a couple of weeks, with November 8 being set as the new date. Calzaghe was knocked down by an accidental forearm and cut on the bridge of the nose in the first round. Calzaghe resumed control almost immediately and dominated Jones throughout the remainder of the fight. Calzaghe toyed with Jones and mocked him from the center of the ring, daring Jones to try and hit him and then countering with fast combinations. The Welshman opened a cut over Jones' left eye. Jones' corner, who had never seen Roy cut before, didn't know how to properly handle the situation. Blood covered the left side of Jones' face. Ultimately Jones lost by unanimous decision, winning only 2 rounds on the 3 official judges cards.
Recent fights (2009)
Jones defeated Omar Sheika on March 21, 2009, via fifth-round technical knockout. Despite Sheika having won 27 of his 35 professional bouts, including a defeat of Glen Johnson, who had knocked out Jones in 2004. On August 15, 2009, Jones beat former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in 10 rounds after Lacy's corner stopped the fight. Lacy had never been knocked out or stopped before.In December 2009, Roy Jones was set to face Australian boxer Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. In the weeks leading up to this fight, there were reports in the newspapers indicating difficulties getting Roy's sparring partners into Australia. Then on December 2, 2009, following an extensive pre-fight delay due to hand wrap protests, Danny Green defeated Jones in a first round TKO
Roy Jones vs Bernard Hopkins II
Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010 in Las Vegas. After 12 foul-filled, uneventful rounds, Hopkins was awarded with a unanimous decision.
Loss to Denis Lebedev
On May 21, Jones travelled to Russia to face Denis Lebedev, who had just come off a controversial split decision loss to Marco Huck. Weighing in at 198 lbs, Jones looked slow and old. Despite this, he gave a decent showing and was heading for at least a majority decision loss at the beginning of the 10th round. However with less than 20 seconds remaining, Lebedev landed a big right followed by an uppercut. Jones, having bent down holding his head and in no position to continue, was then hit by a final big right hand as Steve Smoger hesitated to stop the fight. Jones lay on the canvas for several minutes before getting up.
Professional boxing record
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|-align=center |Win | 33–0 |align=left| Bryant Brannon | | | |align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 32–0 |align=left| Eric Lucas | | | |align=left| Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 31–0 |align=left| Merqui Sosa | | | |align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York}} | |-align=center |Win | 30–0 |align=left| Tony Thornton | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 29–0 |align=left| Vinny Pazienza | | | |align=left| Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 28–0 |align=left| Antoine Byrd | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 27–0 |align=left| James Toney | | | |align=left| MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 26–0 |align=left| Thomas Tate | | | |align=left| MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 25–0 |align=left| Danny Garcia | | | |align=left| University of West Florida Field House, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 24–0 |align=left| Fermin Chirino | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 23–0 |align=left| Thulani Malinga | | | |align=left| Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi}} | |-align=center |Win | 22–0 |align=left| Bernard Hopkins | | | |align=left| Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C., Washington}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 21–0 |align=left| Glenn Wolfe | | | |align=left| Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 20–0 |align=left| Percy Harris | | | |align=left| Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win | 19–0 |align=left| Glenn Thomas | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 18–0 |align=left| Jorge Castro | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 17–0 |align=left| Art Serwano | | | |align=left| Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada}} | |-align=center |Win | 16–0 |align=left| Jorge Vaca | | | |align=left| Paramount Theatre, New York, New York}} | |-align=center |Win | 15–0 |align=left| Lester Yarbrough | | | |align=left| Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 14–0 |align=left| Kevin Daigle | | | |align=left| Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 13–0 |align=left| Eddie Evans | | | |align=left| Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 12–0 |align=left| Ricky Stackhouse | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 11–0 |align=left| Reggie Miller | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 10–0 |align=left| Rollin Williams | | | |align=left| Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 9–0 |align=left| Tony Waddles | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 8–0 |align=left| Ron Johnson | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 7–0 |align=left| Knox Brown | | | |align=left| Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 6–0 |align=left| Billy Mitchem | | | |align=left| Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida}} |-align=center |Win | 5–0 |align=left| Joe Edens | | | |align=left| County Fairgrounds, Mobile, Alabama}} | |-align=center |Win | 4–0 |align=left| David McCluskey | | | |align=left| Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 3–0 |align=left| Ron Amundsen | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} | |-align=center |Win | 2–0 |align=left| Stephan Johnson | | | |align=left| Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey}} | |-align=center |Win | 1–0 |align=left| Ricky Randall | | | |align=left| Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida}} |
Personal life
Roy Jones, Jr., was born in Pensacola, Florida, to two very different parents. His mother, Carol, was warm and easy-going, whereas his father, Roy Sr., was much like a Marine Drill Instructor with respect to his son. A decorated Vietnam veteran, ex-club fighter, and retired aircraft engineer who had taken up hog farming, Roy Sr. was hard on his son from early on, taunting the child, ``sparring'` with him, enraging Roy Jr., yelling at him, and beating the child, often for 20 minutes at a time. This behavior never really changed; if anything it became more brutal as Roy Jr. grew up. Many people would call the father's treatment out-and-out abuse, but he believed he had a good reason for it: to make Roy Jr. tough enough to be a champion. In this pursuit, he was relentless, and Roy Jr. lived in constant fear of his father's verbal and physical violence against him.Jones described his childhood in Sports Illustrated: ``After a while I didn't care about gettin' hurt or dyin' anymore. I was in pain all day, every day, I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start lookin' for something I'd done wrong. There was no escape, no excuse, no way out of nothin'. ... Getting' hurt or dyin' might've been better than the life I was livin'. ... Used to think about killin' myself anyway.'` There's no way to know whether or not Jones would have become a world champion fighter without this extremely punitive upbringing, but there's little question it toughened the young man.
Roy Sr. ran his own boxing gym, to which he devoted all his available time and financial resources. He offered direction and useful discipline to numerous youths, and steered many of them away from trouble. Roy Sr. did everything possible to expand the program and help more kids. But towards his own son he was merciless, driving Roy Jr. to the brink of exhaustion, screaming at him in front of all the other fighters, assaulting him. Roy Sr.'s father had been a hard-working laborer, and had been tough on him the way he was on Roy Jr. But Jones, the world champion boxer, will not continue this line of treatment. He is very attuned to others' anguish; on his web site, he says, ``What gets [me] down?'` is watching other people be hurt and mistreated.'` It is a feeling he has known very well.
Using his birds as an image for his own predicament, Jones said in the same Sports Illustrated piece: ``I spent all my life in my dad's cage. I could never be 100 percent of who I am until I left it. But because of him, nothing bothers me. I'll never face anything stronger and harder than what I already have.'` Jones' father, with his overbearing and overwhelming personality, had created a powerful craving in the boxer—the need to become his own man.
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman said Jones "hits like a heavyweight and moves like a lightweight"
Boxer Montell Griffin who faced Jones twice at 175 lbs, and sparred with Floyd Mayweather Jr at 140 lbs said, "Floyd was no comparison as far as speed. Roy was much faster".
In 1996, High Frequency Boxing's John DiMaio wrote ``The early evidence points toward the real possibility that Jones is the greatest talent this sport has ever seen. His skill so dwarfs that of his nearest ranked opposition...that providing competitive opponents is a more challenging dilemma than the fights themselves.'` The expert opinion of Boxing magazine's editor, Bert Sugar, is provided on Jones' website: ``He possesses the fastest hands in boxing with lightning fast moves and explosive power in both hands.'` After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Roy Jones in a 1996 unanimous decision, he called Jones ``the greatest fighter of all time.'`
Awards
Selected Awards: Ring Sports Magazine—1993 Fighter of the Year; 1995 Man of the Year; 1996 Sportsman of the Year. Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Boxing Scene magazines—1994 Fighter of the Year. International Boxing Federation—1995 Fighter of the Year and 1995 Fighter of Unlimited Potential. ESPN ESPY Award—1995 Boxer of the Year. The Sports Network-Boxer of the Decade. Boxing Illustrated's Budweiser ratings, June 1995 onward—Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World. March of Dimes—1995 Honorary Chairman. KO—1996 Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and 1996 Best Fighter in the World. Congress of Racial Equality—1996 Outstanding Achievement Award. American Association for the Improvement of Boxing (the Marciano Foundation)--1996 Humanitarian of the Year. Boxing 1996—Best Pound-for Pound Fighter in the World. Harlem Globetrotters—Honorary Ambassador of Goodwill (1997). Escambia-Pensacola Human Relations Commission—1997 Olive Branch Award, for humanitarianism.
Music career
Name | Roy Jones, Jr. |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Roy Lavesta Jones, Jr. |
Origin | Pensacola, Florida, United States |
Birth date | January 16, 1969 |
Genre | Hip hop, Southern Hip Hop, Crunk, Dirty South |
Occupation | Boxer, rapper, actor, promoter, sports commentator |
Years active | 2001–present |
Label | Body Head Entertainment }} |
Discography
Album
Album information | ||||
*Released: February 26, 2002 | *Label: Body Head Entertainment | *Last RIAA Certification: None | *Singles: "Y'all Must've Forgot", "And Still" |
with Body Head Bangerz
Album information | ||||
*Released: October 26, 2004 | *Label: Body Head Entertainment | *Last RIAA Certification: None | *Singles: "Can't Be Touched", "I Smoke, I Drank (Remix)" |
Solo singles
Featured singles
Filmography
Married... with Children, Torch Song Duet (1996) - himself The Devil's Advocate (1997) - uncredited New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) - unknown The Wayans Brothers, Rope-a-Dope (1999) - himself The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Captain Ballard Enter The Matrix (2003) - Captain Ballard Cordially Invited (2007) - Lenny Banks Universal Soldier: A New Dimension (2012)
References
External links
{{s-ttl | title = WBC Light Heavyweight Champion | years = Nov 08 2003 – May 15, 2004 }} {{s-ttl | title = WBA Light Heavyweight Super Champion | years = Nov 08 2003 – May 15, 2004 }} {{s-ttl | title = The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion | years = 2001 – May 15, 2004 }}
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