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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the light middleweight silver medal.
Jones is considered by many to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, pound for pound, and left his mark in the sport's history when he won the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title in 2003, becoming the first and only boxer to win the heavyweight title starting his career as a junior middleweight. This also made him the second of only two former middleweight champions to win a heavyweight title, 106 years after Bob Fitzsimmons accomplished that feat. He is also one of only two heavyweight champions to have begun his career below middleweight, the other being former welterweight Tommy Burns, who won the title 97 years prior, thus being the second-lightest boxer to eventually become heavyweight champion.
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Russia
Pensacola, United States8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 2004
1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 2004
5 Jun 1999 – 19 Nov 2002
18 Nov 1994 – 20 Feb 1997
22 May 1993 – 25 Aug 1994
| Result | Date | Opponent | Method | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 1 Apr 2023 | Anthony Pettis | MD Pettis defeated Jones Jr. via Majority Decision . | Roy Jones Jr. vs Anthony Pettis |
| D | 28 Nov 2020 | Mike Tyson Heavyweight | SD Split draw (79–73, 76–76, 76–80) | Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. |
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