Roy Jones Jr was born on January 16, 1969 in Florida, USA. He is famous for his thunder force in his punches. In his career, Jones had 66 victories, 9 losses and 6 times owning the world boxing belt in four weight of Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and and Heavyweight.
The 52 -year -old champion Roy Jones Jon defeated Bernard Hopkins in 1993 with a consensus score to get a medium IBF championship when he was 24 years old, considered by many to be one of his greatest boxers.
In 1999, he became the absolute champion of Light Heavyweight when unifying WBA, WBC and IBF titles. During his peak, Jones was known as a fighter possessing a light -like speed, attractive gameplay, flexible movement and excellent reflexes.
When participating in the YouTube channel of former NFL Shannon Sharpe star, Jones was asked about the top 4 best boxing boxers of all time.
He did not hesitate to identify himself as the number one boxer, Muhammad Ali ranked second, Sugar Ray Robinson third and Salvador Sanchez ranked fourth in the list. However, both Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are not on the list of Jones.
“To be honest, I topped the list, so I don't need to tell anything. Jones said.
Jones said that today's heavy candidates like Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua did not have many wins against its predecessors like Joe Frazier and George Foreman, the punches who ruled the weight in the 1970s.
“The reason I said the 70s was the golden era of boxing was because if you bring anyone in the top 10 fighters in the 70s to play with the current heavyweight boxers today, they can become champions. All the boxers in the Top 10 at that time were the quality of the heavy champion.”
Roy Jones Jr – an almightive puncher who won the final victory against rival Scott Sigmon at the age of 49 has officially retired. Jones's punches have the power that is not inferior to Sigmon even though he is 19 years older than this boxer. When Jones played the first boxing match in 1989, Sigmon was only 2 years old.
After retiring, at the end of 2020, Roy Jones Jr had a match with “steel puncher” Mike Tyson after 15 years of absence.
The purpose of this match is to raise funds, but with the names of both boxers, the match is still considered as one of the most anticipated matches in the boxing village in recent years. The match ended with a draw and satisfied both fans and fans.