Roy Jones Jr Light Heavyweight
Late in 2002 roy jones jr who at the time was the undisputed light heavyweight champion and had previously held world titles in both the middleweight and super middleweight divisions announced that he had agreed to move up to the heavyweight division to challenge wba heavyweight champion john ruiz for his title.
Roy jones jr light heavyweight. As a professional he has captured numerous championships in the middleweight super middleweight light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Roy levesta jones jr. Jones who captured his first world title at middleweight achieved a career dream in 2003 when he moved up to.
He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a junior middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. During his career jones held titles in the middleweight super middleweight light heavyweight and the heavyweight class. 79kg roy jones junior is a former world champion in four divisions middle to heavyweight the only man to span that gap. Roy jones jr left won the wba heavyweight title in 2003 by defeating john ruiz right by unanimous decision at the thomas mack center in las vegas.
W ud 12 wbc. Roy jones jr right reached a career pinnacle in 2003 when he moved up in weight to face john ruiz whom jones toyed with before taking his heavyweight title. Born january 16 1969 is an american boxer. 10 roy jones jr 51 will fight mike tyson in a boxing exhibition on.
Focus on sport getty images. Roy jones jr sport. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018 and held multiple world championships in four weight classes including titles at middleweight super middleweight light heavyweight and heavyweight and is. Born january 16 1969 is an american born former professional boxer boxing commentator boxing trainer rapper and actor who holds dual american and russian citizenship.
Roy jones jr 51 years old captured world titles in four different weight classes.