Roy Jones Jr Olympics 1988

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 olympics 1988. In 1988 olympic boxing judges robbed roy jones jr and handed the gold to park si hun. Broadcasters for the american broadcasting company marv albert and dr. He won gold medals at the 1984 national jr. Roy jones jnr was robbed of the light middleweight olympic gold after he was judged to have lost to park si hun despite out punching the south korean 86 32.

Evidence came to the forefront several years later that korean boxing authorities had bribed the. Roy jones jr vs. R boxes korea s park si hun at the 1988 olympics sunkyu im afp via getty images. Retired last week at the age of 49.

Beyond titles he held in four. Before delving into superman s fight with si hun first it s important to understand exactly how big of an olympic star jones jr. The three judges who awarded the fight to park were suspended for six months pending an investigation but were cleared of wrongdoing by the international boxing association aiba. Ron kuntz ap b oxing and the olympics have never.

Korea s park si hun left delivers a left jab to america s roy jones jr in the controversial 1988 light middleweight final in seoul. Roy levesta jones jr. Ferdie pacheco already seemed convinced that the gold medal was going to go to the american roy jones jr who was battling the south korean park si hun. At the 1988 olympics in seoul korea it was american roy jones jr.

It was round 3 of the gold medal championship bout in the light middle weight division at the 1988 olympics in seoul korea. Both boxers were visibly. 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. Park si hun olympic scandal.

America s roy jones jr. South korean park si hun. The finals on the last day of boxing at the olympic games jones barely bothered to raise his guard. Jones landed 86 punches to park s 32.