Roy Jones Jr Olympics
Jones landed 86 punches to park s 32.
Roy jones jr olympics. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. Was one of the most successful boxers of his generation. The finals on the last day of boxing at the olympic games jones barely bothered to raise his guard. Official profile of olympic athlete roy jones jr.
50 stunning olympic moments no14. South korean park si hun. Park took two standing eight counts and was twice warned by the referee. He represented america at the 1988 summer games in seoul.
At the 1988 games in seoul the us light middleweight suffered one of the olympics worst injustices when judges awarded the gold. Entering the men s light middleweight final against an american teenager named roy. Jones won the 1984 united states national junior olympics in the 119 lb 54 kg weight division the 1986 united states national golden gloves in the 139 lb 63 kg division and the 1987 united states national golden gloves in the 156 lb 71 kg division. At the 1988 olympics in seoul korea it was american roy jones jr.
Park si hun olympic scandal. The last south korean boxer to win an olympic gold medal has spent the past 32 years wishing it was a silver. It looked like he would bring home the gold. Born 16 jan 1969 including games medals results photos videos and news.
It didn t end up that way though as jones lost in a devastating way.