Roy Jones Jr. He enjoyed one of the greatest boxing careers of all time, despite one incident that forever persecute the global star.
Jones, Jr., who is widely recognized as one of the best pounds boxers as pounds, had world -high -weight heavyweight titles during the Hall of Fame term. However, one terrible night in 1988 sending Jones when he considers his professional achievements.
“I was furious,” Jones admitted. “I was promoted to prove that I am the best warrior there and in the world.
“Amateur boxing allowed me to learn life skills and face every other possible scenario in the ring. I saw Ali vs. Frazier and I felt that Ali and I had the same mental concept about life,” he added.
Jones was one of the best amateur boxers in the world, with a record of 121-13. His run in the vest included the performances of gold medals at the National Junior Olympiadic in 1984 and in the National Golden Gloves tournaments in 1986 and 1987.
But at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 in South Korea, Jones reached the finals of the lightweight medium division championship against the South Korea Park. Jones probably suffered the worst decision in the history of boxing, losing 3-2, even though he overtook his opponent from 86 to 32 blows.
He was forced to settle for a silver medal in widely considered repair. Even his opponent admitted that Jones won his fight, leading Aiba to suspend three judges who later chose a warrior from his hometown as a winner.
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Despite the robbery of the medal, Jones was chosen as the winner of the Val Barker trophy and the best boxer of the 1988 Olympic Games. Due to the controversy, the Olympic boxing scoring system has changed, replacing the 20 points system must have an electronic system.
In 2022, Jones was honored by the introduction to the International Gallery of Fame. RJJ received a similar honor as US boxing graduates four years earlier.
He said. “I am honored that I was chosen for induction to the Gallery of Fame of the US Absolve Association, especially as a member of this wonderful class with my inductations.”
Jones debuted on May 6, 1989 at home in Pensacola, Florida. Then he won nine main world titles in four different weight classes.
In 2003, Jones defeated John Ruiz through the twelfth unanimous decision to become the first former champion of world medium weight, who will become the owner of the world heavyweight for over a century. He failed through his first 34 Pro Fights, 22-3, 14 KO in the fight for the title of world champion.
Against former, present or future world champions, Jones was 19-9 [8 KOs]And among his victims were great, such as Bernard Hopkins, James Toney, Mike McCallum, Vinnie Pazienza, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver and Felix Trinidad.
After the exhibition’s return against Mike Tyson in 2020, Jones is more known today as a promoter. He says that helping other boxers give him satisfaction.
“This is a great experience for boxers. It reminds them that who they can have or continue to look at, also observes them.”
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The boxing legend Floyd Mayweather put money where his lips concern the former opponent Saul Canelo álvarez.
Mayweather set up over $ 9,000 on the Mexican superstar, passing the seventh distance of the next on May 3.
The five -member king won $ 22,000 and changes for his efforts when Canelo fought in one of the worst career performances.
Canelo’s debut in Saudi Arabia did not ignite when both warriors entered record books with the smallest number of blows thrown into a 12-round fight.
The unanimous decision was infamous to achieve the top five, while Canelo reached two on the list of individual warriors.
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Canelo Álvarez
Floyd knows Canelo well from the Battle of Paris 2013 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo was only in the twenty when he lost his super half -violent WBC belt against Mayweather.
Walka Mayweather vs. Canelo ended with the decision of the majority in one of the worst results cards that CJ Ross has ever conveyed. The fans were furious that Mayweather did not take the results in the Cinco de Mayo performance.
World Boxing News could not give Canelo Alvarez one round in battle when Mayweather dominated the proceedings. Canelo successfully defended his title five months earlier against Austin Trout, moving his record to 42-0-1.
The Mayweather CV was 44-0, but reached 45-0 when he defeated Canelo for the first time in the main event.
Canelo vs crawford
Canelo aims to avoid the third career failure on September 12, when she has a huge advantage over Terencine Crawford at the Allegiant stadium.
Turks Alalshikh, who loves weight, will organize himself again as the head of the Riyadh season, wants to reverse bad advertising.
His Doublehead’s event in Modern York Times Square and Riyadh bombed at the ticket office. The three main fights of the cards took on record books for the wrong reasons.
To submit Turk’s misery, the NYC program sold only 260,000 salaries at the sight of blocking the fans.
Leigh Oldney
The organizers set up huge screens to prevent anyone from seeing the action, because Alalshikh only invited a handful of his friends and employees to watch.
He gave everyone a gift bag of 1000 USD and hoped that fans would adapt to significant numbers. However, this was not the case.
Turki has not yet issued PPV numbers for Canelo vs. Scull.
Manweather
As for Mayweather, the 48-year-old exhibition career has been silenced since his rematch with John Gotti III in August in Mexico.
Meanwhile, Nemesis Manny Pacquiao returns to a professional action in 46 to face Mario Barrios. It is not known if Pacquiao’s return is enough to encourage Mayweather from his dream.
WBN only revealed that both sides had been conducting rematch talks for over a decade. The Middle East investors showed a clear interest in the fight five years ago,
“Money” is currently buying real estate around the world when he builds his investment portfolio for the future.
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Amir Khan gave World Boxing News an exclusive interview about his views on the recent Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn Fight.
The former world champion in two importance was impressed by the competition with Fight of the Year, which took place on April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.
Eubank Jr. And Benn defeated each other years after years of hostility, expanding the heritage initiated by their fathers, Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn.
Khan watched Eubank and Benn gave all twelve rounds before 65,000 fans in Great Britain in medium weight.
Eubank won a unanimous decision to make three fights without a victory for the Benn family.
Asked about the thoughts of the battle, Khan said worldboxingnews.com: “What is this a huge fight. I think that boxing needs.
“I was very content that this was such a fight. Both warriors performed great, but Benn shocked me the most.
“I think it is complex to beat him if he continues to perform in such performances. Nobody expected it and surprised everyone.”
Leigh Oldney
WBN told Khan that the contracted rehydration clause Eubank equalized the fight for a welterweight. The man from Bolton agreed, but says that such details do not matter when the fight is so good.
“Let’s be candid, nobody thought it would be such a fight. A great respect for both warriors. What a fight was, everyone was on the verge of their sitting.
“I loved everything,” said the 38-year-old.
“I think that Eubank definitely exhausted him, a great time. He was not the same warrior we saw, but if he was, maybe it wasn’t the same fight. And what a fight it was.
“Nobody really cares for the weight when you see such a fight. It was good for boxing, especially in Great Britain, because the last few programs were not the best.
Competition Eubank Jr vs. Benn will continue this fall by a rematch, which promises to be the biggest fight in Great Britain in the latest memory.
As both men met earlier, the accumulation will be less heated, because warriors strive to prove their inflammation in the ring.
They will meet on the same conditions on the average weight limit, and 28-year-old Benn had an advantage over age over 35-year-old Eubank.
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The heavyweight weight of Jake Paul, who believes that he can become the future world champion, survived the brutal third round to pass 11-0 in Florida.
Dainier Pero, a Cuban Olympian with a huge family, suffered two knocking down in the same verse before he won.
Navarro started clearly and defeated Pero, who devoted time to settlement. Navarro then woke the Pero, dropping him firmly on the canvas with an exaggerated law and again with the upper part.
Pero proved that he got up twice and managed to see the round despite the constant pressure.
The 25-year-old would not make the same mistake because he won most of the rounds from that moment.
“Fear” moved to 11-0, 8 KO and retained his title WBA Continental USA Heavyweight with what turned out to be close to a unanimous decision.
All three referees of Ringside cards won 96-92 after ten rounds, because Pero retained his undefeated record against Mexico Cesar “Chak” Navarro.
After losing, Navarro fell to 13-3, 11 KO in the main event of the most valuable MVP 12 perspectives at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando.
Paul maintains that Pero is still on the way to fame.
MVP stated: “Pero overcame adversity to remain invincible and continue to become a legitimate claimant in the heavyweight department.”
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Results Pero vs Navarro Undercard (delivered by MVP)
In the event of cooperation, Corey “2smoove” Marxman (11-0-1, 8 KO) provided a performance against another pretender Rising Tayden “The Butcher” Beltran (10-1-1, 5 KO).
The couple exchanged blows in the planned 8-round airy showdown filled without interruption.
From the opening bell, Marxman controlled the pace, dazzling the crowd with his trademark, releasing crunchy, powerful combinations that have repeatedly supported Beltran to Lin.
Beltran absorbed Marxman’s shots and replied with some of his own explosives, briefly gaining momentum in later rounds. But Marxman’s pressure turned out to be overwhelming, culminating in the seventh round, which forced the judge to enter.
The fight waved with thunderous applause of the hometown of the hometown, when Marxman celebrated the well -deserved victory of TKO and continued his climbing in airy ranks.
On the main card, 19-year-old 18-time national champion Like Gallegos (9-0-1, 7 KO) defeated Mexico Pedro Castaned (8-1-1, 5 KO) through technical knockout in the fifth round.
Opening the main card, Nat “without love” of the pigeon (5-0-1, 1 KO) he drew with Texas originating Nayeli Rodriguez (4-0-1) 38-38 on all cards.
In the preliminary headlight of the card, Ariel “The Golden Hulk” Perez (7-0, 4 KO) defeated 26-year-old Mexican Mario Bedolla (4-4, 3 KO) in a 6-round airy hefty fight.
“The Golden Hulk” won the decisive unanimous victory of the decision (60-54 x3).
Jeremy Adorno, Elise Soto and Quincey Williams won the early action.
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