49 Wins - 2 Loss - 38 KO's

FAST FACTS
• Age 35
• Born January 16, 1969
• Born and resides in Pensacola, Florida
• Stands 5'11"
• Reach of 74"
• Self Managed
• Trained by Alton Merkerson

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Pro debut at age 20 on May 6, 1989
• 23-2 in World Championship fights
• Former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
• Former WBA Heavyweight World Champion
• Former IBF Super Middleweight World champion
• Former IBF Middleweight World Champion

PERSONAL & AMATEUR BACKGROUND
• America's best bet to win a gold medal at 156 pounds at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, he thrashed the competition in reaching the final, climactic bout against Korean Si-hun Park. Despite a dominating performance, he was denied the gold medal on a 3-2 vote in what's been called the most disgraceful and outrageous judging blunder in Olympic Games history. He was presented the Val Bareker Cup as the Olympics' Most Outstanding Boxer.
• A successful recording artist; his rap CD, Round One, is a hard scrabble depiction of how the flashy superstar perceives his life, dazzling career and tumultuous criticism.
• He has his own boxing promotions company entitled Square Ring, Inc.
• In 2004, succeeded George Foreman as boxing commentator on HBO World Championship Boxing and HBO Pay Per View telecasts.
The consensus "pound-for-pound" best boxer in the world, Roy Jones, Jr. has defeated the best fighters in three weight divisions. He staked his claim as one of the greatest and most talented boxers in history. Except for a controversial disqualification, he had never been licked in the ring - until May 15, 2004.

In a prelude to that fateful night, he responded to a challenge from Antonio Tarver and fought him in November 2003 for what was rightfully his - the light heavyweight belts he had relinquished for the heavyweight world title. The end result was one that enraged and shocked Tarver and one that stirred much debate. Although Jones won by a majority decision, shocked boxing fans and media alike felt that the greatest pound for pound fighter looked ordinary at best against Tarver. They saw a man who looked weary from Tarver's apparent domination in the early rounds, but what they did not recognize was Tarver's visibility in the last two rounds was next to non-existent - he made minimal use of his jabs and lacked the abundance of punches that were evident in the early rounds.

Not being one to hide behind such controversy, he and Tarver agreed to settle the score, once and for all in a rematch.

Then, before a crowd of approximately 9.000 shocked fans at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and after a somewhat cautious start by both fighters, Roy Jones, Jr. lost his WBC/WBA Light Heavyweight Titles when he was KO'd by the "Magic Man". Tarver landed a counter left hook square on Jones' jaw sending him under the ropes in the first minute of the second round. The stunned "pound for pound" best fighter in the world valiantly tried with all his might to get up on his feet, but could not do so before the referee's count of ten.