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Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins (50–5–1, 32 KOs) met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, 17 years after their first fight. [108] Jones entered with a record of 5–5 in his previous ten bouts dating back to May 2004 whilst Hopkins came in 4–1 since June 2006.
Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Battle of the Superpowers, was a professional boxing match contested on November 8, 2008, for the The Ring Light heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It ultimately proved to be Calzaghe's final professional bout, as he announced his retirement on February 5, 2009.
March 21 - Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Omar Sheika in the 5th round to win the vacant NABO light heavyweight title. This was Jones' first knockout win in 6½ years. This was Jones' first knockout win in 6½ years.
Omar Sheika (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional boxer and multiple time super middleweight world title challenger. He is of Palestinian descent . Raised in Paterson, New Jersey , Sheika attended Eastside High School [ 1 ] and has been a resident of Woodland Park, New Jersey .
In August 2007, promoter Don King announced a "dream match" between Félix Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. with a date set for January 19, 2008. [2] Both men had become two of the most decorated fighters in boxing history, with Trinidad sporting a 42–2 record having won titles in the welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions, while Jones was 51–4 and had won titles in four ...
Three months after winning the WBA light heavyweight title after defeating Lou Del Valle in his previous fight in July 1998, Roy Jones Jr. announced in early October that he would make the first defense of the newly unified titles (having been promoted to full WBC champion after the controversial demotion of former champion Graciano Rocchigiani) the following month against the reigning WBO ...
Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Lockdown Knockdown, was an exhibition boxing match between former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson and former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. The bout took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 28, 2020, and was sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission ...
Del Valle wasn't able to take advantage and at the end of 12 rounds all three judges would score the bout for Jones with scores of 118–109, 118–109 and 119–108, making him a three time light heavyweight champion. [9] [10] HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman scored the fight 118–109 for Jones.