Roy Levesta Jones Jr. is an American former professional boxer, born in 1969, who won a silver medal in the light middleweight division at the 1988 Seoul Olympics before turning professional and winning world titles in five weight classes, from middleweight to heavyweight. He held the undisputed light heavyweight championship from 1999 to 2002 and, by winning a heavyweight title in 2003 after starting his career at junior middleweight, became only the second former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title, 106 years after Bob Fitzsimmons. He finished his career with a record of 66 wins and 10 losses, was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1994, and won boxing's best boxer ESPY award three times.
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What happened to Roy Jones Jr. at the 1988 Olympics?
He controversially lost the Seoul gold medal match but still received the Val Barker Award.
Representing the United States at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Roy Jones Jr. controversially lost the gold medal match, but he still received the Val Barker Award. He made his professional debut on May 6, 1989.
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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023.
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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer
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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer
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(born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023.
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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023.
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As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the light middleweight silver medal.
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