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My Take
Roy Jones Jr. is, to me, one of the purest displays of athletic genius boxing ever produced. Winning titles across four weight classes from middleweight to heavyweight is almost absurd, and in his prime his speed and unpredictable angles made him look like he was playing a different sport. The 1988 Olympic robbery only deepened his legend. I also enjoy how he refused a single lane, moonlighting as a singer and rapper, which reads as the restlessness of a true original. His 2022 Hall of Fame induction was a formality. Talent like his comes around maybe once a generation.
Overview
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer that competed from 1989 to 2018, and again in 2023. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the light middleweight silver medal.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roy Jones Jr.
- Name (Japanese)
- ロイ・ジョーンズ・ジュニア
- Reading
- ろい・じょーんず・じゅにあ
- Born
- January 16, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer / singer / actor / journalist / rapper
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Booker T. Washington High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2022 International Boxing Hall of Fame
- 1997 Silver Olympic Order
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion
- IBF World Super Middleweight Champion
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Boxer — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.