Roy Jones Jnr WAS a legend.

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  1. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There's a comprehensive article - complete with videos - on Roy Jones Jnr's career at World Boxing News:

    I'll paste the beginning, but it'd take 10 posting boxes to get it all here:


    World Boxing News looks back at the fighter of the 1990’s

    Roy Levesta Jones Jr was born in 1969 in Pensacola, Florida and at the age of 15 won his first boxing title, the first of many, many championships in a glittering professional career that starting at middleweight in 1989.

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    That first title in 1984 was the United States National Junior Olympic Title at 54kg followed by the 1986 and 1987 National Golden Gloves Titles at 63kg and 71kg respectively in a sparkling amateur career which Jones expected to finish with a 1988 Olympic Gold Medal.

    Jones had been used to winning and went into the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul as the hot favourite to bring home the Light-Middleweight Gold Medal, he didn’t disappoint on his path to the final, dominating ever opponent without losing a round.

    In the Final against home fighter Park Si-Hun, Jones continued in the same fashion, totally out-classing the Korean, landing 86 punches to 32 and was expecting what every non Korean in the world thought would happen, that Jones would be awarded the Gold Medal.

    In one of the most shocking home decision moments in Olympic history, the judges scored the contest 3-2 to the Korean, an unbelievable turn of events and a total miscarriage of justice which to this day is still being appealed by Roy and his advisors.

    It is hoped that the decision, which Park himself, allegedly apologized to Jones for, will be overturned and Roy will get the gold medal which he so obviously won in a contest that wasn’t even close.

    ...visit the site for more:

    http://www.*****.net/2010/08/wbn-ring-legends-roy-jones-jr.html
     
  2. shiner

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  3. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not interested in boxing Shiner?
     
  4. StiffJab

    StiffJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That robbery is still to this day the worst I have seen!

    But does he seriously think it's still going to be reveresed after this many years?
     
  5. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Daylight f---en robbery alright StiffJab, and premeditated robbery too.
     
  6. Dr Gonzo

    Dr Gonzo Yo! Molesta La Breastas! Full Member

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    ****ing corrupt Korean ****s, they should be ashamed and shot
     
  7. Sox

    Sox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeh, lets talk about Green instead. :patsch
     
  8. Francis75

    Francis75 FAB 4 Full Member

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    Roy was incredible in his prime. If only he retired after he defeated Ruiz at heavy.
     
  9. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Or anyone since for that matter.
     
  10. Sox

    Sox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was awesome eh. :good
     
  11. dawsosj

    dawsosj Boxing Addict Full Member

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    one of the most amazing raw talents ive seen, still my favourite boxer of all time in terms of excitement and ring character
     
  12. abe01

    abe01 Active Member Full Member

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    just watched the youtube clip in boxing forum.that was a disgrace.
     
  13. Francis75

    Francis75 FAB 4 Full Member

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    Also i think Roy is a genuinely good guy.
     
  14. darkhorse

    darkhorse Boxing Addict Full Member

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    nup...not for me...I wuz a Hopkins man :yep
     
  15. dawsosj

    dawsosj Boxing Addict Full Member

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    haha fair enough, its like the kobe vs lebron argument in basketball, just a matter of preference and more opinion rather than fact over who is the better craftsmen of their trade :good