Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is a former Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight boxing champion and basketball player from Pensacola, Florida. Although he used to play basketball for a team in Birmingham, Alabama, Jones is more widely known for his achievements in the boxing ring. Jones was Ring magazine's "Fighter of the Year" in 1994 and was voted the "Fighter of the Decade" in the 1999 by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Jones was then once considered as the best pound for pound fighter in the world.

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January 16 - 1969 - Middleweight - Super Middleweight - Light Heavyweight - Heavyweight boxing champion - Basketball - Pensacola, Florida - Birmingham, Alabama - Boxing

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Jones's advisor and sometime manager is Pensacola lawyer Fred Levin. His longtime trainer is Al Merkerson.

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