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At the end of 2002, Roy Jones Jr. signed to fight against the world champion heavyweight John Ruiz WBA. Shortly after questions arose about Jones, why is he doing? And why would he risk it? Was it for money, some 10 million? Was it the irresistible urge that goes with being a champion? Was it merely ego or a grab for a higher place in boxing history? Jones was already an established musician having established Body Head label, a film actor and played professional basketball. To answer these questions, a look back is necessary for making the puzzle for some time and other time superstar of Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. was born January 16, 1969 in the small town of Pensacola, Florida, USA. At age 6 young Roy began boxing under the watchful eye of his father, Roy Jones Sr. a veteran of the Vietnam War and the small pro boxer who came from a family of 13. As a boy Jones was full of potential serious due to a combination of physical ability, desire and the training regime takes his father had set. Jones worked his way through the junior amateur ranks and in 1988 won a place in the United States boxing team for the Olympics Soul. After fighting in the preliminary stages, Jones earned a spot in the fight for gold against Park Si Hun. Jones was in complete control of the fight, reaching almost unlimited Korea with lead left hooks and counters, but in one of the largest thefts in history of the sport, the Korean received a gift decision and with it the gold medal. As a demonstration of good faith, Jones received an award for best boxer of the competition, presented at a special ceremony by 50 monks from Korea. After investigation, two judges who scored the access have been allowed to officiate in the competition again. Subsequent injustice in the soul, Jones said he would never fight again. But after his return to Pensacola to a heroes welcome, and receive gold medals hounary through his native country, Jones has decided to turn professional. On May 6, 1989, Roy Jones Jr. made his professional boxing debut against Ricky Randall at the Pensacola Civic Center. Jones weighted 157 pounds for the fight, and Randall stopped by KO in the first round 2. While launching his career with a series of victories, Jones was in a position where his career was stalling the fight against the county fairgrounds and traveling at a financial loss. Jr. was steered by his fathers prudent management, with title fights, which is offered, but declined, without knowing Jr., it seemed Jones watched the parade pass. Things came to a sudden when Jones Sr. and killed a bull terrier dogs after Jones-bit passionate race a little girl. Jr. instantly put his father as trainer and manager and proceeded to hire his former Olympic coach Alton Merkerson, and decided to deal with issues of management itself. With Jones being his own manager through the establishment Promotional Group Inc. Square Ring, he received a shot in vacant IBF Middleweight (160 pounds) world title. Jones would take great future, at 22-1, Bernard Hopkins. Without the press or public knowledge, Jones joined the fight with a broken hard right, and despite his absence, Jones relied on his fathers training character building of young age to carry through his fight the largest so far. Despite the injury, Jones proceeded to win a unanimous decision, 116-112 on all 3 cards to win his first world title. After a defense of his middleweight title against Thomas Tate, Jones next challenge would come in the form of IBF super middleweight champion James Toney Lights Out. Toney-in time was considered one of, if not the best, pound for pound fighters in the world. Jones entered the Underdog A Bout some, but in the end defied all critics and even critics not making predictions Toney Look below on the way to a unanimous decision that Jones is now a double world champion. Jones proceeded to defend his IBF super middleweight crown, and June 15, 1996, completed the incredible feat of playing a game of basketball minor league professional, and defend his world title boxing (against Canadian Eric Lucas) the same day. Jones himself marked as a supreme athlete, a black superman. Jones next challenge was to climb to 175 pounds division of light-heavy weight. After defeating Mike McCallum to win the interim WBC world title recognition, Jones was scheduled to fight stocky, 26-0, Montell Griffin to allow a buffer declared three times world champion. What resulted was a controversial and melodramatic two rounds to fight. Jones would lose his unbeaten record by hitting Griffin while the opponent has been held by the count, and therefore disqualified. Jones was released in the second fight as one possessed of his fighting game roosters (Jones breeds and trains fighting cocks), for revenge, and the result was pure cock fight, with Jones dismantling Griffin 1 turn in leaving no doubt as to who was the superior fighter. After negotiations failed to meet faded former heavyweight champion Buster Douglas, Jones decided to run a clean division of light trucks. Before the unification of titles, Jones has taken a great light heavyweight and former champion Virgil Hill. Many of Jones should be controlled by Hill, but Jones stopped the fight in round 3 with a body shot reminiscent of the sound of a shotgun, and therefore breaking ribs Hill. To unify the Light Heavyweight belt, Jones would need to get former WBA champion Lou Del Valle, in which Jones would make, but after being put on the canvas with a shock cut down in a unanimous decision. On June 5, 1999 Reggie Johnson Jones would defeat the application of undisputed-WBA, WBC and IBF Light-Heavyweight Championship of the world. Jones won the fight by a decision of 12 rounds, though, after an excellent performance for the first two rounds it seemed Jones merely carried his opponent the distance, a habit that Jones would ever be criticized for. Jones defended the undisputed title against a list of contenders for light trucks, a group of fighters who label critics no body. However, it was more a case of Jones make these world class fighters look like nobodies, as was Jones superiority. After being pushed not only by the Naysayer Jones, but a challenge to keep himself motivated, Jones took the final step and announced that he would fight WBA John Ruiz for the heavyweight championship of the world. Jones, the former middleweight, would give up some 33 pounds to Ruiz, coming in as cruiserweight to 193 virtual relatively low, but many books that Jones would collapse after being hit by the punch of a heavyweight . Despite these thoughts, Jones then dazzle the heavyweight champion who reigns with pure water handspeed who had probably never been seen before in the heavyweight division. Jones defeated Ruiz by unanimous decision, 116-112, 118-110 and 117-111 to claim the world heavyweight title. On the way Jones became a four-division champion of the world and the average weight of first claim the heavyweight title for over 100 years. After reaching the pinnacle of boxing, and cement a place in history, Jones has taken the somewhat unusual for himself fled down to light heavyweight fight against Antonio Tarver. Tarver Jones would go against a majority decision, and since it was the closest anyone came to Jones: the result has been publicly challenged. During the last stages of his career, Jones has made a return match with Tarver. Whether by the capabilities of aging, conducted by weight loss or Tarvers hard right, Jones has suffered the loss of his first real career through a second round knockout. Jones then undergo two more defeats, stop and cons Glengoffe Johnson by decision in a third fight with Tarver. Jones recently launched a comeback, still believing he had something to offer with an impressive win against Prince Badi Ajamu. The legacy Jones leaves behind him is that he will remain as the greatest natural athlete to ever lace the gloves: Exhibiting erratic speed, hands and feet, superb coordination and close physical physically perfect.