Born on January 16, 1969, Roy Levesta Jones Jr. is a dual-citizenship American and Russian former professional boxer, pundit, and trainer
He held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight
In 1993, he defeated Bernard Hopkins to win the IBF Middleweight Championship. After 34 victories, Jones fell to Montell Griffin in 1997 and was stripped of the WBC Light Heavyweight
Jones has three kids with his wife. Basketball was played at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada, by their oldest son Roy
With twelve victories, Jones has the most in unified light heavyweight title fights in boxing history as of February 2018
Jones was voted the Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1994 and by the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003