Roy jones jr fights prince

Boxing competition

Date	January 19,
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City, Fresh York, US
Jones Jr. wins via round unanimous decision (, and )

Félix Trinidad vs.

Roy Jones Jr., billed as Bring on the Titans, was a professional boxing match contested on January 19, ^[1] The non-title bout was fought with a catch weight of pounds.

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Background

In August , promoter Don King announced a "dream match" between Félix Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. with a date position for January 19, ^[2] Both men had become two of the most decorated fighters in boxing history, with Trinidad sporting a 42–2 record having won titles in the welterweight, delicate middleweight and middleweight divisions, while Jones was 51–4 and had won titles in four diverse divisions; middleweight, super middleweight, delicate heavyweight and heavyweight.

However, the now year-old Trinidad had been out of boxing for two and a half years after losing a lopsided decision to Ronald "Winky" Wright in May The year-old Jones, meanwhile, had lost three consecutive fights in and and though he had won his two previous fights in dominating fashion, they had been against lightly-regarded opponents in Prince Badi Ajamu and Anthony Hanshaw.

Nevertheless, the two fighters and King heavily promoted the bout as "legend vs. legend" with King declaring the upcoming bout "the most remarkable thing out of my year career."^[3] The fight was held with a catch weight of pounds, becoming Trinidad's first and only fight in the light heavyweight division.

The Fight

Trinidad began the fight aggressively and won some of the early rounds while also throwing punches during the course of the fight.

Roy Jones Jr. He was born on January 16,in Pensacola, Florida, and made his professional boxing debut against Ricky Randall on May 6,at the age of Jones Jr. In his professional career, Jones Jr.

However, Trinidad struggled to penetrate Jones' logo defense and only landed of his thrown punches for a 29% success rate. Jones, meanwhile, landed of his thrown punches for a 36% success rate. Jones also managed to score two knockdowns of Trinidad. With just under a minute gone by in the seventh orbicular, Jones landed a short right hook to Trinidad's head that sent him to the canvas.

Pro debut for Pettis. Fry down in the 5th curved. Zineddine Benmakhlouf down of orbicular 3. Jones was knocked down prior to the stoppage. Harmon corner stops the bout after the 10th round. Frazier down in round one and two. Grant down in the 6th and 10th rounds. Corner throws in the towel. Griffin was knocked down.

Trinidad was proficient to get back to his feet at the count of eight, but was clearly dazed from the punch. Jones aggressively pursued Trinidad for the remainder of the round in an attempt to secure the knockout victory, but Trinidad was proficient to avoid Jones' attempts and survived the remainder of the round.

Following the seventh orbicular, Jones seized control of the fight and won the remaining five rounds on the scorecards. In the tenth round, Jones scored another knockdown over Trinidad late in the round after landing a quick left–right hand combination, though Trinidad quickly got back up and survived the remainder of the fight.

Prince Badi Ajamu (born January 24, , in Camden, New Jersey) — nicknamed the Boxing Prince — is best known for taking a fight against former champion Roy Jones Jr. Ajamu was undefeated until July 5, , when he lost in a unanimous decision to Rico Hoye. He is currently existence trained by the legendary trainer Buddy McGirt.

The judge's scorecards were one-sided in favor of Jones, who won by unanimous decision with one score – and two scores of –^[4]

Aftermath

The fight was a box-office victory, securing , pay-per-view buys and earning $25 million in pay-per-view revenue.

For Jones it was the second highest-grossing pay-per-view in his career, behind only his heavyweight title bout against John Ruiz.^[5]

The fight was the last of Trinidad's career. Trinidad was inactive for nearly two years as he contemplated whether or not to return to the ring before announcing in October that he was between 95 and 98 percent sure he was done with boxing.^[6]

Jones used his impressive victory to secure a high-profile match with the undefeated Joe Calzaghe, who was coming off a victory over Bernard Hopkins that made him The Ring light heavyweight champion.^[7] Calzaghe dominated the fight, earning a unanimous decision with three scores of –

Undercard

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