Rodney Jones | |
Realname: | Rodney Jones |
Nickname: | Smooth |
Weight: | Middleweight Light middleweight Welterweight |
Height: | 6 ft 1 in |
Reach: | 77 in |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1968 |
Birth Place: | Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 42 |
Wins: | 37 |
Ko: | 22 |
Losses: | 4 |
Draws: | 1 |
No Contests: | 0 |
Rodney Jones (born July 28, 1968) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. He challenged twice for a light-middleweight world title in 2000 and 2007. At the regional level, he held the NABO and NABF light-middleweight titles.
Jones compiled an amateur record of 31-4.
Early in his career when Rodney was 28 years old, he beat an eighteen-year-old Antonio Margarito by a ten-round decision. The young fighter went on to become a three-time World Champion.[1]
In his first effort at a World Championship he would lose to Harry Simon on September 23, 2000.[2]
On February 3, 2007 Jones lost to world champion Cory Spinks in Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida.[3]
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