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Jones in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Roy Levesta Jones, Jr.
Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 16, 1969
Ethnicity: African-American
Roy Jones, Jr. is an American boxer, rapper, actor, and commentator. He has held world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. He is the only boxer in history to start his professional career at light middleweight, and then win a heavyweight title. He is nicknamed “Superman,” “Junior,” “RJ,” and “Captain Hook.”
He is married, and has three children. In 2015, Roy took on Russian citizenship.