Browsing Tag Virgil Hill

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  The Top Twelve 18

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights

  Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...

  On August 13, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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  April 25, 1998: Jones vs Hill

  Like so many ring greats, Roy Jones Jr. found it very hard to say goodbye to boxing, fighting on long after it was obvious to all that his ...

  On April 25, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Didn’t Forget: Wylie On Superman

  The one-and-only Roy Levesta Jones Jr., aka Superman, marks another journey around the sun today and no, we didn’t forget. Admirers of the uber-talented boxer who defeated such ...

  On January 16, 2021 / By Lee Wylie
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  Yes, Roy Really Was That Good

  By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in ...

  On September 25, 2020 / By Sean Crose
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  Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.

  Twenty-two years ago, everyone knew that Roy Jones Jr. was “Superman.” Yes, he had suffered a disqualification defeat to Montell Griffin the year before, but that did nothing ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Lee Wylie