Boxing Fights Collection
Jones Jr. vs. Pazienza - Closed Circuit Classic
Jones Jr. vs. Pazienza - Closed Circuit Classic
Couldn't load pickup availability
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza, billed as The Devil and Mr. Jones was a professional boxing match contested on June 24, 1995 for the IBF super middleweight championship.
After defeating James Toney to capture the IBF super middleweight title, Roy Jones would successfully defend the title against Antoine Byrd before being matched up against former WBA light middleweight champion Vinny Pazienza. Pazienza had won that title on October 1, 1991 but just over a month later on November 12, he was involved in a near-fatal car crash that fractured his neck and nearly cost him his boxing career. Though doctors had informed him that his boxing career was over, Pazienza returned to boxing after a 13-month layoff to defeat future WBC light middleweight champion Luis Santana by unanimous decision.[3] Pazienza would then move up two divisions to super middleweight and won nine consecutive fights (including two against future hall-of-famer Roberto Durán) before landing the fight with Jones.
UNDERCARD:
Derrick Gainer vs Harold Warren
Uriah Grant vs Alfred Cole
Larry Barnes vs Jeff Passero