Roy Jones Jr Net Worth. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight, and is the only boxer in history to start his professional career at light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. As an amateur boxer he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a light middleweight silver medal after one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history.
Jones is considered by many to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, pound for pound, and left his mark in the sport’s history when he won the WBA heavyweight title in 2003, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. In 1999 he became the undisputed light heavyweight champion by unifying the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles. During his prime, Jones was known for possessing exceptional hand speed, athleticism, footwork, explosiveness, punching power, movement and reflexes.
As of February 2018, Jones holds the record for the most wins in unified light heavyweight title bouts in boxing history, at twelve. He is ranked by BoxRec as the 29th greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.[5] The Ring magazine named Jones the Fighter of the Year in 1994, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame named him the Fighter of the Year for 2003. He is also a three-time winner of the Best Boxer ESPY Award (1996, 2000, and 2003). The Boxing Writers Association of America named him as the Fighter of the Decade for the 1990s.
Jones currently has the longest professional career of any heavyweight boxing champion, having boxed for over 33 years since 1989 (12,384 days). This record was held previously by Jack Johnson, who also boxed for 33 years between 1897 until 1931 (12,231 days).
What is Roy Jones, Jr.’s net worth?
Net Worth: $7 Million
Date of Birth: Jan 16, 1969 (54 years old)
Place of Birth: Pensacola
Gender: Male
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.803 m)
Profession: Actor, Professional Boxer, Rapper, Promoter, Sports commentator
Nationality: United States of America
Roy Jones, Jr. is an American professional boxer, actor, and rapper who has a net worth of $7 million dollars. After a professional career that spanned nearly three decades, Roy Jones, Jr. retired with a career of 66 wins out of 75 fights. During that career he earned $55 million from guaranteed purses, Pay Per View bonuses and sponsors (before taxes and various fees).
Financial Issues
Unfortunately, like many other boxers Roy has experienced financial problems at times. He reportedly lost much of his wealth due to failed business ventures, particularly real estate investments which flopped. He also spent millions on a recording studio which did not become profitable. Roy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2014. In 2015 it was reported that Roy had accumulated $3 million worth of IRS debt.
At one point a Russian boxing promoter offered to cover the debt in exchange for Roy participating in string of fights the same year. In 2018 several properties owned by Roy were put up for auction to full debts accrued by one of his companies. One of those properties was occupied by his father, Roy Jones, Sr. National headlines were quick to pounce on the idea that Jr.’s family members had been forced to set up a GoFundMe to help find Sr. a new place to live.
