Reggie Jones (boxer)

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Jones in 1972
Statistics
Weight(s) Middleweight
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Born Newark, New Jersey, U.S. [1]
Boxing record
Total fights26
Wins16
Wins by KO8
Losses9
Draws1
Medal record

Reginald Dennis "Reggie" Jones (born 1951) is a retired boxer from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was controversially eliminated in the second round of the light middleweight division ( 71 kg) by Valeri Tregubov of the Soviet Union in a fight he was generally accepted to have won. [2]

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Born in Savannah, Georgia, Jones moved to Newark as a child, attending the public schools and graduating from Weequahic High School in 1969, where he played basketball and football, as well as running on the school's track team. [3]

Jones took up boxing at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba while serving in the U.S. Navy. He won a bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games, two Marines and Interservice titles, and two North Carolina AAU titles. He turned professional after the 1972 Olympics, and became the New Jersey State Middleweight Champion when he beat Bobby Patterson over 12 rounds. He would hold that title for the next two years, before he lost to fellow 2010 Inductee Rusty Rosenberger. [1] After retiring from boxing he settled in Summit, New Jersey, to become a social worker with the Essex County Division of Welfare and then for 31 years with the New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services, until his retirement in February 2016. [4]

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of Reggie Jones, an American light middleweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

Professional boxing record

16 Wins (8 knockouts, 8 decisions), 9 Losses (3 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Draw
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
Loss17-19-2 Flag of the United States.svg Bob "Hunter" Patterson PTS623/04/1982 Flag of New Jersey.svg East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Loss12-0 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Czyz TKO718/06/1981 Flag of New Jersey.svg Totowa, New Jersey, United States New Jersey Middleweight Title.
Win0-1 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Thomas KO218/12/1980 Flag of New Jersey.svg Totowa, New Jersey, United States
Loss26-1-2 Flag of Syria.svg Mustafa Hamsho TKO629/03/1980 Flag of New Jersey.svg Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win4-16-5 Flag of the United States.svg Tyrone Freeman KO329/06/1979 Flag of New Jersey.svg Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Loss12-0 Flag of the United States.svg Rusty Rosenberger MD1227/04/1979 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States New Jersey Middleweight Title.
Win7-0 Flag of the United States.svg Ray Kates SD1210/03/1979 Flag of New Jersey.svg Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States
Win2-1 Flag of the United States.svg Charles "Hari" Carey PTS809/09/1978 Flag of New Jersey.svg Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States
Loss3-6 Flag of the United States.svg Ray "Baby" Smith PTS816/08/1978 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win0-18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roland Cousins KO330/06/1978 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win1-3 Flag of the United States.svg John "Godfather" Martino PTS1030/11/1977 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win0-16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roland Cousins KO307/11/1977 Flag of North Carolina.svg Durham, North Carolina, United States
Win10-1-2 Flag of the United States.svg Bob "Hunter" Patterson PTS1223/06/1977 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win20-20-2 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Matt "Art" Donovan KO526/05/1977 Flag of New Jersey.svg McAfee, New Jersey, United States
Win8-4-2 Flag of Cuba.svg Ali Perez PTS1025/04/1977 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Draw5-1-1 Flag of Syria.svg Mustafa Hamsho PTS816/08/1976 Flag of New Jersey.svg Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win12-13-2 Flag of the United States.svg Alfonso Aguirre UD1026/07/1976 Flag of Louisiana.svg New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Win-- Butch Bostich KO125/05/1976 Flag of Louisiana.svg Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
Win3-0 Flag of the United States.svg Charles "Akbar Ali" Buckner SD604/04/1976 Flag of Louisiana.svg New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Loss5-0 Flag of the United States.svg John "The Poll" Harris UD631/01/1976 Flag of Connecticut.svg Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Loss2-2 Flag of Cuba.svg Ali Perez PTS626/09/1975 Flag of New York.svg Latham, New York, United States
Win2-1 Flag of Cuba.svg Ali Perez PTS605/08/1975 Flag of New Jersey.svg Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Loss6-0 Flag of the United States.svg Bob "Paycheck" Payton PTS620/02/1975 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss8-1-1 Flag of the United States.svg Chris "Back in" Black TKO128/10/1974 Flag of New York.svg New York City, United States
Win2-5-2 Flag of the United States.svg Walter Riley KO120/06/1974 Flag of New Jersey.svg North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Win-- Carlos Stevens KO417/01/1974 Flag of New Jersey.svg North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

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References

  1. 1 2 Reggie Jones. sports-reference.com
  2. "Schande! Schande! Schande!". TIME . September 11, 1972. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  3. Reggie Jones, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed November 23, 2017. "Reggie was born in Savanna[ sic ], Georgia. He came to Newark at the age of 9. He attended Avon Elementary School and Clinton Place Junior High. He is also a 1969 graduate of Weequahic High School."
  4. Carter, Barry. "Former Olympic fighter sees gold in young Newark boxer's future", The Star-Ledger , August 16, 2016. Accessed November 23, 2017. "But Jones, a then-21-year-old Marine lance corporal, did everything right against Valeri Tregubov in their light-middleweight bout.He was in shape. He was aggressive. He cut off the ring, demonstrating how he did it before we watched the Stevenson fight at his home in Summit."