Reggie Jones (boxer)

Reggie Jones
Jones in 1972
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Boxing record
Total fights26
Wins16
Wins by KO8
Losses9
Draws1
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place Cali 1971 -71 kg

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]

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 [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 17-19-2 United States Bob "Hunter" Patterson PTS 6 23/04/1982 New Jersey East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Loss 12-0 United States Bobby Czyz TKO 7 18/06/1981 New Jersey Totowa, New Jersey, United States New Jersey Middleweight Title.
Win 0-1 United States Greg Thomas KO 2 18/12/1980 New Jersey Totowa, New Jersey, United States
Loss 26-1-2 Syria Mustafa Hamsho TKO 6 29/03/1980 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 4-16-5 United States Tyrone Freeman KO 3 29/06/1979 New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 12-0 United States Rusty Rosenberger MD 12 27/04/1979 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States New Jersey Middleweight Title.
Win 7-0 United States Ray Kates SD 12 10/03/1979 New Jersey Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States
Win 2-1 United States Charles "Hari" Carey PTS 8 09/09/1978 New Jersey Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States
Loss 3-6 United States Ray "Baby" Smith PTS 8 16/08/1978 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 0-18 Canada Roland Cousins KO 3 30/06/1978 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 1-3 United States John "Godfather" Martino PTS 10 30/11/1977 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 0-16 Canada Roland Cousins KO 3 07/11/1977 North Carolina Durham, North Carolina, United States
Win 10-1-2 United States Bob "Hunter" Patterson PTS 12 23/06/1977 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 20-20-2 Trinidad and Tobago Matt "Art" Donovan KO 5 26/05/1977 New Jersey McAfee, New Jersey, United States
Win 8-4-2 Cuba Ali Perez PTS 10 25/04/1977 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Draw 5-1-1 Syria Mustafa Hamsho PTS 8 16/08/1976 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 12-13-2 United States Alfonso Aguirre UD 10 26/07/1976 Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Win -- Butch Bostich KO 1 25/05/1976 Louisiana Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
Win 3-0 United States Charles "Akbar Ali" Buckner SD 6 04/04/1976 Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Loss 5-0 United States John "The Poll" Harris UD 6 31/01/1976 Connecticut Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Loss 2-2 Cuba Ali Perez PTS 6 26/09/1975 New York (state) Latham, New York, United States
Win 2-1 Cuba Ali Perez PTS 6 05/08/1975 New Jersey Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Loss 6-0 United States Bob "Paycheck" Payton PTS 6 20/02/1975 Pennsylvania Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss 8-1-1 United States Chris "Back in" Black TKO 1 28/10/1974 New York (state) New York City, United States
Win 2-5-2 United States Walter Riley KO 1 20/06/1974 New Jersey North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Win -- Carlos Stevens KO 4 17/01/1974 New Jersey North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

References

  1. ^ a b 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."