Roy Jones Jr vs Vinny Pazienza - IBF World Super Middleweight Championship

Roy Jones Jr defends his IBF Super Middleweight title against former 3 division world champion Vinny Pazienza. Arguably the best performance of Roy Jones Jr’s middleweight career. More info below... In 1993, Roy Jones Jr beat Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF World Middleweight title and quickly became the hottest prospect in boxing. He had the speed, power, attitude and style that set the boxing scene on fire. In 1994 he beat undefeated James Toney for the IBF World Super Middleweight title and then successfully defended it by 1st round TKO against Antoine Byrd. He was 28-0 with 24 knockouts when he stepped in the ring against veteran Vinny Pazienza and was a 12-1 favorite to win. Vinny Pazienza was a former IBF World Lightweight champion in 1987, WBA World Super Welterweight champion in 1991 (a belt he had to vacate due to a broken neck), IBO World Super Middleweight champion in 1993 and had recently won the IBC Super Middleweight title via a controversial decision over Roberto Duran