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]

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

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

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

Professional boxing record

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

References

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  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."
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