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KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Legendary American boxer Roy Jones Jr could be fighting in Jamaica for Christmas, promoters announced here over the weekend. Jones is expected to come up against Kimbo Slice in a pay-per-view event in Montego Bay around the middle of December. Slice is a Bahamian-born American professional boxer famous for street fights involving martial arts which were spread on the Internet.
Plans for the fight were the subject of discussions involving, Jones and businessmen from Florida and Jamaica which lasted three days and ended here over the weekend.
“The main objective is to first of all expose Jamaica and Jamaicans to international boxing again. Secondly, I think it will also give us as much exposure as we got in the Olympics,” declared businessman Junior Lincoln.
“We can’t have enough. A fight like this would attract people from the United States to want to come here”.
Details are yet to be finalised but promoters are looking at a mid-December date to stage the fight, the first in the English-speaking Caribbean for Jones.
Jones, 43, remains the only boxer in history to have won world titles in four divisions from middleweight through heavyweight.
“We are quite excited to meet Roy and to explore the possibilities,” said businessman Duncan Stewart.
“Boxing is exciting. Roy is a very exciting personality and I think there is opportunity to expose Jamaica on a grand stage and have fun doing it.”
Jones has said that he was looking forward to fighting in Jamaica and has announced plans to open a boxing gym on the island.
“Hopefully once I get over here I can set up something to maybe open a gym and start coming back and forth to better the amateur programme,” said Jones who lost a gold medal under controversial circumstances at the Seoul Olympics in l988.
“So maybe we can form an Olympic team here and that will be a great thing for Jamaica and I will love to be the person to jump-start this.”
Jamaica boxing sensation and commonwealth zonal middleweight champion Sakima Mullings is expected to feature on the card.
Plans for the fight were the subject of discussions involving, Jones and businessmen from Florida and Jamaica which lasted three days and ended here over the weekend.
“The main objective is to first of all expose Jamaica and Jamaicans to international boxing again. Secondly, I think it will also give us as much exposure as we got in the Olympics,” declared businessman Junior Lincoln.
“We can’t have enough. A fight like this would attract people from the United States to want to come here”.
Details are yet to be finalised but promoters are looking at a mid-December date to stage the fight, the first in the English-speaking Caribbean for Jones.
Jones, 43, remains the only boxer in history to have won world titles in four divisions from middleweight through heavyweight.
“We are quite excited to meet Roy and to explore the possibilities,” said businessman Duncan Stewart.
“Boxing is exciting. Roy is a very exciting personality and I think there is opportunity to expose Jamaica on a grand stage and have fun doing it.”
Jones has said that he was looking forward to fighting in Jamaica and has announced plans to open a boxing gym on the island.
“Hopefully once I get over here I can set up something to maybe open a gym and start coming back and forth to better the amateur programme,” said Jones who lost a gold medal under controversial circumstances at the Seoul Olympics in l988.
“So maybe we can form an Olympic team here and that will be a great thing for Jamaica and I will love to be the person to jump-start this.”
Jamaica boxing sensation and commonwealth zonal middleweight champion Sakima Mullings is expected to feature on the card.
