This Page is about his childhood to man hood.
Roy Jones Jr. real name is Joshua Richardson.He was born in Pensacola, Florida, January 16, 1969 (age 40). Son of Roy Sr. Father an ex-fighter,and was Roy Jr, boxing teacher.His mother was Carol Jones. Roy Graduated from Washinton High in Pensacola in 1987. He attended Pensacola Junior College.
Roy Sr, was much like a Marine drill sergeant with respect to his son. A decorated Vietnam veteran, ex-club fighter, and retired aircraft engineer who had taken up hog farming, Roy Sr. was hard on his son from early on, taunting the, (sparring) with him, enraging Roy Jr., yelling at him, and beating him, for 20 minutes at a time.
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