Reggie Jones

Reginald Dennis 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.

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.

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.

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

Round of 32: lost to Valeri Tregubov (Soviet Union) by decision, 2–3

Professional boxing record

Loss

PTS 6 21/02/1986

Loss

PTS 6 23/04/1982

Loss

TKO 7 18/06/1981

Win

KO 2 18/12/1980

Loss

TKO 6 29/03/1980

Win

KO 3 29/06/1979

Loss

MD 12 27/04/1979

Win

SD 12 10/03/1979

Win

PTS 8 09/09/1978

Loss

PTS 8 16/08/1978

Win

KO 3 30/06/1978

Win

PTS 10 30/11/1977

Win

KO 3 07/11/1977

Win

PTS 12 23/06/1977

Win

KO 5 26/05/1977

Win

PTS 10 25/04/1977

Draw

PTS 8 16/08/1976

Win

UD 10 26/07/1976

Win

KO 1 25/05/1976

Win

SD 6 04/04/1976

Loss

UD 6 31/01/1976

Loss

PTS 6 26/09/1975

Win

PTS 6 05/08/1975

Loss

PTS 6 20/02/1975

Loss

TKO 1 28/10/1974

Win

KO 1 20/06/1974

Win

KO 4 17/01/1974