Las Vegas (March 20, 2024)—Four-division world champion and Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. has confirmed that he will appear at the Seventh Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Expo will also coincide with the mega fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, which will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena.
Jones will hold a Meet & Greet with his fans at his booth during the fan event held over the Cinco De Mayo weekend.
The Box Fan Expo is an annual fan event that coincides with some of the sports’ legendary, classic fights in Las Vegas, including Mayweather vs. Maidana II, Mayweather vs. Berto, Canelo vs. Chavez Jr., Canelo vs. GGG II, Canelo vs. Jacobs and Canelo vs. GGG III.
Centered in boxing’s longtime home – Las Vegas – this year’s Expo is a must-do for fight fans coming in for this legendary weekend, with dozens of professional fighters, promoters, and companies involved in the boxing industry. The Expo is the largest and only Boxing Fan Expo in the United States. http://boxfanexpo.com – @BoxFanExpo
Jones will make his fourth appearance at this year’s Expo and will sign gloves, photos, personal items, and memorabilia. Jones will also have merchandise to sell for fans to enjoy. Boxing fans will be able to take pictures with this living boxing legend, who is considered by many to be one of the greatest Pound for Pound and best Boxers of all time.
Jones
joins Erik Morales, Shawn Porter,
Fernando Vargas, Juan Manuel Marquez, Michael Spinks, Claressa Shields, and Marco Antonio Barrera as an early commitment to this year’s Box Fan Expo, with more Boxing stars to be announced.About Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr. is an American professional boxer inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota on June 12th, 2022. Jones captured numerous championships in the Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight, and Heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a junior middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. He is also noted for holding the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, NABF, WBF, and IBA light heavyweight championships; a record seven belts simultaneously. Jones left his mark in boxing history when he won the WBA heavyweight title, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a Heavyweight title in 106 years. As of February 2018, Jones holds the record for the most wins in unified light heavyweight title bouts in boxing history at twelve. The Ring magazine named Jones the Fighter of the Year in 1994, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame named him the Fighter of the Year in 2003. He is also a three-time winner of the Best Boxer ESPY Award (1996, 2000, and 2003). Jones was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
