Is there something that Roy Jones Jr. can’t do? The former four-division champion was a freak specimen inside the ring. His boxing skills put him ahead of everyone in the competition. That is why he is one of the few boxers to win a world title in middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight division. However, his skills as an athlete were not only limited to boxing. The 1988 Olympics silver medalist was a huge basketball fanatic and a brilliant player as well. He used to play professionally in the United States Basketball League for the Jacksonville Barracudas while boxing simultaneously.

The 5’11 boxer still reminisces about those times whenever he gets the chance. On Tuesday, he uploaded a throwback post on his Instagram to bring the boxing and basketball world together.

Roy Jones Jr.’s golden days

The Pensacola native took to his ‘Instagram’ and uploaded a couple of pictures from his brief time with the NBDL team Mobile Revelers. Back in the early 2000s, Roy Jones Jr. played a few matches for the Revelers to prove to everyone that he could excel at multiple sports. The post included a few pictures with his teammates, which included 6’7 forward Eugene Edgerson and 6’8 forward Maurice Linton.

His basketball endeavors didn’t stop there as he also represented Jacksonville Barracudas in the USBL. In one of the most sensational feats of athleticism, on one day, Roy Jones Jr. played a match for Barracudas, then fought for a super middleweight championship later that night. Jones’s basketball stint was brief, yet it remains one of the most fascinating chapters of ‘Captain Hook’s’ life that he still reminisces about.

Well, it looks like he is not the only one fond of those memories as the fans bombarded the Instagram post with heartwarming comments showing how much they adored the boxing legend on the basketball court.

Fans hail the greatest

Brick House Boxing Club, which has been home to boxers like Manny Pacquiao, Ryan Garcia, Gervonta Davis, and more commented on the post and wrote, “🔥🔥,” appreciating the 66-10 time as a hooper.

A fan hailed Roy Jones Jr. as the greatest and wrote, “🔥🔥 my guy one of my favorite boxers all time slick with his hand and could hoop,” stating that the Florida native is one of a kind. Noting everything that Jones has achieved in his career, this statement is completely true.

Another fan looked back at the time of Mobile Revelers in NBDL and wrote, “Mobile Revelers. 🔥🔥🔥 They won the championship in early 2000s and the next year they either moved the team or disbanded the team. Nonetheless, they had the Civic Center rockin tho🔥🔥🔥.”

Based in Mobile, Alabama, the Revelers was active from 2001 to 2003. The team won the 2003 NBDL Championship, but they disbanded the next year as the league underwent restructuring. The NBDL wanted to work closely with the NBA teams and it changed to NBA G League.

Another fan wrote, “I’ll never forget when you rolled up on our pick-up game in Gulf Breeze in 2001 and played a few games with us. Always was and always will be an RJJ fan. 🏆,” thanking the four-division World Champion for his brief stint with the Revelers.

Another fan wrote, “Always be a legend in my eyes, yall can show tarver but his speed and power and unique style was great entertainment,” comparing Jones with American boxing legend Antonio Tarver. 

The rivalry between Tarver and Roy Jones Jr. is one of the best boxing has ever seen. The rivalry, fueled by passion, featured some of the best fights the world has ever seen. Tarver won the trilogy after winning two matches via unanimous decision, and rose to superstardom. The fan thinks that even if Tarver won that trilogy, Jones is still a better athlete and his speed and style make him more than just a fighter.

Roy Jones Jr. is truly a one-of-a-kind athlete. Not only he has won world titles in possibly this strongest division, but has done it while playing another sport semi-professionally. There won’t be anyone like him ever again, and we should truly be thankful.

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