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‘F***ed over’: The all-time robbery that made Roy Jones Jr … and still haunts winner 30 years on – Fox Sports
There are sporting injustices and then there’s what happened to Roy Jones Jr at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
The boxing legend was just 19 and the youngest member of the US team when he dominated all before him to reach the 71kg gold medal final and set up a showdown with local hope Park Si-Hun.
What happened in the decider could only be described as another utter domination even to the untrained eye. Jones landed a whopping 86 punches to Parks 32 and the South Korean took two standing eight counts, while also being warned twice by the referee.
Still, three of the five judges saw fit to award the fight…
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