{"id":76807,"date":"2018-12-14T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T05:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76807"},"modified":"2018-12-14T00:36:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T05:36:27","slug":"roy-jones-jr-has-the-boxing-world-buzzing-with-big-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76807","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones, JR Has the Boxing World Buzzing with Big News!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76807\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-58887 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RJJ-Joke-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RJJ-Joke-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RJJ-Joke.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Roy Jones, Jr. (RJJ) Boxing proudly announces the signing of Dallas featherweight prospect Ray Ximenez, Jr. to a long-term, exclusive promotional contract.<\/p>\n<p>Riding a five-fight win streak, the 25-year-old Ximenez (18-1, 4 KOs) is expected to make his RJJ Boxing debut in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to sign another top prospect like Ray Ximenez to our growing stable of fighters,\u201d RJJ Boxing CEO and co-founder Keith Veltre said. \u201cRay is an old-school boxer, well-conditioned, hard-working, and we believe he has a very bright future.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited and very appreciated for Roy Jones Jr. Boxing giving me this opportunity,\u201d Ximenez commented. \u201cI plan on showing everyone that I will be the next world champion from Dallas. \u201cI am ready, willing and able to fight anyone, anywhere, any place and any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Md7RFs6fejs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ximenez was a standout amateur boxer, compiling a sterling 120-9 record, highlighted by three gold-medal performances, both in the National P.A.L. Championships and Ringside World Championships. A six-time Dallas Golden Gloves champion, Ximenez started boxing at the age of 10 and he also captured gold at the 2009 Silver Gloves National Championships and Junior Olympic National Championships. He represented and captained Team USA at the 2009 Youth World Junior Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Ximenez made a successful pro debut, winning a four-round unanimous decision versus Cristoval Larrazolo..<\/p>\n<p>Five years later, Ximenez defeated Jesse Angel Hernandez, currently 12-1 and world rated (IBF #14, WBO #15), by way of a six-round split decision in Fort Worth, Texas. Last February on beIN Sports, Ximenez registered an impressive eight-round unanimous decision in Dallas over Eugene Lagos, who in his next fight on ESPN knocked off Golden Boy\u2019s top prospect, undefeated (15-0) Emilio Sanchez, in round two.<\/p>\n<p>Ximenez won a 10-round unanimous decision over 111-fight veteran German Meraz this past July in Ximenez\u2019 last fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also excited and appreciate for this opportunity,\u201d Ximenez\u2019 manager Michael Montoya added. \u201cI\u2019d like to especially thank CEO Keith Veltre and matchmaker Guy Taylor for believing in Ray Ximenez, Jr. and I am looking forward to a long-term relationship with one of the best boxing promoters in the sport of boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Roy Jones, Jr. (RJJ) Boxing proudly announces the signing of Dallas featherweight prospect Ray Ximenez, Jr. to a long-term, exclusive promotional contract. Riding a five-fight win streak, the 25-year-old Ximenez (18-1, 4 KOs) is expected to make his RJJ Boxing debut in March. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to sign another top prospect like Ray Ximenez to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19295,627],"class_list":["post-76807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-jr-has-the-boxing-world-buzzing-with-big-news","tag-roy-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76807"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}