Tiger Jones

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For the American football player, see Tiger Jones (American football).

Ralph Jones
Statistics
Rated at	Middleweight
Nationality	American
Born	March 14, 1928 Brooklyn, NYC, NY
Died	August 20, 1994 Queens, NY
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	89
Wins	52
Wins by KO	13
Losses	32
Draws	5
No contests	0

Ralph "Tiger" Jones (March 14, 1928 - August 20, 1994) was a boxer during the 1950s. Trained by Gil Clancy, Jones was a fixture of televised boxing in the 1950s, known for an aggressive style that pleased fans. His overall record was 52 victories, 32 losses and five draws.

He became a professional boxer in 1950. In 1955 he scored an upset over Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson was highly favored in the fight, which was Robinson's second during a comeback.^[1] That was only one of his wins against top-level fighters of that era. He also beat Joey Giardello and Kid Gavilan (both these fighters were world champions at one time and, in other fights, also defeated Jones). Fighters to whom he lost include world champions Gene Fullmer, Johnny Saxton, Paul Pender, and Carl "Bobo" Olson. In all, he fought six world champions on ten different occasions.^[2]

After he retired, Jones drove a cab and worked for a canning company. He was survived by three sons.

External links

Professional boxing record for Tiger Jones from BoxRec

References

↑ Swisher, Karl (March 1994), "Rediscovering 'Mr. Television'", The Ring, 73, no. 3: 56
↑ He never had a title fight, however. Swisher, Karl (March 1994), The Ring: 58

Persondata
Name	Jones, Ralph
Alternative names
Short description	American boxer
Date of birth	March 14, 1928
Place of birth	Brooklyn, NYC, NY
Date of death	August 20, 1994
Place of death	Queens, NY

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