BOXER

Roy Jones Jr.

1969 - Today

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Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight, and is the only boxer in history to start his professional career at light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Jones Jr. has received more than 9,004,409 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Roy Jones Jr. is the 46th most popular boxer (down from 41st in 2019), the 4,289th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,112th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy Jones Jr.s by language

Over the past year Roy Jones Jr. has had the most page views in the with 780,666 views, followed by Russian (209,079), and Spanish (44,565). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (151.00%), Simple English (113.58%), and Irish (96.26%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Roy Jones Jr. ranks 46 out of 496. Before him are Leon Spinks, Jersey Joe Walcott, Wladimir Klitschko, Tommy Morrison, Éder Jofre, and Ernesto Hoost. After him are Georges Carpentier, James J. Corbett, José Nápoles, Rocky Graziano, Emile Griffith, and Buster Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Roy Jones Jr. ranks 113. Before him are Germán Burgos, Clotilde Courau, Răzvan Lucescu, Takeshi Obata, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain, and Pedro Castillo. After him are Andrew Cunanan, Sayako Kuroda, Sean Combs, Muhammad V of Kelantan, Richard Witschge, and Billy Herrington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Jones Jr. ranks 4,289 out of 20,380. Before him are Victor Wong (1927), Beals Wright (1879), Lysander Spooner (1808), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sanford B. Dole (1844), and Richard F. Outcault (1863). After him are Kristanna Loken (1979), Barnum Brown (1873), Bugs Moran (1893), Gregg Allman (1947), Layne Staley (1967), and India Summer (1975).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Roy Jones Jr. ranks 29. Before him are Max Baer (1909), Henry Armstrong (1912), Earnie Shavers (1944), Leon Spinks (1953), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), and Tommy Morrison (1969). After him are James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), Buster Douglas (1960), Gene Tunney (1897), Oliver Kirk (1884), and Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954).

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