By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
After spending the last few days in Belgrade and excited from the experience as a spectator of a Partizan NIS game in the 7DAYS EuroCup, Roy Jones Jr. revealed his wish to see his 23-year-old son play for the Serbian team.
“I enjoy Belgrade. The people are fantastic, everything is perfect,” mentioned the retired boxer turned sports commentator, as relayed by Novosti, “I was at a Partizan basketball game. It was a unique experience for me with the fans cheering and creating such an atmosphere.”
His namesake son Roy Jones III has been building up a basketball career, rather than following in the footsteps of the legendary boxer. Captain Hook has been supporting his son’s decision in recent years and took it further following his contribution in a boxing training class hosted amid the 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships by the International Boxing Association, in a venue nearby the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, formerly known as Pionir Hall.
“After enjoying the Pionir Hall, learning its important role in the history of basketball in this country, I want my son Roy Jones III, who is a basketball player, to come here and play in Belgrade, because I believe this is the best place for him,” he said.
In addition, he received a personalized jersey by Partizan during Tuesday’s EuroCup Regular Season Round 3 clash with Joventut Badalona.
Jones Jr., 51, represented the USA in the 1998 Olympics but settled for a silver medal after being forced to the wrong end of one of the most controversial judge decisions in the history of the sport leading to major rule changes. After turning pro, he went on to become a heavyweight, light heavyweight, super middleweight, and middleweight world champion.
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