Last night at the UR Fight event, legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. gave one fighter a chance to win $100,000 for beating him in a boxing match. The man, 5-3 MMA fighter Vyron Phillips. The bout served as the main event for the promotion that featured MMA, pro wrestling, and boxing.

In the night’s main event, boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. fought a contest-winning fan/pro MMA fighter, Vyron Phillips, and subsequently scored a massive, highlight-reel knockout.

Jones Jr., 47, played around for much for the first round, only throwing out a right hand at the end which staggered Phillips. He finished the job a few minutes later, flooring Phillips with a right hand counter at 2:30 of the second round.

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Athletes were able to submit a 90-second video of why they believed they could defeat the legendary boxer and MMA fighter Vyron Phillips was chosen.

About Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr. born January 16, 1969 is an American boxer. As a professional he has captured numerous championships in the Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a junior middleweight, and go on to win a heavyweight title. He is also noted for holding the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, NABF, WBF, and IBA light heavyweight championships; a record seven belts at the same time. Jones left his mark in boxing history when he won the WBA heavyweight title, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a Heavyweight title in 106 years. Jones was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 1990’s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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