By the turn of the 21st Century, Roy Jones Jr had seemingly achieved everything there was to in boxing.

'Captain Hook' had beaten Bernard Hopkins for the IBF middleweight strap in 1993, before going on to reign supreme over the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.

He became the undisputed 175lbs king in 1999 with a points win over Reggie Johnson and defended his crown an astounding seven times.

After blasting away Clinton Woods inside six rounds in 2002, Jones Jr made the bullish decision to jump up two weight classes to challenge John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title.

It wasn't the first time Jones Jr had attempted to cross over to boxing's glamour division.

In 1997, he gave up his WBC light heavyweight title in order to accept a $6million offer on the table to f

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