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Despite his fifty-four-years and a tenth defeat, Roy Jones Jr. remains unstoppable, so much so that the former multiple-division champion and Olympic silver medalist stepped into another dimension to face bodybuilder NDO Champ! Thankfully, the boxing legend knocked out the novice in the seventh round. His victory in a bout, a first of its kind, got the fans curious, and soon they joined, sharing their feelings and standpoints.

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Shared by @dantheboxingman, the tweet read, “Roy Jones Jr. got a TKO win in the 7th round in the 1st ever boxing fight in the metaverse…and hopefully the last.” Since it came early today, the post has attracted over 100k views and over a hundred retweets. From the gist of it, seemingly some followers have yet to gather what metaverse is. As usual, quite a few questioned Jones Jr. about entering such events. 

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First a defeat, then a win this year for Roy Jones Jr., but not in reality

Although unable to understand what a metaverse is, according to the following user Jack Smith is my guy, Roy Jones Jr., who suffered nearly ten defeats in his career, should utilize the space by embarking on a campaign to even the score by reversing those losses.

To user Odd Man Out, it appeared the metaverse bout was plucked straight from the first ‘Knockout Kings.’ According to him, Jones Jr. has turned over into a cartoonish character.

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jaim believes that Roy Jones Jr. has gone too far and needs to settle down. On April 1, Anthony Pettis defeated him. The user finds watching some of his boxing favorites and indulging in these gimmicks difficult. However, it remains justified if he does it to make money.

Given Roy Jones Jr.’s age and time spent in the sport, user Cuddly Teddy Bear contends that one looks like a character from PlayStation 1 if he keeps boxing for too long.

Perhaps stretching his imagination, Craig wonders why Jones Jr. didn’t take advantage of an alternate reality. He could have requested that his avatar be a fire-spitting, thirty-feet-tall dragon and instead remained a fifty-five-year-old himself.

Roy Jones Jr. retired from boxing in 2018. However, two years later, he returned to fight an exhibition match against Mike Tyson. Ever a fighter, ‘Captain Hook,’ staged a return to professional boxing this year against mixed martial artist Anthony Pettis. Unfortunately, the campaign ended in disaster as the boxer lost the fight by a majority decision.

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What’s your take on the reactions? Do you think the metaverse genre will entice more boxing enthusiasts? Please share your thoughts and views with us in the comments below.

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Jaideep R. Unnithan is a Senior Boxing Writer at EssentiallySports and one of the division’s most trusted voices. Since joining in October 2022, he has brought a deep love for the sport into every story, whether reporting on live bouts with the ES LiveEvent Desk or unpacking the legacy of fighters from different eras as part of the features desk. Trained under EssentiallySports’ prestigious Journalistic Excellence Program, which is a specialized training initiative designed to refine top writers' skills through mentorship and advanced sports journalism techniques, Jaideep’s writing reflects a quiet authority shaped by two years of covering boxing’s flashpoints and fault lines. He is drawn to the warrior code of legends like Alexis Argüello and Marvin Hagler, while also staying attuned to the promise of rising stars like Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, David Benavidez, and Dmitry Bivol. Jaideep has a special fascination with Naoya Inoue’s old-school grit. Beyond writing, he reads widely, a habit that sharpens his storytelling, whether he’s tracing the rhythm of a classic fight or preparing his next ringside dispatch. Before joining EssentiallySports, Jaideep worked as a client manager and team manager in corporate roles, bringing strong organizational and communication skills to his journalistic career. He has also completed notable certifications, including a Non-Fiction Book Writing Workshop.

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