{{Infobox boxing match | fight date = June 24, 1995 | Fight Name = The Devil and Mr. Jones | location = Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | image = | fighter1 = Roy Jones Jr. | nickname1 = Junior | record1 = 28–0 (24 KO) | height1 = 5 ft 11 in | weight1 = 168 lb | style1 = Orthodox | hometown1 = Pensacola, Florida, US | recognition1 = IBF super middleweight champion[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]] No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter2-division world champion | fighter2 = Vinny Pazienza | nickname2 = The Pazmanian Devil | record2 = 40–5 (27 KO) | hometown2 = Cranston, Rhode Island, US | height2 = 5 ft 7 in | weight2 = 168 lb | style2 = Orthodox | recognition2 = 2-division world champion | titles = IBF super middleweight title |result= Jones Jr. wins via 6th–round TKO }} Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza, billed as The Devil and Mr. Jones was a professional boxing match contested on June 24, 1995 for the IBF super middleweight championship. Background After defeating James Toney to capture the IBF super middleweight title, Roy Jones would successfully defend the title against Antoine Byrd before being matched up against former WBA light middleweight champion Vinny Pazienza. Pazienza had won that title on October 1, 1991 but just over a month later on November 12, he was involved in a near-fatal car crash that fractured his neck and nearly cost him his boxing career. Though doctors had informed him that his boxing career was over, Pazienza returned to boxing after a 13-month layoff to defeat future WBC light middleweight champion Luis Santana by unanimous decision. Pazienza would then move up two divisions to super middleweight and won nine consecutive fights (including two against future hall-of-famer Roberto Durán) before landing the fight with Jones. Jones was regarded as one of the best fighters in the sport and was ranked at number two on The Ring'' pound-for-pound list (Pernell Whitaker was number one). As a result, Pazienza was installed as a massive underdog with Jones being listed as a 12–1 favorite, though one Las Vegas oddsmaker listed the odds at 100–1 in Jones' favor. Pazienza shrugged off his underdog status, however, stating "It makes me all the more determined to prove him wrong. And, besides, I'm most dangerous when I'm an underdog" The Fight Pazienza proved to be