Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis-The Daily Ledger

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis (also known as Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing 4) was a cruiserweight professional boxing match between 4-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis. The bout took place on April 1, 2023, at Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Pettis defeated Jones Jr. via majority decision after 8 rounds.

Background

On February 6, 2023, Jorge Masvidal announced on The MMA Hour that Roy Jones Jr. would face former UFC Lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a professional boxing match on April 1, 2023. Masvidal also announced on the co-main event that former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort would be facing former Strikeforce Middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. The pair previously fought under the MMA rules set at UFC 198, where Souza won via TKO in the first round. The card also featured UFC Hall of Famer José Aldo take on fellow MMA veteran Jeremy Stephens. The pair also previously fought in MMA at UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 where Aldo would win the fight via TKO by body shot in the first round.

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis

The event was originally planned to have a bout between former UFC and Bellator title contender Paul Daley and Anthony Taylor. However, Taylor withdrew from the bout due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Markus Perez. In turn, Daley was forced to withdraw from the bout due to visa issues and was replaced by Joe Riggs on less than week's notice.

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Fight card

Purses

The amounts reflect the disclosed payouts only and do not include any off-contract bonuses, sponsor payments, or discretionary bonuses.

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Pettis

Guaranteed base purses: Anthony Pettis ($650,000) def. Roy Jones Jr. ($700,000) Vitor Belfort ($400,000) def. Ronaldo Souza ($200,000) José Aldo ($425,000) vs. Jeremy Stephens ($200,000) Luis Feliciano ($25,000) def. Clarence Booth ($10,000) Devin Cushing ($40,000) def. Damian David Machiano ($5,000) Gina Mazany ($10,000) def. Pearl Gonzalez ($50,000) Dillon Cleckler ($40,000) def. Josh Burns ($15,000) Bi Nguyen ($15,000) def. Andy Nguyen ($5,000) Markus Perez ($15,000) def. Joe Riggs ($10,000) Mandeep Jangra ($1,000) def. Ryan Reber ($1,000) Javier Zamarron ($1,200) def. Roberto Armas ($1,000) Cade Howell ($3,500) def. Christopher Wingate ($1,500) Danielle Cohen ($2,000) def. Danielle Wynn ($1,500)