Male

Heavyweight, USA, El Dorado, Arkansas
Born: October 29, 1983
Died: January 30, 2011, Little Rock, Arkansas
Weight: 233.5 lbs

* Jones played football for Ouachita Baptist University from 2003-2004 *

Anthony Jones was tragically killed on saturday (Jan. 29, 2011) in a boxing fight.
Jones went down in the second round in his pro debut.
Quincy Palmer caught Jones with a hard punch.
The referee Martin Tunstall stopped the fight and
emergency medical personnel attended to him in the ring.
Jones got back up and walked out of the ring with the EMTs,
then was taken to Saline Memorial Hospital Saturday night,
before being transferred to UAMS medical center.
Jones died in a Little Rock hospital on sunday morning (Jan. 30, 2011).

Jones is believed to be the second Arkansas boxer to die from injuries sustained in a ring,
and the first since amateur Jacob Greenwalt died in a Silver Gloves
regional championship bout in 1997 in North Little Rock.