Ralph 'Tiger' Jones

Infobox Boxer
name=Ralph Jones
realname=
nickname=
weight=Middleweight
nationality= American
birth_date=March 14, 1928
birth_place=Brooklyn, New York
death_date=July 17, 1994
death_place=
style=Orthodox
total=89
wins=52
KO=13
losses=32
draws=5
no contests=0|

Ralph "Tiger" Jones (March 14, 1928 - July 17, 1994) was a boxer during the 1950s. Trained by Gil Clancy, Jones was a fixture of televised boxing in the 1950s, known for an aggressive style that pleased fans. His overall record was 52 victories, 32 losses and one draw.

He became a professional boxer in 1950. In 1955 he scored an upset over Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson was highly favored in the fight, which was Robinson's second during a comeback. [Citation
last = Swisher
first = Karl
title = Rediscovering 'Mr. Television'
journal = The Ring
volume = 73, no. 3
page = 56
date = March 1994] That was only one of his wins against top-level fighters of that era. He also beat Joey Giardello and Kid Gavilan (both these fighters were world champions at one time and, in other fights, also defeated Jones). Fighters to whom he lost include world champions Gene Fullmer, Johnny Saxton, Paul Pender, and Carl "Bobo" Olson. In all, he fought six world champions on ten different occasions. [Citation
last = Swisher
first = Karl
journal = The Ring
page = 58
date = March 1994]

After he retired, Jones drove a cab and worked for a canning company.

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