Doug Jones (boxer)
Doug Jones (born February 27, 1937, New York City) is a former American heavyweight boxer.
Boxing career
Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully with 18 consecutive wins against mostly lightly regarded opponents, until his first loss occurred at the hands of Eddie Machen. He lost his next two fights, and the third a draw. Jones fought for the world light-heavyweight championship against Harold Johnson but lost a 15-round decision.
He then moved up to the heavyweight division. Jones won his next two fights against Bob Foster (who was in his 9th professional fight) and Zora Folley. Jones also split two fights with Billy Daniels. His best known fight was against a young Cassius Clay in March 1963, when he lost a ten-round decision in front of a sold-out crowd in Madison Square Garden. Many thought Jones deserved the decision, which was loudly booed by the Garden Crowd. Of 25 boxing writers at the Garden that night 13 scored it for Jones, 10 favored Clay and 2 called it even.The Ring selected this as its Fight of the Year in 1963.
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Doug Jones (international arbitrator)
Douglas Samuel Jones, AO, RFD (born 3 October 1949) is an independent international arbitrator based in London, Sydney and Toronto. He is a door tenant at Atkin Chambers, London, and a member arbitrator at Arbitration Place in Toronto, Canada. He is married to Canadian scholar, author and international arbitrator, Janet Walker.
Early life and education
Born in 1949, Jones was educated at Normanhurst Boys' High School, Southport State High School and the University of Queensland (UQ). He graduated from UQ with a combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974, followed by a Master of Laws in 1977.
Career
Jones began his legal career in 1969 in Brisbane as an articled clerk at Morris Fletcher & Cross, (which later became Minter Ellison). In 1976 he was appointed a partner of Morris Fletcher & Cross and head of its National Construction & Engineering group, a position that he continued to hold when he left Brisbane in 1989 to set up the firm's Sydney office.
Doug Jones (baseball)
Douglas Reid Jones (born June 24, 1957 in Lebanon, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. During a 16-year career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1982, 1996–1998), Cleveland Indians (1986–1991, 1998), Baltimore Orioles (1995), and Oakland Athletics (1999–2000), all of the American League, and the Houston Astros (1992–1993), Philadelphia Phillies (1994), and Chicago Cubs (1996) of the National League.
Jones was selected by the Brewers in the third round of the 1978 MLB draft, and spent sven years in their minor league system. His only major league experience was four games in 1982. He was released after the 1984 season, and he signed with the Indians. He became the Indians' full-time closer by 1988, breaking the Indians' record for saves in a season with 37. He held the Indians' all-time record for saves with 129 until Bob Wickman broke it on May 7, 2006.
Jones announced his retirement on December 7, 2000. His 303 career saves ranked 12th in major league history upon his retirement, and his 846 career appearances ranked 21st. A changeup specialist, he was known for keeping hitters off balance by throwing extremely slow pitches. He threw a two-seam fastball that topped out in the low to mid 80's and a knuckle curve on occasion.
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