Kevin Rooney Jr.

Honestly at my peak i could have beaten him.Daddy is a well known trainer that got him on tv,thats it 7 amateur and 1 pro fight are nothing,i had over 90 am fights and that is not shiet. Him being trained by his father probably didn't factor much into his getting televised. Being a long-time employee of the promoter who organized the event likely had an effect, though.

Rooney Sr. was actually a decent boxer in his time. He had a good fight with Davey Moore, where he won all the early rounds but was stopped by a far bigger and more powerful Moore. He boiled down to 140, and walked into the best 1-2 combination Arguello ever threw.

Honestly at my peak i could have beaten him.Daddy is a well known trainer that got him on tv,thats it 7 amateur and 1 pro fight are nothing,i had over 90 am fights and that is not shiet. People need to listen to you, no amateur background is so detrimental. That is why I'm so high on Martinez, dude has done what he has with NO amateur experience at all...that says a ton.

What do you guys think of Rooney Jr. Of course ignoring hatin ass Teddy Atlas For his experience and lack of an amateur background, he is decent. He will get killed when he steps up because he is a square...literally, he squares up and walks into the opponents, at least that's what I saw last night. He needs a new trainer or something...my 2 cents but that don't count for much, lol

He's terrible but you gotta respect him for trying

I covered Rooney Jr.'s Golden Gloves match earlier this year for the New York Daily News and here is what I wrote. Kevin Rooney Jr. (Main St. BC) of Eastchester, NY unloaded everything he had left in storage in the third and final round of his 165 pound novice Daily News Golden Gloves match against Jeremy Humphrey (Gleason's Gym) of Jamaica, Queens but it was a case of too little, too late. Humphrey was awarded the decision after surviving a very difficult challenge from the 26-year-old Rooney. Rooney, the son of former Golden Gloves champion Rooney Sr. and more famously the first professional trainer of Mike Tyson, looked for the perfect punch the whole night and was outhustled by the quicker Humphrey in the process until an uppercut followed by a left hook left Humphrey dazed and out of steam. "I wasn't tired, I was just dazed by that uppercut," admitted Humphrey, 22, who is a deacon at Urban Ministries in Jamaica. "It happens. I was very happy to get out of that round. Rooney did himself no favors by following Humphrey around, walking towards his opponent without a jab and getting hit on the way in. Humphrey used his jab to set up multiple punch combinations, most of which were blocked but created the impression that one guy was pumping on all cylinders. "After the first round after I saw he didn't have a jab to come in and I picked him apart from there."

The guy he fought was nothing. I like to see what he can do against someone with a winning record.

any body got a video

Anyone else notice the Tyson like uppercuts attempted by Rooney? Yeah I noticed him completely whiffing on like 90% of his uppercuts lol. I wanted him to land one so bad because they looked vicious and probably woulda sparked the other guy out but alas, his timing and accuracy on them were terrible.

With only 8 amateur fights he has a long way to go and needs to matched carefully. Hard to imagine anyone with just a little amateur background going far these days.

too stiff when getting hit, he needs head movement and footwork. he got hit with some pretty good shots to a guy with a record of 0-2, i can see him losing, but improving from it. nothing special was shown tonight, but best of luck to him.

No accuracy and he stands up to straight. Anyone with a left hook is gonna put him on his ass.

Anyone else notice the Tyson like uppercuts attempted by Rooney?

Very raw kid. I love the mindset and the uppercut. His uppercut reminded me of Tyson the way he turned his whole body into it. Atlas was right about most of the criticism. The kid needs a lot of molding.

He looks so awkward in there. he stands too straight up. kind of looks like a robot, for a better lack of words. Yea... I was watching it expecting to see a white mike tyson not as powerful but at least some head movement, bobbing, weaving. Complete oppostite

What do you guys think of Rooney Jr. Of course ignoring hatin ass Teddy Atlas He looks so awkward in there. he stands too straight up. kind of looks like a robot, for lack of a better word

What do you guys think of Rooney Jr. Of course ignoring hatin ass Teddy Atlas How was Teddy hating? The dude is fighting straight and upright with no movement, it's not hard to see, that if he doesn't improve, he's gonna get rocked by better competition.

Nothing special.