Pernell Whitaker vs Roy Jones Basketball ?

I was watching an old Pernell Whitaker fight, and see him shooting a few hoops. Then the HBO team brought up how Pernell Whitaker's team, were gonna face Roy Jones team at basketball or something ? Does anyone know anything about this ? and if so who won ?

was this recently

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Originally Posted by kingfrnk

was this recently

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Pernell Whitaker retired in 2001, not to mention he said an OLD Whitaker fight :P... So i doubt its recently;D

It was during Pernell Whitaker vs Jake Rodriguez in 1995, and the HBO team mentioned it was going to happen in Pensacola Florida, sometime in December of the same year.