Roy Jones Jr. receives 1988 Olympic gold from Park Si Hun

Roy Jones Jr. received the Olympic gold medal that eluded him in 1988 when Park Si Hun, the South Korean judge-awarded winner of their Seoul final, traveled to Jones's Pensacola, Florida, ranch and presented the medal in a surprise ceremony on May 30, 2023. The private meeting, filmed and released this week in a short video, brought a decades-long controversy to an emotional public close and was attended by both fighters and their families.

Park entered the ring unexpectedly during what Jones thought would be a routine interview and, through his son translating, told Jones, "I had the gold medal, but I wanted to give it back to you. It belongs to you." Park added with a laugh, "This gold medal is your problem now." Jones, who has long spoken of the 1988 decision with pain, was moved to tears on camera and said the scene felt surreal. The film was directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Johnny Sweet, who said filming the turn of events felt like watching history correct itself.

The Seoul final remains one of the most infamous moments in Olympic boxing. Jones dominated the bout and earned the Val Barker Trophy as the tournament's most stylistic boxer, yet judges awarded Park a 3-2...