Hot! Denis Lebedev Kos Roy Jones Jr

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MOSCOW (AP) Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr . inside remaining spherical health of their non-title cruiserweight combat with Moscow with Saturday, handing this American his lastly consecutive defeat.

By Sergey Ponomarev, AP

Russia's Denis Lebedev, left, knocked out there Roy Jones Jr . while in the remaining around with their 10-round cruiserweight struggle in Moscow upon Saturday.

By Sergey Ponomarev, AP

Russia's Denis Lebedev, left, knocked out Roy Jones Jr . while in the ultimate round of the 10-round cruiserweight fight with Moscow on Saturday.

With mere seconds remaining from the 10th round, Lebedev gotten a number of competitive lefts along with Jones within the ropes, where by they were pertaining to high of the bout. Jones, when the globe's major pound-for-pound fighter, bowed and shook his or her head before acquiring one final proper catch through the Russian along with going down deadweight to the canvas.

Many possessed expected some sort of much quicker demise, however Jones was able in order to stave journey Russian, ranked your globe's best cruiserweight, which has a mix of swagger plus counterattack containing become the hallmark on this the later part of step from the 42-year-old's career.

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"I'm hence happy with this win, most people put a lot straight into this kind of fight," Lebedev said. "Jones was almost everything we expected: quick, strong, cheeky. . But I ripped through."

Jones will be 54-8, while Lebedev improved for you to 22-1.

"It had been an excellent shot, I can not take practically nothing away from him," Jones reported in regards to the finalized punch that knocked your ex out. "He had been a tough competitor."

Jones, the biggest title to get retaliated within Russia, said the actual crowd's wedding ceremony party at this Dynamo Arena achieved it "one from the almost all thrilling rounds associated with my career."

There was no subject during stake, although the gain may give Lebedev a minute 7steps shot. His simply career control appeared to be some sort of questionable details loss towards Marco Huck within Germany very last year.

The fight had been Jones' attempt to salvage quite a few fame while in the twilight of his career. He had missing his final a couple fights, next to Danny Green and also Bernard Hopkins last year. Observers possess speculated his or her pensionable is usually imminent.

"I really do not know very well what I'm gonna complete now," Jones said. "I'm likely to think of it."

In Saturday's fight, your dog exhibited flashes associated with his or her original energy and also showboated from the early on rounds in order to an appreciative crowd, banging his or her head theatrically in addition to breaking a leg back into his or her nook with the bell. But he ended up being in the end outmaneuvered and outpunched by way of his or her the younger opponent.

The 31-year-old Lebedev used the majority that 10 rounds to soften way up Jones for any knockout, following the American across the diamond ring and forcing your pet right protective position resistant to the rules for you to ride out flurries from Lebedev within every single round.

Jones severely rocked Lebedev just once, inside ninth round, whenever he split away from that ropes along with related which has a big proper jab-left connect them combination.

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