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Roy Jones got knocked the FUQQ OUT!!
Second time in a row that ole Roy got knocked out. I wonder if he'll throw in the towel now?
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Glen Johnson knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the ninth round Saturday night to retain his IBF light heavyweight title and cast more doubt on the future of one of boxing's most storied fighters.
Jones lay on his back moving only slightly for almost four minutes after he was felled by an overhand right, followed by a short left. Trainers filled a towel with ice and slid it under Jones' head as he lay on the canvas, but he had trouble opening his eyes.
Johnson pelted Jones from the opening bell, sustaining a pace that Jones didn't match.
Jones, 35, finally walked out of the ring with help from his trainers. Jones left the arena in an ambulance and was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis for a checkup. He walked to the ambulance without comment.
He got into the ambulance in a backstage hallway just a few yards from Johnson's victory news conference.
"Listen, I'm not claiming I'm the best this or the best that. I'm the guy who is willing to fight the self-claimed best," Johnson said.
The defeat left Jones' once-impressive career in tatters.
Jones turned pro after the 1988 Olympics, where it was widely perceived he was robbed of the gold medal. He has won titles at classes ranging from middleweight to heavyweight -- last March he won a piece of the heavyweight title by taking the WBA crown from John Ruiz.
Last November, he captured the light heavyweight crown from Antonio Tarver in the first of their two fights. But he was defeated by a crashing left from Tarver in their rematch in May.
Tarver joined Johnson at his news conference, saying he regarded Jones' career as over.
"I want to see the man go on and enjoy his life after boxing," Tarver said. "We don't need to see Roy Jones go through the things he went through tonight, the things he went through on May 15. Let the man ride off into the sunset."
Tarver said he was ready to fight Johnson for the IBF light heavyweight title, and Johnson was open to the idea.
Johnson, 41-9-2, with 28 knockouts, came out the aggressor from the opening bell Saturday night. He threw a total of 437 punches to 270 for Jones and kept the challenger against the ropes for most of the fight.
By the seventh round, the crowd was booing and calling for more action from Jones.
"I beat him at his own game," said Johnson, a native of Jamaica who makes his home in Miami. "A lot of guys try to fight Roy from the outside, but I wanted to stay in on him."
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What's so wild to me, is that this guy got knocked out at roughly 11:57, and at 12:15 he was still on the ground.
They announced the winner............Roy still on the ground.
They did the post-fight wrap-up...........Roy still on the ground.
Post-fight interview.............Roy still on the ground.
He was on the ground for the loser interview, so they had to interview his trainer instead.
Post-interview wrap-up................Roy still on the ground.
Video of Johnson in his dressing room celebrating.........Roy still on the ground.
Commercial for Mayorga-Trinidad...........Roy still on the ground.
Post commercial wrap-up..............Roy still on the ground.
Commercials for other HBO shows about to come on........Roy still on the ground.
Sign-off.........................Roy still on the ground.........they leave the air with Jim Lampley PLEADING Roy to go to the hospital.
I'm sorry, this is starting to get like that old Sega CD game Prize Fighter. Anybody ever play that? When you got knocked out, you'd be out, then you'd wake up and nobody was there except some old dude sweeping up the ring.
It's getting like that.
Very. Shocking.
I'd have rather seen USC lose to Stanford than to have seen this happen.
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Roy jones has a weak chin, he has picked and chose who he fought his entire career trying to hide it, and when it came to show and prove.. he couldn't. Tarver and Johnson were Roy's chances to prove all his critics wrong, that he can fight anyone.. and its quite obvious.. he can't..
Roy Jones got knocked the FUQQ OUT!!
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