ROY JONES JR.
BATTLES JEFF LACY IN “HOOK CITY” AT
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST COLISEUM &
CONVENTION CENTER
IN BILOXI, MS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 15,
2009
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW
Tickets Go On Sale, Friday, July 3
at 10 AM CT
Pensacola, FL
(July 2, 2009) --
Eight-Time World Champion Roy Jones, Jr. battles former super
middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in “Hook City,” on Saturday, August
15, 2009 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in
Biloxi, MS. “Hook City” will be presented by
Square Ring Promotions, Inc. and broadcast live on pay-per-view.
Tickets, priced at $150, $125, $100, $75, $50 and
$25, will go on sale Friday, July 3, at 10 AM CT, and will be
available at MS Coast Coliseum Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets,
by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or on-line at
Ticketmaster.com.
Roy Jones Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) from Pensacola, FL is
the former middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and
heavyweight world champion and was the pound-for-pound king for over a
decade. On March 3, 2003, Jones stymied World
Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz to become the first former middleweight
champion in over 100 years to win the heavyweight world championship.
Then, on November 8, 2003, Jones completed an unprecedented
feat when he returned to light heavyweight and won that world title
once again by defeating then-champion Antonio Tarver.
Jeff Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs) from St. Petersburg, FL,
was a member of the 2000 USA Olympic Boxing Team and made his
professional debut on February 2, 2001. Lacy won
the IBF (International Boxing Federation) super middleweight title
when he stopped Syd Vanderpool in round eight on October 2, 2004 and
made four successful defenses.
