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Roy Jones Jr. (174) vs.
Jeff Lacy (172) – NABO Light Heavyweight Championship
VISIT JONES - LACY WEIGH IN
PHOTO GALLERY...
Click here to watch as Jones' and Lacy's emotions run high on the scales
JONES-LACEY
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE RECAP...
The Roy Jones Jr. vs. Jeff Lacy "Hook City" final press
conference took place today at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
in Biloxi. Saturday night's fight will take place at the MS
Coast Coliseum, live on pay-per-view.
You can watch Jones & Lacy at the podium here
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheEMCvideo
Also on the EMCvideo channel is yesterday's visit to the New
Orleans training camp where Jones and Lacy addressed the
team. Coach Payton then said, "The (heck) with pay-per-view,
let's do the first round right now!"
Roy Jones Jr. and Jeff Lacy were invited today to New Orleans
Saints practice by Coach Sean Payton. While there, Jones and
Lacy each addressed the team. Jones spoke about teamwork and
Lacy spoke about hard training and being prepared. The team
was invited to Saturday night’s fight at the MS Coast Coliseum
in Biloxi, but they have Saturday meetings and Sunday morning
practice at 8 AM.
-Photo Credit: Tom Casino-
JONES JR. BATTLES
LACY ON AUGUST 15TH IN BILOXI LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW...
In "Hook City" two of
boxing's dominating left hookers,
8-time world champion Roy Jones Jr. and 2-time world champion Jeff Lacy, go
to battle on Saturday, August 15 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi
to determine the most powerful hooker and the NABO Light Heavyweight
Champion. "Hook City" presented by Square Ring Promotions in association
with Left Hook Promotions and Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, will be broadcast
live on pay-per-view.
JONES AND LACY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEOS....
ROY JONES JR:
I
do really feel the fight will not go the distance. He's a
strong puncher and the only chance he has to win the fight is to knock me out.
So when you come to knock a guy out, chances are you are going to get
knocked out. I can't see it going 12 rounds if he does
what I think he will. I have prepared to go fifteen, so if
he can survive 12 rounds OK, and he's a better man than I thought he was.
I don't know how he's going to take it for 12 rounds myself.
JASON
LITZAU PROMISES FIREWORKS vs VERQUAN KIMBROUGH IN NABF TITLE
FIGHT...
Two promising lightweight prospects, Jason “American Boy"
Litzau (24-2, 20 KOs) and Verquan "The Show" Kimbrough
(21-1-2, 7 KOs), open up the “Hook City" pay per view this
show Saturday night (August 15), headlined by 8-time world
boxing champion Roy "Captain Hook" Jones, Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs)
and 2-time super middleweight world title-holder Jeff "Left
Hook" Lacy (25-2, 17
KOs), in one of four title fights airing live from the
Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi.
Litzau and Kimbrough square-off in a 10-round bout for the vacant NABF title in a
much-anticipated showdown that has the potential to be the
Fight of the Night. Kimbrough is trying to get where Litzau,
who has fought for a world title, has been and plans to
return.
KIMBROUGH-LITZAU
SPECIAL LIGHTWEIGHT ATTRACTION ON "HOOK CITY" PPV AUG. 15...
A pair of young lightweight prospects battling to get to the
next level, Verquan "The Show"
Kimbrough and Jason
"The American Boy" Litzau, have been added to the
August 15th "Hook City" pay per view event in a
10-round Special Attraction.
'CAPTAIN HOOK'
JONES JR. READY FOR JEFF 'LEFT HOOK' LACY ON AUGUST 15...
Tom Casino gave me this nick-name
a long time ago. I always thought I was the best hooker
in the game anyway and Lacy's got a pretty good hook too.
When you get a challenge like that how do you say no?
The man just said straight up, "I want to fight you and I think I can
beat you. I love to watch Jeff fight because he is exciting and he has power in both hands and he does have a very good right
hand also."
It's going to be a great night
and I'm going to be fit, fine and ready. Make no mistake
about it, it is going to be a war out there. Captain
Hook, who's got the best hook in the business versus Left Hook who
thinks he's
got the best hook.
LACY WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW "AUGUST 15 WILL END IN A KO"...
In "Hook City"
two of boxing's dominating left hookers, 8-time world champion Roy Jones Jr.
and 2-time world champion Jeff Lacy, go to battle on Saturday, August 15 at
the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi to determine the most powerful hooker
and the NABO Light Heavyweight Champion.
"Hook City" will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.
At the July 15 press conference to announce "Hook City" at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Roy
Jones Jr. stated that both fighters will come to fight and "the fight will
definitely not go the distance" That's been weighing on
Lacy's mind as he returned to his camp in St. Petersburg.
NEXT WEEK IS JONES vs. LACY WEEK ON ESPN CLASSIC, THEN WATCH THEM
FIGHT EACH OTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH LIVE ON PPV...
Hooks will be flying in
Biloxi on Saturday August 15 when Eight-Time World
Champion, Roy "Captain Hook" Jones Jr. and Two-Time World
Champion Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy battle it out in "Hook
City," at the MS Coast Coliseum. To
prepare us for this highly anticipated match-up of speed
and power, ESPN Classic will air past Jones and Lacy
fights every night next week and all day Saturday.
The current Broadcast line-up is as follows, all times ET.
B.J. FLORES TO FACE ARGENTINEAN KNOCKOUT ARTIST MAURO ADRIAN ORDIALES AT "HOOK CITY" ON
AUGUST 15TH
Undefeated cruiserweight contender, B.J. Flores will take on Mauro
Adrian Ordiales of Bahia Bahia, Argentina as part of the August 15th
"Hook City" Pay-Per-View that will feature the legendary Roy Jones
Jr.-Jeff Lacy tussle in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Flores of Las Vegas sports an undefeated mark of 23-0-1 with 14
knockouts is currently ranked #11 by the WBC, #6 by the WBA, #11 by
the IBF and #3 by the WBO is looking forward to the challenge of the
tough fighter from South America.
"I am extremely motivated as many guys did not want to fight me and I
know he wants to come in here and knock me out.
But I am going to be up to the challenge as my last three opponents,
Darnell Wilson, Jose Luis Herrera, and Oridales had a combined
fifty-nine wins and 55 knockouts when they fought me. I am coming to
show the world that on August 15th that I will be the one
who scores the big knockout."
*Editor's Note: Epifanio "El Diamante" Mendoza will substitute for Adrian
Ordiales
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