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NEXT WEEK IS JONES vs.
LACY WEEK ON ESPN CLASSIC
Monday thru Friday at 8 PM ET and All Day
Saturday
Watch Roy Jones Jr. & Jeff Lacy Fights on
ESPN Classic;
Then Watch Jones and Lacy Fight Each Other
Saturday August 15 Live on Pay-Per-View
Biloxi, MS (August 6, 2009) --
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...
Monday, Aug 10, 8 PM
Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Glen Kelly (February 2, 2002)
Jones puts his hands behind his back, sticks his chin out, then knocks Kelly out
with one punch in what Jones calls the "Chicken Wang" punch
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 8 PM
Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver (November 8, 2003)
Jones drops twenty pounds from his previous fight in this gutsy performance to
beat Tarver and regain the light heavyweight world title he gave up to fight at
heavyweight
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 8 PM Roy
Jones, Jr. vs. John Ruiz (March 1, 2003)
In an awesome display of both speed and power, Jones makes history when he
stymies then-heavyweight world champion John Ruiz to become the first former
middleweight champion in over 100 years to win the heavyweight world title
Thursday, Aug. 13, 8 PM Roy
Jones, Jr. vs. Felix Trinidad (January 19, 2008)
A sharp and focused Jones, fighting at his lowest weight since ’96, floors the
legendary Trinidad twice en-route to a unanimous decision win.
Friday, Aug. 14, 8 PM
Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Omar Sheika (March 21, 2009)
Jones Jr. trains with dad, "Big Roy," for first time since amateur days and
shows flash not seen since the Ruiz fight in 2003. Sheika
gets stopped for the first time as a pro on round 7.
Friday, Aug. 14, 8:30 PM Jeff
Lacy vs. Robin Reid (August 6, 2005)
In front of Lacy's hometown crowd in Tampa, Lacy knocks down Reid, who had never
been dropped, not once but four times en-route to a brutal TKO 7 win.
Friday, Aug. 14, 9 PM
Jeff Lacy vs Anwar Oshana (May 17, 2003)
Lacy lands 15 unanswered punch to end round one. Oshana
never recovers and the bout is stopped in round two after Lacy pummels him with
upwards of 30 unanswered blows.
Saturday, Aug 15
1:15pm Roy Jones,
Jr. vs. Glen Kelly (February 2, 2002)
2 PM Jeff Lacy
vs. Donnell Wiggins (December 13, 2003)
In Round 8, Lacy dropped Wiggins with an overhand right and the fight was
stopped moments later.
3 PM Roy Jones,
Jr. vs. Omar Sheika (March 21, 2009)
3:30 PM Jeff Lacy
vs. Robin Reid (2005)
4 PM Jeff Lacy
vs. Richard Grant (July 15, 2003)
Lacy drops Grant in round 1 with a left hook and batters him the rest of the way
as a game Grant withstands the 12-round barrage and Lacy wins by decision.
5 PM Roy Jones,
Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver (November 8, 2003)
6 PM Jeff Lacy
vs. Epifanio Mendoza (2008)
This ten-round thriller had both fighters hurt in round two and then again in
rounds nine and ten. Lacy wins a majority decision that set up a fight with
Jermain Taylor.
7 PM Roy Jones,
Jr. vs. John Ruiz (March 1, 2003)
8 PM Roy
Jones, Jr. vs Felix Trinidad (January 19, 2008)
Eight-time world boxing
champion Roy "Captain Hook" Jones, Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) and Two-time super
middleweight world champion Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs), is presented
by Square Ring Promotions in association with Left Hook Promotions and Beau
Rivage Resort & Casino and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.
Tickets, priced at $150.00,
$125.00, $100.00, $75.00, $50.00 & $25.00 are on sale and available at all
Ticketmaster locations by calling 800.745.3000, on line at Ticketmaster.com
and at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office.
For Fight Recaps between January and May 2009, click here...
Fight Recaps Part I
(January-May 2009)
For Fight Recaps starting June 2009, click here...
Fight Recaps Part
II
(June-December 2009)
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8-8-2009