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Three months after winning the WBA light heavyweight title after defeating Lou Del Valle in his previous fight in July 1998, Roy Jones Jr. announced in early October that he would make the first defense of the newly unified titles (having been promoted to full WBC champion after the controversial demotion of former champion Graciano Rocchigiani) the following month against the reigning WBO ...
Jones did not score a knockdown during the fight, but the rounds were so lopsided in Jones' favor that all three judges scored several rounds 10–8 in Jones favor. The end came after a particularly lopsided sixth in which Jones landed 21 punches to Woods' zero, the fight was stopped midway through after Woods' corner, having seen enough, waved ...
The Jones–Brannon bout was supplemented with a WBA welterweight title fight featuring champion Ike Quartey defending against challenger Oba Carr. Jones explained that his decision to hold the event was because "people are always talking about athletes being selfish. I want people to understand we're not robots; we're human beings". [2] [3]
Here is the case for Aspinall (15-3) to fight Jones (28-1-1NC) and how the pair compare statistically. Aspinall's all-time UFC records.
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Del Valle wasn't able to take advantage and at the end of 12 rounds all three judges would score the bout for Jones with scores of 118–109, 118–109 and 119–108, making him a three time light heavyweight champion. [9] [10] HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman scored the fight 118–109 for Jones.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the action live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass. UFC 285: Jones vs Gane LIVE. Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane (vacant heavyweight title) ... Grasso does well to wriggle free ...