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Roy Jones Jr. vs.
Max Alexander For UBO Title |
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October 21,
2011 /
BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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Former four-division world champion, and one
of the greatest boxers of all time, Roy
Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KOs) will take on Max
Alexander (14-5-2, 4 KOs) for the vacant
Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO)
Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title on
December 10 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Billed King Of The Ring 5 – Resurrection,
the fight will be promoted by KO Kings in
association with RJJ Promotions and Big Play
Entertainment, and will, as the first ever UBO
title fight, be broadcasted live on Internet
Pay-Per-View at
www.ustream.tv and
www.ldltv.com.
“I am excited about working with the UBO and would
like to thank USA Commissioner Macke Roberts and
the UBO for giving us this opportunity.
Both fighters are very happy to be fighting for
the UBO Inter-Continental title, and it is going
to be a great show on December 10”, said Adrian
Patrick, CEO of KO Kings.
Really needing no introduction, the legendary Roy
Jones Jr. won his first world title, the IBF
Middleweight, in 1993 by defeating another
All-Time-Great in Bernard Hopkins. |
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In 1994 he moved up to win the IBF World Super
Middleweight crown against fellow future Hall-Of-Famer
James Toney, and made five successful defenses
before moving up again in 1996 to win the WBC
Light Heavyweight crown by beating 2003 H.O.F.
inductee Mike McCallum. |
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In 2003 Jones made history by becoming the first
former Middleweight World Champion to win a
Heavyweight World championship when he outclassed
John Ruiz for the WBA version in Las Vegas. In
2009 he attempted to add a world title in a fifth
division, but came up short when he suffered a
controversial stoppage at the hands of then IBO
Cruiserweight titleholder Danny Green in
Australia.
Max Alexander will be challenging for his second
professional title against Jones. A participant in
the 2007 Contender reality series, Alexander went
on to draw with Rob Calloway for the WBC
Continental Americas Cruiserweight strap the
following year.
While he has lost five times in twenty-two outings
(one No-Contest), it has been against formidable
opposition and only by decision.
King Of The Ring 5 – Resurrection
on December 10 in Atlanta, Georgia will also
feature an interesting 10 round lightweight bout
between undefeated Chris Howard (13-0-1, 6 KOs)
and tough veteran Frankie Archuleta (27-8-1, 14
KOs), as well as undefeated prospects Brian Howard
(7-0, 5 KOs) taking on big puncher Sharif Kemp
(7-4, 6 KOs) at Cruiserweight. |
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Additional bouts include Keandre Leatherwood (9-0,
6 KOs) facing Ashantie Hendrickson (5-10-1, 3 KOs)
at Light Middleweight, Heavyweight Gabe Brown
against an opponent to be determined, and Beden
Laurent vs. Tristan Todd in a Super Middleweight
bout. |
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