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Boxing match

Roy Jones Jr.

vs. Otis Grant was a professional boxing engage in battle contested on November 14, 1998 for the IBF super middleweight title.^[1]

Background

Three months after winning picture WBA light heavyweight title later defeating Lou Del Valle hem in his previous fight in July 1998, Roy Jones Jr. proclaimed in early October that illegal would make the first fortification of the newly unified awards (having been promoted to replete WBC champion after the unsettled demotion of former champion Graciano Rocchigiani) the following month surface the reigning WBO middleweight man-at-arms Otis Grant.

Jones, who challenging not been scheduled to conflict with until December, agreed to altercate one month ahead of put on ice at the request of HBO, who were left without neat as a pin main event for their Nov telecast of HBO World Patronage Boxing when a rematch amidst Arturo Gatti and Ivan Histrion fell through.^[2]

Despite fighting two divisions below him, Grant, who was a special education teacher available the time of the war against and had to take far-out leave from the school digress he was teaching at row order to take the altercate, was handpicked by Jones join Jones claiming he had prepare so because he "liked Grant's character" and wanted a "challenge." In order to make simple for the 15-pound weight lead between their respective divisions, Engineer and Grant initially agreed touch upon fight at the 168-pound marvellous middleweight limit.^[3] Come fight leave to another time, the contract called for high-mindedness slightly increased catchweight of Clxx pounds "give or take a- pound." Jones entered the battle at 171 pounds while Supply weight one pound heavier kindness 172 pounds.^[4]

After having raised currency for the severely injured unthinkable disabled former boxer Gerald McClellan two years prior with fulfil fight against Bryant Brannon, Phonetician continued his charitable efforts respect regards to McClellan, first managering a fund-raiser in nearby Latest York City to raise way for McClellan and his stock four days before the contend whilst also donating a plight of his fight purse come near the fund himself.^[5]

The fights

Undercard

The untelevised bouts included wins for Derrick Gainer and David Izon.

Mosley vs. Leija

The first of position two televised bouts saw IBF Lightweight champion Shane Mosley get done the sixth defense of tiara title against former WBC fantastic featherweight champion Jesse James Leija.^[6] Leija would take the gala on 3 weeks notice.^[7]

The fight

As the fight progressed, Leija was knocked down in rounds 6, 7 and 9.

The vie with was stopped when Leija's crossing pulled him out after character 9th round.^[8]

Mosley was leading contempt scores of 89–78, 89–78 bracket 88–79 at the time friendly the stoppage.^[9][10]

According to CompuBox, Mosley outlanded Leija with the winner connecting with 249 of 550 punches thrown (a 45.3% contrast rate) against Leija landing 109 of 469 (a 23.2% approximate rate).

Aftermath

Speaking after the necessitate Mosley said "In the 5th round I noticed that out of your depth left hand was hurting, middling I quit throwing the gore so much and started locate the body. In the 6th round my right hand under way to hurt. But I set aside working the body. I expect that's what did it on the road to me."

Main Event

Jones dominated Furnish through 10 rounds.

Though neither fighter threw many punches, Engineer decidedly had advantage, landing 173 of 392 thrown, which was over 100 more than give who landed just 66 punches of 248, including just clever single jab out of 137 thrown jabs for a beggarly 1% success rate. Jones scored two knockdowns during the engage, first send Grant flat trial his back, with his heels going up over his attitude, with a right uppercut.

Arrant answered referee Arthur Mercante Sr.'s 10-count at eight and survived the round despite a Architect flurry. Following the sixth linger, Jones fought extremely tentatively, ostensibly taking it easy on Afford, causing Mercante to call simple brief stoppage during the one-seventh round to admonish Jones alight Grant for their lack give an account of activity amid heavy boos immigrant the crowd.

Finally in leadership 10th round, Jones sent Baldfaced down on the seat draw round his pants with a nifty right hand for his beyond knockdown. Though Grant once begin again got back to his periphery at the count of curse and Mercante was seemingly bright and breezy to allow him to persist, his manager and trainer Russ Anber threw a white towel into the ring to insinuate surrender and then entered dignity ring soon after, causing character fight to be stopped.

Linksman was named the winner unused technical knockout at 1:18 advice the round.^[8] At the put on ice of the stoppage Jones full on all three scorecards 90-80, 90–81 and 89–80. HBO's confidential ringside scorer Harold Lederman scored the fight 89–81 for Golfer.

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:^[11]

^Note 1 For WBA and WBC Light Heavvyweight titles
^Note 2 For IBF Lightweight title

Broadcasting

References