Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Glen Johnson knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the ninth round Saturday to hold on to the IBF light heavyweight title and cast more doubt on the future of one of boxing's most outstanding performers.


Jones lay on his back moving only slightly for almost four minutes after he was felled by an overhand right, followed by a short left. Trainers filled a towel with ice and slid it under Jones' head as he lay on the canvas.

Johnson came out the aggressor from the opening bell. He threw a total of 437 punches to 270 for Jones and kept the challenger against the ropes for most of the fight.

By the seventh round, the crowd was booing and calling for more action from their favorite, Jones.

The knockout came on Jones' first fight after a crushing defeat by Antonio Tarver in May. Tarver landed a left that sent Jones sprawling in the second round and unable to continue.

Jones tried to argue then that he could continue the fight against Tarver, but there could be no such claim against Johnson.
It was Jones' second real defeat in a sterling career that may now has a murky future.

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Hello Ashanti..calling Ashanti...I believe the prosecution rest in its case against the hapless Roy Jones...greatest pound for pound fighter..yea right!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!

How can this be?

I thought GLENN JOHNSON WAS RUBBISH!!!

Look how he struggled with Clinton Woods, someone Roy dispatched in six painful rounds.... I thought Roy would tear him up!! How on earth??

Times up Roy... get outta the game now.

@ To the haters...

Lay off my man.blkfingerwag Got it?! This is only his what 3rd loss...so what you celebrating.:X



Now ...it is with great sadness.blksadbounce.blktears..really it pains my heart to say this but.

This wasn't the old Roy...this was Roy old.

From the moment he stepped in the ring he didn't look right to me...a bit thin, weak.

I'm not making excuses..the other guy was on, a bit wild but definitely more aggressive.

Roy on the other handlooked as if he didn't care...no focus at all. I had this bad feeling from the start and it remained all the way up until he got knocked out.

RJ has some serious questions to ask himself....for one, if he can't give the sport his 100 percent attention...then he needs to walk away NOW!... It is obvious his heart is no longer in it.

Thanks Ashanti

I have actually watched Glenn only three times and have never been impressed though he does have very bad luck with judges (dubious decisions against him) he fails to knock men out...

Pleased for him when he beat Woods (very emotional he was lol) but I never expected he could step in a ring with Roy. I have always been a fan of Roy but he is finished now. That someone like Glenn could beat him is a sign that his days are finished.

He wont admit it I know and he will fight on like all boxers (too dumb to see the writing on the wall). A shame to see a once great fighter in this position.

Hopefully this puts Tarver in a more realistic light too, he is crap too.

Hopefully this will force Hopkins to at least consider fighting Howard Eastman... THAT is a fight I been waiting for too too long ha ha see Eastmean smack the executioner about woooee.

Times up ROY its over

@ JJ : Hey hey wait draw breaks, hold up a minute..l have'nt said l wasn't a RJJ fan blkwonder..My point was dat now da man has taken sum heavy/hefty beatdowns do da decent ting & leave/go/get out b4 sumting more serious happens..

Muhamed Ali & Greg Page + dat dam fool big mouth big head yank (is dat all of you blkwonder) Ridiculos Bowe are suffering from stay'n in da game 2 long..

RJJ = Class but he needs 2 know da time is right 2 go..

@ DrunkMonkey

Ashanti they want Roy because he is a big money draw and a garauntedd big pay day like Oscar and Mike. All three are well past the prime though none so drastically as Mike

If Hopkins had nuts he would have fought Howard Eastward a Long time ago. I dont respect him at all!!:X