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Roy Jones goes from middleweight to heavyweight champion.(The Orlando Sentinel)
Byline: George Diaz
LAS VEGAS _ Roy Jones Jr. snatched history on Saturday night, methodically bagging the bigger man to win the World Boxing Association heavyweight championship.
Consistently peppering John Ruiz with crisp left jabs and follow-up rights, Jones became only the second fighter in boxing history _ and first in 106 years _ to rise from middleweight to heavyweight champion.
Often baiting Ruiz by dropping his hands and looking at him with a smirk of superiority, Jones (48-1, 38 KOs) scored a unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 118-110) at the Thomas & Mack Center.
"I did this fight to make history," Jones said. "It sounds wonderful to be called heavyweight champ."
Beyond the first round _ when Ruiz certainly showed none of the lackadaisical tendencies of a methodical fighter _ this fight was clearly an exhibition of why Jones is considered the best "pound-for-pound" fighter on the planet, and certainly one of the best to lace the gloves up of any generation.
This was all Roy, all the time, for 36 dramatic minutes. Jones ended the fight with an emphatic whiff of air, throwing a booming right as a frustrated Ruiz looked on three feet away.
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