End of the world for Roy Jones Jr after Moscow mauling by Lebedev

By Sportsmail Reporter Updated: 00:52 BST, 22 May 2011

Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the dying seconds of the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of their 非，不，無-肩書を与える cruiserweight fight in Moscow on Saturday, 手渡すing the American his third 連続した 敗北・負かす and leaving him pondering where to go from here.

With seconds remaining in the 10th 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, Lebedev landed four 猛烈な／残忍な lefts with Jones on the ropes, where he had been for much of the 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合.

Denis the menace: Lebedev (権利) pins Roy Jones Jr. on the ropes

Jones, once the world's 最高の，を越す 続けざまに猛撃する-for-続けざまに猛撃する 闘士，戦闘機, 屈服するd and shook his 長，率いる before taking one last 権利 hook from the ロシアの and 落ちるing dead-負わせる to the canvas.

Many had 予報するd a much quicker demise, but Jones managed to 突き破る off the ロシアの, 階級d the world's 最高の，を越す cruiserwe ight, with a combination of swagger and 反撃 that has become the hallmark of this late 行う／開催する／段階 of the 42-year-old's career.?

'I'm so happy with this 勝利，勝つ, we put so much into this fight,' Lebedev said. 'Jones was everything we 推定する／予想するd: quick, strong, cheeky. ... But I pulled through.'?

From Russia with gloves: Lebedev (left) knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the last seconds of the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する

落ちる guy: Jones Jnr is knocked out

Jones is now 54-8, while Lebedev 改善するd to 22-1.

'It was a 広大な／多数の／重要な 発射, I can't take nothing away from him,' Jon es said about the final punch that knocked him out.

'He was a 堅い competitor.'

Jones, the biggest 指名する to have fought in Russia, said the （人が）群がる's 歓迎会 at the Dynamo 円形競技場 made it 'one of the most exciting 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s of my career'.

There was no 肩書を与える at 火刑／賭ける, but the 勝利，勝つ may give Lebedev a second 肩書を与える 発射. His only career 敗北・負かす was a 議論の的になる points loss against Marco Huck in Germany last year.

The fight was Jones' 試みる／企てる to 海難救助 some glory in the twilight of his career. He had lost his last two fights, against Danny Green and Bernard Hopkins last year.

観察者／傍聴者s have 推測するd his 退職 is 切迫した.?

'I really don't know what I'm going to do now,' Jones said. 'I'm going to think about it.'

In Saturday's fight, he showed flashes of his former 力／強力にする and showboated in the 早期に 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs to an appreciative （人が）群がる, shaking his 長，率いる theatrically and dancing 支援する into his corner at the bell.

But he was 最終的に outmaneuvered and out-punched by his more youthful 対抗者.

Vanquished 退役軍人: Is this the end of the road for Jones Jnr?

The 31-year-old Lebedev used almost all of the 10 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs to 軟化する up Jones for the ノックアウト, chasing the American around the （犯罪の）一味 and 軍隊ing him into a 防御の 姿勢 against the ropes to ride out flurries from Lebedev in every 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

Jones 本気で 激しく揺するd Lebedev just once, in the ninth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, when he broke away from the ropes and connected with a big 権利 jab-left hook combination.