By Vadim Pushkin
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. (62-9, 45KOs) says his most recenttraining camp was hindered byhis very busy workschedule.
This past Saturday night in Moscow, the46-years-old veteranwas brutally knocked out in four rounds by former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli of the UK.
Jones was hurt and went down in the fourth round. He was still very dazed when he got up. Maccarinelli followed up with more punches and knocked him out cold. Jones hit the mat face-first and the fight was immediately waved off by the referee.
During the training period, Jones was swamped with media commitments is Russiato discuss his decision to become a Russian citizen. He had duties in the United States for HBO and other scheduled work related items in both countries.
Jones officially became a Russian citizen a few weeks ago and seems to have some future plans related toprogressing his career in the country.
"Everything was good [in camp], it was top notch. Because of my schedule now, I don't have the luxury of staying in one place for eight to ten weeks like I used to do [for training camp]. Meaning that, with your life changing in every way, you don't have the time to dedicate full attention to it like you want to do. However, if it were a title fight, we would have made a few changes," Jones said.
"But no excuses, everything was good enough. I thought I was in superior shape. Sometimes when you get older, the body doesn't hold up. That's just how it turns out. I was happy with everything. I was happy with the fans who turned out. I was happy with everything leading up to the fight. The only thing thatI wasn't happy with was the outcome. I look forward to being in the sport in oneway or the other, maybe not so much in the ring and outside the ring but we'll see."
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