Cruiserweight

Jones Jr adds 'world' cruiserweight title to haul

ESPN staff

December 21, 2013

Former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr has added a first ever 'world' cruiserweight title to his haul after easing to a 12-round unanimous decision win over Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf in Moscow.

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Jones Jr schooled Benmakhlouf throughout the fight, which was stipulated as a "winner takes all" bout with the victor claiming the entire purse.

He takes home the vacant WBU V cruiserweight belt - although this is not the same World Boxing Union which was contested throughout the nineties, but a German version boasting the same name.

Algerian Benmakhlouf was angered various times throughout the fight as Jones Jr pulled off his trademark show-boating. However, the American never really faced any trouble and came through comfortably, forcing his opponent to the floor in the third with a huge left hand.

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