At the Gulf Coast Arena in Biloxi, Mississippi, Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40KOs) stopped Jeff Lacy (25-3, 17KOs) after ten rounds of action.

Lacy came out winging bombs. He tried going to the body and tried banging away at Jones against the ropes. The veteran Jones was able to block most of punches. Jones began to open up in the second, landing some good combos as Lacy came in while trying to apply the pressure. Lacy continued to press forward in the third, he was getting hit with a lot counter punches combinations from Jones. Jones dominated the fourth, landing sometimes at will as Lacy had no answers. Lacy missing many attemps in the fifth, and Jones making him pay often in a another dominating round.

Round six and seven was more of the same, Lacy was too slow with his punches to catch up with Jones, who mananged to use his speed advantage to get off with power punches, quick flurries and bodyshots all night. During the eight, Lacy began to take a lot of damage. Both of his eyes were swelling shut and Jones was starting to play to the crowd as he launched quick punches and combinations. Not much from Lacy in the ninth as he took yet another pounding from Jones. Lacy seemed to be spent at this point and it's a miracle the fight was not stopped. Lacy took another bad beating during the tenth. He was barely able to see from his swelling face. His corner stopped the fight before the start of the eleventh.