FORMER world champion Enzo Maccarinelli secured a fourth-round knockout win over Roy Jones Jr in a non-title cruiserweight fight in Moscow on Saturday.
Maccarinelli, who was WBO world cruiserweight champ during his time as part of Team Calzaghe, is now trained by Cwmbran's Gary Lockett.
After an evenly matched opening three rounds, the 35-year-old stepped up the pressure and floored Jones in the fourth.
The 46-year-old beat the count but failed to recover and a Maccarinelli uppercut put him down again to secure victory.
Most would be celebrating but @theRealEnzoMac just shows respect after KO win in 4 against @RealRoyJonesJr . pic.twitter.com/8q8dDtP20l
— Ciaran Gibbons (@CiaranGibbons1) December 12, 2015
Jones, a former four-weight world champion, had won his last eight fights and was fighting for the first time since he was granted Russian citizenship in October.
Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree to grant citizenship to Jones in September after meeting the boxer in Crimea in August.
The bout, which was held at the at the VTB Ice Palace, was originally billed as a WBA cruiserweight title fight.
But the governing body's vice-president Gilberto Mendoza said no title would be at stake.
Great little pic from last night pic.twitter.com/Yak4gWmiR4
— Enzo Maccarinelli (@theRealEnzoMac) December 13, 2015
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