Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40KOs) could care less about Saturday's opponent at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. As BoxingScene.com/Bokser.org reported last week, the scheduled opponent Dawid Kostecki (39-1, 25 KOs) was arrested for being the ringleader of a criminal organization. Jones will now likely face light heavyweight contender Pawel Glazewski (17-0, 4 KOs).
According to various Polish sources, Dawid "Gypsy" Kostecki (39-1, 25 KOs), who was scheduled to take on legendary Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40 KOs) at Atlas Arena in Lodz on June 30, is now out of the fight. Kostecki has recently been found guilty in an organized crime and was sentenced to two and a half years in jail. According to local authorities, the boxer was the head of a nationwide gang of pimps. He had also been charged with drug possession, but these charges were later dropped.
Artur Szpilka (11-0, 9 KOs), an up-and-coming new heavyweight star from Poland, will make yet another leap up in class in just two weeks. On June 30 Szpilka, who already defeated shop-worn but experienced veterans Gonzalo Omar Basile and Owen Beck (both via fourth-round TKOs), battles former world-title challenger Jameel “Big Time” McCline (41-11-3, 24 KOs).
Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40 KOs), a former four division world champion, is looking to turn back the clock on June 30th in Lodz, Poland. For the third time since 2009, Jones will travel overseas to face a big hometown puncher. In 2009, he traveled to Australia and was stopped in the first round by Danny Green. Two years later, in May of 2011, he landed in Moscow and put on a respectable performance before Denis Lebedev knocked him out in the tenth round.
At the Mariott Hotel in Warsaw, a press conference was held to announce the "Clash of the Titans" event for June 30th in Lodz, with Dawid Kostecki (39-1, 25 KOs) taking on 43-year-old boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40 KOs), a former world champion in four weight categories. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds, with a contract weight of 185-pounds. Polish heavyweight prospect Arur Szpilka (10-0, 8 KOs) will see action on the undercard. Photos by Bokser.org.
According to several sources in Poland, light heavyweight Dawid Kostecki (39-1, 25 KOs)will face American boxing legend, 43-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (55-8, 40 KOs)., a former four division world champion, on June 30th in Lodz. The fight would take place over the ten round distance at light heavyweight.