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Page B3 September 11, 2002 B U SIN E SS d ir e c to r y S ports /METRO Jones Retains Undisputed Championship Title (AP) Roy Jones Jr. cam e to put on a show at the Rose G arden in Portland Saturday - and that was before he even threw a punch against C linton W oods. Jones opened his light heavy weight title defense w ith a d an c ing, rapping ex h ib itio n in the stands, then cam e dow n into the ring to show W oods w hat he really does best. For the better part o f six rounds he did ju st that, pounding a gam e but badly outclassed W oods w ith lightning-quick punches until the challenger’s co m er finally told the referee to stop it at 1:29 o f the sixth. Jo n e s k e p t h is u n d is p u te d light h e a v y w eig h t title s and did Roy Jones Jr. lands a punch against Clinton Woods during a championship fight at the Rose Garden. (AP photo) n o th in g to hurt his ch a n ce s o f m o v in g up to the h ea v y w eig h t d iv isio n la te r th is y ea r fo r a p o s sible fig h t w ith W B A ch am p io n Jo h n R uiz. T he crow d that nearly filled the arena loved it all, cheering Jones as he put on one o f the m ost flam boy ant ring entrances ev er — co m plete w ith him rapping before six dancing girls after a hidden elev a tor raised him into the stands. Then they cheered even m ore w hen he easily disposed o f W oods. “I’m a bad d u d e,” Jones said. “I stayed focused and kept going. No disrespect to him , but 1 had a little fun to n ig h t.” W o o d s, w ho had n ev e r fo u g h t o u ts id e o f E n g la n d , w as th e W B C ’s No. 1 ch a lle n g er, b ut he n ev e r h ad a ch a n c e a g a in st a fig h te r w h o is c o n sid e re d by m any to be th e best p o u n d -fo r- p o u n d in the gam e. It w as the first title fight in P ort land in 40 years. 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