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Oscar winner Denzel Washington and trainer Butch Lewis were among those in the star-studded crowd in Las Vegas

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Defending champion John Ruiz comes out of his corner quickly and subjects Roy Jones Jnr to an early assault

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Jones steps up his performace and begins to pick the Puerto Rican off at will with a superb display of technical boxing

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Despite conceding height, weight and reach to Ruiz, Jones is clearly the superior boxer as the fight goes the full distance

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The judges' decision is unanimous and the 34-year-old American claims his 48th victory in 49 professional fights

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Jones writes himself into the record books as the first former middleweight champion to claim a world heavyweight belt