elf th ▁and ▁final ▁round . ▁In ▁his ▁first ▁defence ▁of ▁the ▁title , ▁In gle ▁travel led ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁and ▁fought ▁on ▁the ▁under card ▁of ▁Len no x ▁Lewis ▁vs . ▁Michael ▁Grant . ▁F acing ▁him ▁was ▁former ▁two - weight ▁world ▁champion ▁Junior ▁Jones , ▁who ▁held ▁the ▁I BO ▁fe ather weight ▁title . ▁In ▁an ▁action - pack ed ▁fight ▁which ▁was ▁close ▁on ▁the ▁jud ges ' ▁score cards , ▁In gle ▁was ▁knock ed ▁down ▁in ▁round ▁nine , ▁but ▁r al lied ▁back ▁in ▁dram atic ▁fashion ▁to ▁stop ▁Jones ▁in ▁the ▁ele vent h . ▁ ▁Ret irement ▁and ▁life ▁after ▁box ing ▁In gle ' s ▁box ing ▁career ▁ended ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁losing ▁both ▁the ▁IB F ▁and ▁I BO ▁titles ▁to ▁M b ule lo ▁Bot ile . ▁The ▁fight ▁had ▁under g one ▁several ▁post pon ements ▁due ▁to ▁In gle ▁sust aining ▁inj uries ▁in ▁training ▁and ▁being ▁unable ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁ 1 2 6   l bs ▁fe ather weight ▁limit . ▁After ▁suffering ▁a ▁knock down ▁in ▁round ▁eleven , ▁In gle ▁went ▁down ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁tw elf th ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁rise ▁for ▁several ▁minutes . ▁He ▁was ▁st ret cher ed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁ring ▁and ▁hospital ised ▁for ▁a ▁blood ▁cl ot ▁on ▁the ▁brain , ▁sp ending ▁four ▁weeks ▁in ▁int ensive ▁care ▁before ▁recover ing