DC ARMORY, WASHINGTON, DC
IRON GUTS OPENED UP THE BIG WASHINGTON CARD WITH AN 8TH ROUND TKO WIN OVER SOUTHERN DANDY, GUTS SCORED REPEATEDLY WITH HARD BODY SHOTS AND BY THE 8TH DANDY COULD NOT DEFEND HIMSELF, GUTS WRACKS UP HIS 2ND KO FROM AS MANY FIGHTS
APOLLO NEWBIE HEPHER WOLFFS DEBUT N THE PRO RANKS WAS ENTERTAINING BUT UNSUCCESSFUL, HIM AND SCOTT KARIM BELLILI EXCHANGED BLOWS FOR A MINUTE, BELLILI TNE KNOCKOUT AT WOLFF AT THE 1:12 MARK OF THE OPENING ROUND
GEORGE McCABE SUFFERED HIS 2ND DEFEAT TONIGHT AS APOLLOS LUCK WORSENED, LAND MINE TOOK A COUPLE OF SHOTS FORM McCABE AND WAS UNFAZED, AND WITH A SINGLE RIGHT HAND DROPPED McCABE FOR THE COUNT AT 2:47 OF ROUND 1
MORE BAD LUCK FOR APOLLO AS ANOTHER ONE OF HIS TOP FIGHTERS MIKE LYNCH WAS KNOCKED OUT, AND AGAIN IN ROUND 1, JENNA JAMESON ENDED THE CONTEST AT 2:28 OF THE OPENING STANZA WITH A SINGLE RIGHT HAND
APOLL0OS GYM SUFFERED THEIR 4TH DEFEAT OF THE EVENING AS DAVID MBAYABAYA TOOK APART MICHAEL LYNCH BEFORE KNOCKING HIM OUT IN 6 ROUNDS, MBAYABAYA WORE DOWN THE YOUNG FIGHTER WITH HEAVY BODY SHOTS AND BATTERED HIM FOR THE OPENING 5 ROUNDS BEFORE A RIGHT HAND KNOCKED HIM OUT IN THE 6TH ROUND
HARRY LANE SCORED A MUCH NEEDED WIN IN HIS CAREER, STOPPING JOHN THOMAS IN 4 ROUNDS, THE OPENING ROUND WAS EQUAL WITH BOTH FIGHTERS EXCHANGING BIG SHOTS, THOMAS GOT THE BETTER OF ROUND 2, STAGGERING LANE, BUT AFTER THAT IT WAS ALL THE MAN NICKNAMED "EXPRESS", AS LANE BROKE DOWN THE ALREADY TIRED JOURNEYMAN AND STOPPED HIM 39 SECONDS INTO THE 4TH AS THE REFEREE MERCIFULLY HALTED THE CARNAGE
AND IN THE MAIN EVENT, HOT PROSPECT SALVADOR McCALL SCORED A HUGE WIN, THE TITLE AS THE DIVISIONS HOTTEST PROSPECT AND THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE BY KNOCKING OUT THE DIVISIONS PREVIOUS TOP PROSPECT UNDEFEATED MIKE MENNEN IN 11 ROUNDS, McCALL STARTED SLOWLY AND WAS LEFT CHASING THE QUICKER MAN IN THE OPENING 3 ROUNDS AS MENNEN CIRCLED AND SCORED WITH QUICK JABS
McCALL SCORED THE FIRST OF 4 KNOCKDOWNS IN THE 4TH ROUND, A RIGHT HAND ROCKING MENNEN AND THEN AN UPPERCUT SENDING HIM TO THE FLOOR SECONDS LATER, ANOTHER UPPERCUT STAGGERED MENNEN AS THE 4TH CAME TO A CLOSE
MENNEN BOUNCED SOME LIFE BACK INTO HIS LEGS OVER THE FIRST HALF OF THE 5TH UNTIL McCALL TRAPPED HIM IN A NEUTRAK CORNER LATE IN THE 5TH, AND UNLOADED WITH A BARRAGE OF PUNCHES WHICH SENT MENNEN SINKING TO THE CANVAS, MENNE AGAIN BEAT THE COUNT AND THE FIGHT CONTIUNED
McCALL MANAGED TO CORNER MENNEN AGAIN IN THE 6TH, BUT MENNEN SHOWED GOOD SKILLS IN AVOIDING HIS PUNCHES, 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE 6TH AND MENNEN AGAIN WAS DROPPED, THIS TIME WITH AN OVERHAND RIGHT IN CENTER RING
McCALL CONTINUED TO PUNISH MENNEN IN THE 7TH, STAGGERING HIM WITH A LEFT HOOK, BUT HE COULDNT DROP HIM AGAIN, DOUBLE M FOUND RANGE AGAIN IN ROUNDS 8, 9 AND 10, KEEPING A PASSIVE McCALL OFF HIM WITH HIS JAB
IN THE 11TH ROUND, McCALL FIRED A WILD LEFT HOOK THAT MENNEN DUCKED AND HE HIT THE DUCKED MENNE WITH A CHOPPING RIGHT HAND THAT FORCED HIM DOWN FACE FIRST, THIS TIME MENNEN MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RISE, McCALL IMPROVES TO 7-0 WITH ALL WINS BY KNOCKOUT
PALAIS DES SPORTS, LYON, FRANCE
JACK THORNTON WASTED NO TIME HOPPING BACK INTO THE RING AFTER SUFFERING HIS FIRST LOSS, HE SCORED A SOLID WIN IN HIS COMEBACK, KNOCKING OUT MICHAEL BUFFEST IN 9 ROUNDS, THORNTON WAS PASSIVE TO START, WORKING WITH HIGH HANDS AND GOOD MOVEMENT BEHIND AN ACCURATE JAB, IN THE 6TH ROUND HE BAGAN FINDING RANGE WITH SOME GOOD POWER SAHOTS, AND AFTER ROCKING BUFFEST A FEW TIMES, A LEFT HOOK PUT THE ALREADY LEG SHOT BUFFEST DOWN FOR THE COUNT
JAMES PUNCHO AND TOMMY MAGIC FOUGHT ON EVEN TERMS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIGHT, WITH MAGIC STAGGERING PUNCHO EARLY IN THE FIGHT, BUT PUNCHO OVERCAME MAGIC IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOUT, FIGHTING WITH A BADLY CUT AND SWOLLEN LEFT EYE, HE OUTPUNCHED AND OUTBOXED MAGIC TO WIN A DECISION 117-111 118-111 117-111
JAKE LADANIELSAN HAD SOME EARLY TROUBLE WITH CARLO VALENTINO, BUT WAS TOO TOUGH FOR HIS OPPONENT, OVERCOMING TROUBLE IN ROUNDS 1 AND 2, HE BATTERED A TIRED VALENTINO IN ROUNDS 3 AND 4, KNOCKING HIM OUT IN THE 4TH, LADANIELSAN HAS REASSERTED HIMSELF AS A TOP PROPSECT IN THE DIVISION AFTER HIS 1 ROUND DESTRUCTION OVER PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN THORNTON
LONNY BYRD SCORED A SHUTOUT DECISION WIN OVER THE NON BOXER TO MOVE TO 3-0, THE FIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH BYRDS SUPERIOR WORKRATE GETTING HIM HOME 120-108 ON ALL CARDS
DONOVAN JUDD IMPROVED TO 2-0 WITH A 6 ROUND KNOCKOUT WEIN OVER GABBYJAY, JUDD PUT GABBY DOWN 3 TIMES, ALL WITH RIGHT HANDS, TWICE IN THE 5TH, AND ONCE IN THE 6TH FOR THE COUNT
CHESTER HUMPHROES IMPROVED TO 2-0 WITH AN 8TH ROUND STOPPAGE WIN OVER THE GOD OF SEX, HUMPHRIES CONTROLLED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH ACCURATE STRAIGHT PUNCHES THAT OPENED UP SEVERAL CUTS AND LEFT LARGE SWELLINGSA ROUND THE GOD OF SEX'S EYES, A PAIR OF FLURRIES SCORED 2 KNOCKDOWNS IN THE 8TH BEFORE THE REFEREE MERCIFULLY WAVED THE FIGHT OFF AFTER THE SECOND KNOCKDOWN WHEN THE GOD OF SEX COULDNT DEFEND HIMSELF
IN A REMATCH AFTER LAST WEEKS DQ QIN FOR MANCINI, MANCINI MADE IT 2-0 AGAINST MICKEY CONWAY, SCORING A CLOSE UNANMOUS DECISION WIN, MANCINI DOMINATED THE EARLY ROUNDS AND MIDDLEROUNDS BEHIND A QUICK AND ACCURATE JAB, CONWAY RALLIED LATE ONLY TO LOSE BY SCORES OF 115-113 ON ALL CARDS
DICK FOR BRAINS KNOCKED OUT NEWBIE IRWIN SCHYSTER IN LKESS THE 2 MINUTES, BRAINS PUT SCHYSTER DOWN 3 TIMES IN THE FIGHT, THE THIRD ONE FOR THE COUNT
RICK MARTELL HAD A SUCCESSFUL DEBUT SCORING A WIDE UD OVER NATALIE PORTMAN, THE FIGHT WAS ONE AS THE BGGER MAN CONTROLLED EVERY EXCHANGE USING HIS HEIGHT AND SPEED TO OUTPOUNCH PORTMAN, SCORES WERE 119-112 ON ALL CARDS
DAREK ZALOGA WON A SHUTOUT UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER LONNEX LIWES, ZALOGA AS TOO QUICK AND CRAFTGY FOR HIS SLOWER OPPONENT, LANDING HARD COMBINATIONS OVER THE 12 ROUNDS, LIWES WAS LOOKING ON HIS WAYU OUT AT THE FINAL BELL
JOEY JANIRO REVERSED LAST WEEKS LOSS TO RICARDO RIVERA WITH A UNSATISFYING DQ QIN TONIGHT, HE WAS DAZED BY A HEADBUTT HALF A ROUND INTO THE FIGHT AND RIVERA WAS DQ'D AS JANIRO WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE
THE FOUL POLE GOT HOME, BUT LOOKED UNIPRESSIVE AGAINST TSUNG LSONGI, SOME ROUNDS WERE VERY CLOSE, AND THE FIGHT WAS DIFFICULY TO SCORE AS BOTH MEN EXCHANGED EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE CONTEST, THE FOUL P[OLE GOT THE NOD THOUGH, 116-115, 117-112, 118-113
JASON REEVES HAD TROUBLE WITH KIRSTEN DUNSTS JAB IN THE EARLY ROUNDS, BUT FOUND RANGE TO PUNIH HER OVER THE FINAL 6 ROUNDS, DROPPING HER IN THE 11TH, HE PICKED UP A CLOSE UNANIMOUS DECISION 117-113, 117-114, 117-114, WITH THE WIN HE IMPROVES TO 13-2
THE NEXT FIGHT WAS OVER IN A FLASH, DEAN CORNELL NEEDED JUST 11 SECONDS TO STOP LEROY BREAKER, CORNELL JUMPED ON HIM AT THE OPENING BELL AND A BARRAGE OF LEFT HOOKS AND UPPERCUTS FORCED THE REFEREES STOPPAGE, BREAKER WAS LATER TAKEN AWAY TO HOSPITAL
SUGAR RAY HOOPER SCORED A SLOPPY UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER UGLY MOFO, NEITHER FIGHTER JABBED OR BOXED REALLY, AND THEY'RE EXCHANGES OFTEN RESULTED IN UGLY CLINCHES, HOOPER WAS ALWAYS ON TOP THOUGH, WINNING WITH SCORES OF 118-113 TWICE, 117-113
TEEMU KOIVU LOOKED VERY SHARP AGAIN IN SCORING A 3 ROUND STOPPAGE OVER BRAWLER, KOIVU PUNISHED BRAWLER WITH BIG BODY SHOTS AND THE REFEREE WAS QUICK TO END THE FIGHT, STOPPING IT AFTER BRAWLER LOOKED DONE IN THE 3RD
AND IN THE MAIN EVENT, BIGKEV CAPTURED THE EUROPEAN CROWN WITH A UNANIMOUS DECISION WIN OVER PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN ROBERT MORLEY, MORLEY STARTED FAST AND IT COST HIM DOWN THE STRETCH, AS HE TIRED BIGKEV BANKED CRUCIAL ROUNDS, SWEPING THE FINAL 3 ON THE CARDS TO SCORE THE TITLE 116-113, 115-113, 115-113
AND REMEMBER, IT'S ALL IN THE HIPS


