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Ric915 · 10-25-2008, 02:11 PM

Houston, Astrodome 03-30-86

In the opening bout Mel Turnbow (0-1-0-0) took on George Axford (0-5-0-1). Turnbow looks to rebound from a third round knockout suffered in his pro debut back in January. Thru the first two rounds Turnbow uses the ring nicely and is just peppering Axford with rights and lefts. Turnbow keeps at it in the third and a wicked right cross opens a nasty cut on the bridge of the nose of Axford.Turnbow finishes the fight brilliantly when a clasic left right combo rattles Axford badly who is being pounding Axford along the ropes when the bell sounds to end the bout. Turnbow looked impressive showed no tentativeness and looked superb. Scores 40-36 for Turnbow.

In the first preliminary bout we have Mike "The Giant" White (6-1-2-5) vs John "Speedy" Jordan (0-5-1-0). White is looking to get his career back on track after being stopped by Terry Anderson (6-4-1-4) a TC in his last bout.Both men appeared to be in great shape for the six rounder. White started quickly when an explosive four punch combo ended with a right hook dropping Jordan for a six count. Jordan was wobbled but boxed cleverly to survive the opening frame. In a fierce second round both men stood and traded at the end of the round White was wearing a cut above the right eye. White looked impressive in the third and fourth. Jordan seemed spent as the final bell rang to end the fourth round. White still had to contend with the cut as it reopened in the third, but showed no bleeding at all in the fourth. White just dominates the fifth with crisp combos and a rapier like jab. Jordan just doesn't seem to have enough energy to keep White off of him. White wins a lackluster sixth round as White is content to win a decision and Jordan just has no energy. Give Darkie Smith credit for keeping the cut of White closed over the final three rounds. The scores 60-53 all fro Mike"The Giant"White

In the second preliminary bout of the evening we saw Canadian Rufus Hadley (10-4-0-6) a pre-prime slugger taking on a prime boxer in George Chaplin(14-3-4-7). Rumors before the fight are stating Chaplin is not happy with his purse for this bout and Hadley hopes this plays to his advantage. Neither man has seen action this year and both look to get their careers on track. Thru the first two rounds Chaplin controls the action from the outside with a great jab and wicked uppercuts. Hadley takes the third as he is finally able to get inside and land his first clean shots of the fight. Chaplin seems to take the shots well. Hadley pulls even in the fourth when a violent right cross buckles Chaplin's knees. Chaplin gets on his bicycle and is able to survive without any further damage being done. Chaplin is back in control in the fifth as his upper body movement is incredible and is causing Hadley to miss and be peppered by crisp combos. Chaplin received a warning for low blows. Hadley looks tired as the round concludes. Chaplin takes the sixth as Hadley looks spent. Chaplin continues to fire a quick jab and brutal hooks to the head and body. As the seventh round opens a Chaplin hook starys south of the border and Referee Frank Cappucino rules the blow to be blatant and disqualifies Chaplin. A riot almost insues as Chaplins handlers Yank Durham and Chuck Bodak eneter the ring to cry fix. Definately an odd DQ from my point of view as Chaplin received only one warning prior to the DQ.

With the crowd now buzzing from the odd DQ and the ring finally cleared they were able to move onto the next bout of the eveneing an eight rounder between George Mostardini (17-4-2-9) a prime slugger and Gene Innocent (15-3-0-8) a pre-prime slugger. Mostardini looks to be in great shape while Innocent who took this bout on short notice when Kevin Isaac (12-3-2-2) pulled out with an unexplained injury looks to be a little soft. This is a chance for Innocent to upset the 4-1 favorite and get his name out there. After one it looks like Innocent should be the favorite as he just unloads on Mostardini with lefts and rights and late in the round a wicked uppercut almost drops Mostardini. Mostardini storms back in the second and is able to continually get Innocent against the ropes and land thudding body shots. Innocent wins the third as he is just busier then Mostardini. Late in the third Innocent uncorks a wicked right hook. Mostardini has a huge fourth round as a wicked hook drops Innocent for an eight count. Mostardini jumps on Innocent and a few seconds later a ripping hook to the body drops Innocent again this time for a six count. The bell sounds ending the round as Innocent gets to his feet.In the fifth both men stand and trade with both men landing some brutal shots and as both men stand and trade Lou Moret inexplicably jumps in and stops the fight in favor of Mostardini. Again the handlers of Innocent come flying into the ring as well as beer and other trash. That was a very quick stoppage Innocent wasn't even hurt. Don't know what's happening here tonight but Houston PD better get the riot gear ready if these odd endings continue to happen.

After a lengthy delay we move onto the support bout of the evening a pre-prime slugging hometown fighter #7 ranked Renaldo Snipes (22-0-0-3) takes on another Texas Native the prime slugging #10 ranked Randall"Tex"Cobb (28-1-0-21). Odds are 2-1 in favor of Cobb whose only defeat was a six round DQ early on in his career. If there is another bizaar stoppage in this one the Astrodome may burn. Both men appear to be in top shape for this 10 rounder. Snipes wins the first with a quick jab and great lateral movement. Cobbs lands some body shots but Snipes definately wins it. Cobb with a huge second round as he unloads aa ton of power shots. Snipes holds up nicely but wouldn't be surprised if this was scored 10-8 on some score cards. Cobb wins the third as believe it or not he makes Snipes miss and counters with heavy handed hooks. Snipes bounces back in the fourth and has a hufe round of his own. A Snipes hook opens a cut above Cobb's left eye. After the cut Cobb seems distracted and Snipes just tees off landing everything he throws. Both fighters draw warnings Snipes for a low blow and Cobb for rabbit punching and using his shoulder on the inside. Cobb with a convinving fifth round as he is the one now teeing off and landing some incredible power shots that again Snipes is absorbing very well. Kudos to Cobb's cutman Carlos Vargas as Cobb's cut remains closed thru the fifth. Snipes looks beat as the sixth round opens up. Pretty close sixth as both men appear to take the round off. Again no blood from the cut above Cobb's left eye. Another slow round in the seventh as both men are slowing down. Late in the seventh a Snipes jab starts the blood flow going from Cobbs cut. Another very slow round in the eighth as both men are happy to clinch. Cobb draws another warning for a low blow. What a ninth round Snipes seems to be winning it easily when a Snipes hook reopens the gash Cobb is led to the ringside physician who allows the fight to continue. That seemed to spur Cobb on because when the fight resumed he just unloaded on Snipes and may have actually pulled the round out. Snipes feeling he is behind comes out to try and end it and it is his agressiveness that works against him as Cobb slips and counters most of Snipes bombs and easily wins the tenth. I feel Cobb wins the bout. Scores 97-94 Cobb, 96-96 and 96-95 Cobb. Cobb with the majority decision victory. " I told you guys I'm for real. Don't bet against me, I need a drink"

In the main event a twelve round title eliminator we have see #3 Ranked Lynn Ball (23-0-1-18) taking on Oklahoma native #5 ranked James"Quick"Tillis (22-0-3-14). Both men appear to be in great shape. Tillis is a 3-1 favorite entering the bout. Ball comes out quickly and appears quicker then most may think and lands some heavy blows to the body and head of Tillis. Tillis with a big second round as he is the aggresor and seems to land at will. Ball absorbs the blows and continues to move forward but can't land like he did in the first. Tillis with another huge round as a right hook hurts Ball badly. Ball goes into defensive mode but Tillis is still able to land some damaging blows, it's amazing Ball did not go down. Tillis continues to land bombs on the jaw of Ball who cannot seem to get it going like he did in the first. Ball won't last l;ong if he continues to get hit with these bombs. Ball has a better fifth round but again Tillis is to quick and just counters everything Ball does. Ball's left eye is now showing swelling as the round concludes. As the sixth begins Ball's hands semm to be low and Tillis continues to punish Ball and bust him up as a searing hook tears open Ball's lip. Joe Souza is gonna have his hands full as the left eye continues to swell badly. and the cut is horrible. As the seventh opens Ball's hands are still low and he looks fatigued and Tillis just continues to tee off on Ball. It maybe time for the corner to save Ball from himself. Till continues his domination of Ball in the eighth a right hook reopens the cut and the ringside physician examines it and amazingly allows the fight to continue, that would have been the perfect time to stop this one sided demolition. As the ninth round opens Ball does some nice work on the inside and Tillis is now bleeding from a cut over the left eye. Late in the round a Tillis hook drops Ball like a sack of potatoes. Ball tries gallantly to rise but is counted out at 3:00 of the ninth round. Impressive victory for Tillis who will be in one of the initial title fights. "This Ball is one tough SOB I'm glad this fight is over and I can get into training and be the Heavyweight Champion of the world"

Heavyweight Rankings March 86

Buster Douglas (26-0-0-22)
James Tillis (23-0-3-15)
Mike Tyson (18-0-0-18)
Ernie Shavers (20-0-0-20)
Randall Cobb (29-1-0-21)
Greg Page (18-0-0-13)
Frank Bruno (22-1-0-22)
Al Lewis (20-0-1-9)
Fonomanu Sekona (17-1-0-17)
David Bey (24-2-0-21)

10-25-2008, 02:11 PM	#101
Ric915 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lake Havasu City Arizona Posts: 1,262	Houston, Astrodome 03-30-86 In the opening bout Mel Turnbow (0-1-0-0) took on George Axford (0-5-0-1). Turnbow looks to rebound from a third round knockout suffered in his pro debut back in January. Thru the first two rounds Turnbow uses the ring nicely and is just peppering Axford with rights and lefts. Turnbow keeps at it in the third and a wicked right cross opens a nasty cut on the bridge of the nose of Axford.Turnbow finishes the fight brilliantly when a clasic left right combo rattles Axford badly who is being pounding Axford along the ropes when the bell sounds to end the bout. Turnbow looked impressive showed no tentativeness and looked superb. Scores 40-36 for Turnbow. In the first preliminary bout we have Mike "The Giant" White (6-1-2-5) vs John "Speedy" Jordan (0-5-1-0). White is looking to get his career back on track after being stopped by Terry Anderson (6-4-1-4) a TC in his last bout.Both men appeared to be in great shape for the six rounder. White started quickly when an explosive four punch combo ended with a right hook dropping Jordan for a six count. Jordan was wobbled but boxed cleverly to survive the opening frame. In a fierce second round both men stood and traded at the end of the round White was wearing a cut above the right eye. White looked impressive in the third and fourth. Jordan seemed spent as the final bell rang to end the fourth round. White still had to contend with the cut as it reopened in the third, but showed no bleeding at all in the fourth. White just dominates the fifth with crisp combos and a rapier like jab. Jordan just doesn't seem to have enough energy to keep White off of him. White wins a lackluster sixth round as White is content to win a decision and Jordan just has no energy. Give Darkie Smith credit for keeping the cut of White closed over the final three rounds. The scores 60-53 all fro Mike"The Giant"White In the second preliminary bout of the evening we saw Canadian Rufus Hadley (10-4-0-6) a pre-prime slugger taking on a prime boxer in George Chaplin(14-3-4-7). Rumors before the fight are stating Chaplin is not happy with his purse for this bout and Hadley hopes this plays to his advantage. Neither man has seen action this year and both look to get their careers on track. Thru the first two rounds Chaplin controls the action from the outside with a great jab and wicked uppercuts. Hadley takes the third as he is finally able to get inside and land his first clean shots of the fight. Chaplin seems to take the shots well. Hadley pulls even in the fourth when a violent right cross buckles Chaplin's knees. Chaplin gets on his bicycle and is able to survive without any further damage being done. Chaplin is back in control in the fifth as his upper body movement is incredible and is causing Hadley to miss and be peppered by crisp combos. Chaplin received a warning for low blows. Hadley looks tired as the round concludes. Chaplin takes the sixth as Hadley looks spent. Chaplin continues to fire a quick jab and brutal hooks to the head and body. As the seventh round opens a Chaplin hook starys south of the border and Referee Frank Cappucino rules the blow to be blatant and disqualifies Chaplin. A riot almost insues as Chaplins handlers Yank Durham and Chuck Bodak eneter the ring to cry fix. Definately an odd DQ from my point of view as Chaplin received only one warning prior to the DQ. With the crowd now buzzing from the odd DQ and the ring finally cleared they were able to move onto the next bout of the eveneing an eight rounder between George Mostardini (17-4-2-9) a prime slugger and Gene Innocent (15-3-0-8) a pre-prime slugger. Mostardini looks to be in great shape while Innocent who took this bout on short notice when Kevin Isaac (12-3-2-2) pulled out with an unexplained injury looks to be a little soft. This is a chance for Innocent to upset the 4-1 favorite and get his name out there. After one it looks like Innocent should be the favorite as he just unloads on Mostardini with lefts and rights and late in the round a wicked uppercut almost drops Mostardini. Mostardini storms back in the second and is able to continually get Innocent against the ropes and land thudding body shots. Innocent wins the third as he is just busier then Mostardini. Late in the third Innocent uncorks a wicked right hook. Mostardini has a huge fourth round as a wicked hook drops Innocent for an eight count. Mostardini jumps on Innocent and a few seconds later a ripping hook to the body drops Innocent again this time for a six count. The bell sounds ending the round as Innocent gets to his feet.In the fifth both men stand and trade with both men landing some brutal shots and as both men stand and trade Lou Moret inexplicably jumps in and stops the fight in favor of Mostardini. Again the handlers of Innocent come flying into the ring as well as beer and other trash. That was a very quick stoppage Innocent wasn't even hurt. Don't know what's happening here tonight but Houston PD better get the riot gear ready if these odd endings continue to happen. After a lengthy delay we move onto the support bout of the evening a pre-prime slugging hometown fighter #7 ranked Renaldo Snipes (22-0-0-3) takes on another Texas Native the prime slugging #10 ranked Randall"Tex"Cobb (28-1-0-21). Odds are 2-1 in favor of Cobb whose only defeat was a six round DQ early on in his career. If there is another bizaar stoppage in this one the Astrodome may burn. Both men appear to be in top shape for this 10 rounder. Snipes wins the first with a quick jab and great lateral movement. Cobbs lands some body shots but Snipes definately wins it. Cobb with a huge second round as he unloads aa ton of power shots. Snipes holds up nicely but wouldn't be surprised if this was scored 10-8 on some score cards. Cobb wins the third as believe it or not he makes Snipes miss and counters with heavy handed hooks. Snipes bounces back in the fourth and has a hufe round of his own. A Snipes hook opens a cut above Cobb's left eye. After the cut Cobb seems distracted and Snipes just tees off landing everything he throws. Both fighters draw warnings Snipes for a low blow and Cobb for rabbit punching and using his shoulder on the inside. Cobb with a convinving fifth round as he is the one now teeing off and landing some incredible power shots that again Snipes is absorbing very well. Kudos to Cobb's cutman Carlos Vargas as Cobb's cut remains closed thru the fifth. Snipes looks beat as the sixth round opens up. Pretty close sixth as both men appear to take the round off. Again no blood from the cut above Cobb's left eye. Another slow round in the seventh as both men are slowing down. Late in the seventh a Snipes jab starts the blood flow going from Cobbs cut. Another very slow round in the eighth as both men are happy to clinch. Cobb draws another warning for a low blow. What a ninth round Snipes seems to be winning it easily when a Snipes hook reopens the gash Cobb is led to the ringside physician who allows the fight to continue. That seemed to spur Cobb on because when the fight resumed he just unloaded on Snipes and may have actually pulled the round out. Snipes feeling he is behind comes out to try and end it and it is his agressiveness that works against him as Cobb slips and counters most of Snipes bombs and easily wins the tenth. I feel Cobb wins the bout. Scores 97-94 Cobb, 96-96 and 96-95 Cobb. Cobb with the majority decision victory. " I told you guys I'm for real. Don't bet against me, I need a drink" In the main event a twelve round title eliminator we have see #3 Ranked Lynn Ball (23-0-1-18) taking on Oklahoma native #5 ranked James"Quick"Tillis (22-0-3-14). Both men appear to be in great shape. Tillis is a 3-1 favorite entering the bout. Ball comes out quickly and appears quicker then most may think and lands some heavy blows to the body and head of Tillis. Tillis with a big second round as he is the aggresor and seems to land at will. Ball absorbs the blows and continues to move forward but can't land like he did in the first. Tillis with another huge round as a right hook hurts Ball badly. Ball goes into defensive mode but Tillis is still able to land some damaging blows, it's amazing Ball did not go down. Tillis continues to land bombs on the jaw of Ball who cannot seem to get it going like he did in the first. Ball won't last l;ong if he continues to get hit with these bombs. Ball has a better fifth round but again Tillis is to quick and just counters everything Ball does. Ball's left eye is now showing swelling as the round concludes. As the sixth begins Ball's hands semm to be low and Tillis continues to punish Ball and bust him up as a searing hook tears open Ball's lip. Joe Souza is gonna have his hands full as the left eye continues to swell badly. and the cut is horrible. As the seventh opens Ball's hands are still low and he looks fatigued and Tillis just continues to tee off on Ball. It maybe time for the corner to save Ball from himself. Till continues his domination of Ball in the eighth a right hook reopens the cut and the ringside physician examines it and amazingly allows the fight to continue, that would have been the perfect time to stop this one sided demolition. As the ninth round opens Ball does some nice work on the inside and Tillis is now bleeding from a cut over the left eye. Late in the round a Tillis hook drops Ball like a sack of potatoes. Ball tries gallantly to rise but is counted out at 3:00 of the ninth round. Impressive victory for Tillis who will be in one of the initial title fights. "This Ball is one tough SOB I'm glad this fight is over and I can get into training and be the Heavyweight Champion of the world" Heavyweight Rankings March 86 Buster Douglas (26-0-0-22) James Tillis (23-0-3-15) Mike Tyson (18-0-0-18) Ernie Shavers (20-0-0-20) Randall Cobb (29-1-0-21) Greg Page (18-0-0-13) Frank Bruno (22-1-0-22) Al Lewis (20-0-1-9) Fonomanu Sekona (17-1-0-17) David Bey (24-2-0-21)