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January 11, 1980
Joe Jeannette, USA, debut vs. Rocky Oliver, USA, debut
Schuetzen Park, North Bergen, NJ, USA. Boardwalk Promotions gladly introduces North Bergen’s own, Joe Jeannette, here tonight to take on Rocky Oliver in a ten round, main event attraction at Schuetzen Park. BWP was really glad that is was able to lock up Jeannette when he decided to turn pro. BWP believes that Jeannette has the potential to go all the way to the top of the heavyweight division and will ultimately bring the belt back to North Bergen, say that fast a couple of times. We have a great crowd here tonight, and normally I would let you know who is here, but I will take the fifth tonight because I think that I would like to be able to start my car and walk into my front door, on my own two legs after the fight. Oliver weighed in at 220lbs, while Jeannette measures in at 5’10” and 187lbs. Twenty-two seconds into round one and Jeannette drops Oliver with a short, clean right cross. Oliver gets up and takes an amazing amount of punishment over the last two minutes. The ref is looking closely at Oliver as the bell sounds to end the round. Jeannette keeps pressuring Oliver and goes to work on his body as Oliver tries to clinch to catch his breath. Oliver is down again…no, the ref has called it a push. Oliver is able to land a punch but receives about twenty for his troubles. A left jab opens a cut on Oliver’s lip. Oliver is doing a lot of holding and very little hitting as Jeannette is in complete control of this round and the fight. Atlas does a good job of instructing Jeannette in the corner between rounds. Jeannette leans on Oliver here in round 5. Jeannette catches Oliver with a hook to the body and Oliver stumbles forward, landing awkwardly on his face. I think the shot from the canvas might have done more damage then the body shot. Oliver is unable to respond to the count and the fight is over (KO5) at the 1:38 mark of the round.
Winner: Jeannette
Result: (KO5)
Cards: 40-35, on all cards in favor of Jeannette
Punch stats: Jeannette 204-319, 63.9% - Oliver 32-90, 35.6%
TPE: 0.25
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