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Benn outpointed Panama Joe Gans and won WBC MW Title
Miami Arena, Miami, FL, United States, 2000-04-06
WBC MW CHAMPIONSHIP
Nigel Benn 15-4-0 (9) UD12 Panama Joe Gans 11-1-1 (5)
Nigel Benn scored an upset victory against Panama Joe Gans, this last one also became world champion after surprisingly defeated Carlos Monzon.
Gans started controlling the fight outboxing Benn on the first round. But on the second and third rounds Benn power dominated the action, on those rounds the englishman hurt his rival several times. The fourth and fifth rounds were more even ones with no fighter establishing clear advantages. On the sixth round Gans put some ice to the fight and contol the stanza using his boxing skills, no great action on this round. But on the seventh round Benn power appeared again and he hurt Gans two separated times, one with a straight right , the other with a big cross, Benn continued his momentum edging the eighth round and clerly winning the ninth one in which Gans did really nothing.
The last three rounds were competitive and without great action Gans won rounds ten and twelve and Benn won the eleventh one. My scorecard like all three official scorecards were was 116-113 for the new champion Nigel Benn.
Also on the undercard:
SHW: Andrew Golota 15-6-1 (10) UD10 Oldanier Solis 5-3-0 (1)
MW: Stanley Ketchel 8-1-0 (6) TKO5 Rubin Carter 8-11-0 (5)
WW: Simon Brown 11-2-1 (5) TKO6 James Page 3-12-1 (2)
LHW: Bob Foster 6-2-0 (4) TKO4 Fabrice Tiozzo 5-9-1 (2)
MW: Robert Allen 5-8-0 (4) SD10 Jean-Claude Bouttier 7-7-0 (2)
MW: Gene Fullmer 7-5-1 (1) TKO7 Fulgencio Zuniga 4-6-0 (3)
FLY: Everardo Morales 2-8-0 (1) MDraw10 Prudencio Cardona 3-5-1 (1)
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