[Thomas Hearns]

Durban City Hall, Durban, South Africa, 2012-08-04

Round 2

Pawel Kolodziej 0-1-0 vs Frans Botha 1-0-0 (1)
For the first two rounds of the fight Frans Botha looked as an old man, the Poland Kolodziej clearly outspeeding him winning both stanzas on a convincing way.
On the third round Botha landed a big hook and followed it with a straight right sending Kolodziej to the canvas. The Poland got up and survived the round absorbing a great uppercut by Botha in the way. The fourth round was very even but Botha won it on the last seconds when he connected a great uppercut that froze the Poland.
Botha won the fifth round with authority and he also won and actionless last round to secure his victory. My scorecard was 58-55 for Botha and the official ones were 58-55 (x2) for Botha and misteriously 57-56 for Kolodziej so Botha was the winner by split decision.

Taras Bidenko 1-0-0 vs Dennis Lebedev 1-0-0 (1)
Both fighters came of wins, Bidenko of looking quiet good against Kolodziej and Lebedev of beating Johann Duhaupas without great effort.
This time Lebedev starting to fight from the first round hurting Bidenko with a straight right and with a solid hook.
On the second round Lebedev dropped Bidenko with another great hook and after he got up Lebedev threw all that he had attemping to finish the fight but Bidenko survived the storm.
The third round was again one-sided for Lebedev that hurt Bidenko again this time with a right cross to the chin.
On the fourth round Lebeded slowed the pace and for the first time on the fight Bidenko was in control and also put Lebedev on trouble with a violent left to the head.
On the fifth round Lebedev regained the control of the fight and won the stanza on a convincing way. On the final round Lebedev gave a real beating to Bidenko using his straight rights and uppercuts as lethal weapons unitl the referee stopped the uneven fight. The final result was Denis Lebedev by TKO6. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 49-45 (x3) for Lebedev.

Antonio Tarver 0-0-0 vs Johann Duhaupas 0-1-0
Weighing only 197 lbs , Antonio Tarver faced his first fight as a Heavyweight against lackluster Johann Duhaupas.
After an even first round, Tarver started to dominate the fight on an actionless second round.
On the third round Tarver was more active an he connected a great uppercut his first power blow on the fight that stopped the frenchman cold. Then with Duhaupas trying to cover up Tarver connected a big body shot and dropped him for the ten count. Final result Tarver by KO3.

Standings

D.Lebedev 4
F. Botha 4
A. Tarver 2
T. Bidenko 2
M.Charr 0
P.Kolodziej 0
J.Duhaupas 0

Next Fights –September 2012-

T.Bidenko Vs J.Duhaupas
F.Botha Vs D.Lebedev
A.Tarver vs M.Charr