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Thomas Hearns · 11-11-2013, 08:55 AM

Cooney, the great white hope!
Gerry Cooney 13-1-0 (12) scored a KO3 victory against Southafrican Gerrie Coetze 18-1-0 (6) on a big but short battle between top white heavyweights.
The fight started with a great first round in which both fighters exchange big blows for three minutes. On the second round Coetze hurt Cooney with a hook and then then he dropped Gerry with a hard uppercut. The American got up at six visible hurt but survived the round. On the third round the fighters exchanged big hooks then Coetze follows the attack connecting a pair of blows but Cooney answered with a big body shot that dropped Coetze for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 19-18 (x2) and 20-17 for Coetze.

Page dominated Tucker!
Greg Page 23-0-1 (19) dropped hard-hitter Tony Tucker 21-1-0 (21) four times in his way to a wide unanimous decision win.
After winning the first round Page dropped Tucker on the second one with a body shot. Tucker reacted on the third round but Page dropped him again with a strong cross on the fourth stanza. Page continued dominating on the following three rounds until Tucker had his best round on the fight on the eight one. But Page ended all dream of victory for Tucker on the ninth round when he dropped Tony two times the first with a strong uppercut the second with a hard body shot. Brave Tucker recovered enough to win the last round. The scorecards were 98-89 98-90 and 97-90 for Page.

Now Gerry Cooney and Greg page will fight for the WBA heavyweight crown on August at the Miami Stadium.

Other May Top action

Mike Weaver 16-1-0 (12) UD10 Trevor Berbick 18-2-0 (13)
Pinklon Thomas 16-1-0 (13) TKO4 Randall Cobb 13-3-0 (9)
Paul Poirier 20-2-1 (4) KO6 Bernardo Mercado 13-5-2 (8)

11-11-2013, 08:55 AM	#10
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	May 1982 Cooney, the great white hope! Gerry Cooney 13-1-0 (12) scored a KO3 victory against Southafrican Gerrie Coetze 18-1-0 (6) on a big but short battle between top white heavyweights. The fight started with a great first round in which both fighters exchange big blows for three minutes. On the second round Coetze hurt Cooney with a hook and then then he dropped Gerry with a hard uppercut. The American got up at six visible hurt but survived the round. On the third round the fighters exchanged big hooks then Coetze follows the attack connecting a pair of blows but Cooney answered with a big body shot that dropped Coetze for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 19-18 (x2) and 20-17 for Coetze. Page dominated Tucker! Greg Page 23-0-1 (19) dropped hard-hitter Tony Tucker 21-1-0 (21) four times in his way to a wide unanimous decision win. After winning the first round Page dropped Tucker on the second one with a body shot. Tucker reacted on the third round but Page dropped him again with a strong cross on the fourth stanza. Page continued dominating on the following three rounds until Tucker had his best round on the fight on the eight one. But Page ended all dream of victory for Tucker on the ninth round when he dropped Tony two times the first with a strong uppercut the second with a hard body shot. Brave Tucker recovered enough to win the last round. The scorecards were 98-89 98-90 and 97-90 for Page. Now Gerry Cooney and Greg page will fight for the WBA heavyweight crown on August at the Miami Stadium. Other May Top action Mike Weaver 16-1-0 (12) UD10 Trevor Berbick 18-2-0 (13) Pinklon Thomas 16-1-0 (13) TKO4 Randall Cobb 13-3-0 (9) Paul Poirier 20-2-1 (4) KO6 Bernardo Mercado 13-5-2 (8)