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Old 07-26-2009, 06:34 PM   #16
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Saturday, November, 12th, 1994
The Point; Dublin, Ireland
Mickey Rourke 8-0-2 (3) California
vs. (6 rounds)
Francisco Harris 1-8-1 (0) Florida

- This would be a rematch of the 1992 majority 4 round draw the two had fought in Miami Beach. At the time of the first fight Rourke was 1-0, while Harris had been 0-2. Since the draw Harris had fought mostly in the cruiser weight division. He’d lost his last 6 fights, all by stoppage, with 3 of those in the first round.

- The contracted weight was 175 pounds, but when Harris came in at 180 and was only able to lose 2 pounds after two trips to the sauna the Rourke camp allowed the extra weight.

- Most of the 8,500 available tickets had been sold. The main event featured undefeated Irish Olympian Wayne McCullough 14-0 against France’ s Fabrice Benichou 36-14.

- Rourke had his third excellent camp in a row and reportedly has been successful at improving his speed in training.

- “El Marieltio” came out throwing bombs in round 1. A cross to the temple of Harris put the Miami fighter down for a count of 6.

- Rourke took a more measured approach to taking Harris out in round 2, but was unable to land any punches of consequence. Harris’ lack of offensive effort made for a bad fight and by the end of the round the crowd was starting to boo.

- In round 3 the two took turns fouling one another with low blows and some holding and hitting. There were not enough punches landed to differentiate between who had won or lost the round.

- Round 4 was more of the same and drew increasing boos from the crowd. After landing an uppercut toward the end of the round Rourke began to shake and shout something to his trainer Freddie Roach.

- With his hand obviously bothering him, Rourke’s offensive output was virtually non-existent. The undefeated superstar actor resorted to clowning, holding, and hitting, some of the same tactics he had resorted to in the first Rourke-Harris encounter.

- After 5 rounds the punches landed favored Rourke 98 to 72. The scorecard of Ringside Expert Mirco Mizera had Rourke in front by 4 points, 49-45.

- After touching gloves to signal the start of the final round, Rourke went into a literal defensive shell. Harris produced even less of an offensive output than Rourke. It was clear that both fighters were satisfied with allowing the fight to go the full 6 rounds.

- Paddy O’Toole announced the decision to the crowd as a unanimous decision win by the scores of 60-55,58-56, and 59-55…..for the still UNDEFEATED….MICKEY ROURKE!
Mickey Rourke Wu6 Francisco Harris
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