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Thomas Hearns · 08-21-2013, 09:11 AM

Balzay edged Little on a good fight!

Former IBO Super 8 Tournament finalist #24 Kardy Balzsay 29-4-0 (21) scored a MD10 win against always complicated #30 Steve Little 24-4-1 (3).
Little won the first round on a convincing way but on the second round a wild overhand right by Balzsay dropped Little for a seven count after Little got up Balzsay dropped him again with a strong left-right combination. Little got up again and survived the rest of the round.
Balzsay continued dominating on the following round with his uppercut as his best weapon.
Little reacted winning the fourth round and after an fifth one Little won a back and forth sixth round with big exchanges on the inside distance.
Rounds seven and eight were both for Balzsay that used his right crosses from the outside to put Little on trouble.
Little reacted again winning the ninth round on a very convincing way but he needed something special on the last round. The final round started with Balzsay on control hurting Little with a straight right but surprisingly Little connected a great uppercut and dropped Balzsay for a sixth count. Balzsay got up and survived the round without more major trouble.
The scorecards were 95-93 (x2) for Balzsay and 94-94. (Fightnews card: 95-94 for Balzsay).

On the undercard of this fight #48 Chris Eubank 24-3-1 (7) scored a razor cut majority decsion win against frenchman #45 Jean Paul Mendy 27-4-2 (16).
Mendy easily won the first three rounds of the fight against a too passive Eubank. After an awful fourth round without any remarkable action Eubank started to react winning the fifth round on a one sided form. The sixth round was fought on even terms and then Mendy regained the control of the fight on the seventh stanza.
Finally Eubank found his pace on the last three rounds winning all of it on a convincing way to put the result of the fight into doubt.
The scorecards were 96-95 (x2) for Eubank and 96-96. (Fightnews card: 96-95 for Eubank).

Thomas Hearns · 08-21-2013, 09:42 AM

McCallum stops Pavlik to win the IBO SMW crown!

On a beautiful and changing fight IBO Super4 Tournament winner #37 Mike McCallum 30-2-0 (21) scored a TKO9 victory against, now former, champion #2 Kelly Pavlik 30-2-0 (22).
The fight started with great action from the first round with McCallum connecting good uppercuts and hooks from the inside to win the stanza.
McCallum continued dominating on the second round and with a great snapping head uppercut he opened up a gash under Pavlik's right eye.
With the only highligh of a solid hook to the head Pavlik started his reaction on the third round. The Amercian also dominated the fourth round in which he made McCallum stumbled backwards with a crushing right.
The fifth round had great back and forth action with McCallum dominating the early stages and Pavlik rallying on the last minute of the round to finally win it.
The sixth round had even action until Pavlik connected a wild overhand right and dropped McCallum for a three count. McCallum got up and the round came to its end.
The seventh round was competitive but Pavlik edged it with a hard cross to McCallum’s head near the end of the round.
Early on the eighth round Mccallum connected a hard hook to Pavlik’s head that made the Amercian retreat, McCallum went after him and connected a hard cross and a pair of big hooks, Pavlik attmeped to answer the fire but he was clearly outgunned.
At the middle stages of the ninth round McCallum connected a huge straight right that let Pavlik out on his feet after that McCallum connected a quick barrage of punches and dropped Pavlik that with great effort got up at nine dazed and bleeding. McCallum went for the definition and connected a right hand but seeing the river of blood over Pavlik face the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 78-73 77-74 (x2) for Pavlik. (Fightnews card: 77-73 for Pavlik).

On the co-feature fight of this card #70 Gabriel Hernandez 24-4-1 (7) scored a majority decision win against #64 David Starie 18-5-0 (13). Gabriel Hernandez dominated most of the rounds of the fight until the seventh one but then he seemed to run out of fuel and allowed Starie to win the last three rounds of the fight on a row but it wasn’t enough to challenge for the victory. The scorecards were 97-93 (x2) and someway 95-95. (Fighnews card 96-94 for Hernandez).

Thomas Hearns · 08-21-2013, 11:45 AM

Bute defeats Barkley!

On an entertaining fight #31 Lucian Bute 31-1-0 (27) scored a convincing unanimous decision win against tough #25 Iran Barkley 26-6-0 (20).
The fighters traded the first two rounds of the fight, the first for Bute and the second for Barkley. From rounds three to six Bute managed to outbox Barkley fighing from the outside.
On the seventh round Barkley had his moment in the fight when he dropped Bute with a hard strong hook. After Bute got up Barkley connected a pair of hard rights but Bute refused to fall again. Barkley continued dominating on the seventh round and with a hard cross he shook Bute.
The Romanian regained the control of the fight on the ninth round winning it on a convincing way. On the final round Bute connected a great straight right and dropped Barkley for a seven count. Barkley got up but less than two minutes later Bute dropped him again this time with a great hook to the head. Brave Barkley got up again and survived until the end of the fight.
The scorecards were 98-88 97-89 and 99-91 for Bute. (Fightnews card: 96-90 for Bute).

On the co-feature fight #47 Denis Inkin 23-3-2 (19) and #65 Henry Wharton 23-2-0 (19) fought to a draw. The fighters alternated on the dominance round by round for all the fight.
Wharton won the first round convincingly but then Inkin controlled rounds two and three the last on a one-sided form. Wharton reacted winning rounds four and five but again Inkin was better on rounds six and seven but Wharton edged the eighth stanza to even the fight again.
Inkin was the clear dominator on the ninth round and the last stanza was fought on even terms. The scorecards were 96-94 for Inkin 96-94 for Wharton and 95-95. (Fightnews card: 96-95 for Inkin).

Thomas Hearns · 08-21-2013, 01:51 PM

1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) IBF 2 defenses
2 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA
3 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22)
4 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14)
5 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (16)
6 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27)
7 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO
8 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2)
9 Andre Ward 30-0-1 (16)
10 Joe Calzaghe 29-1-0 (11)
11 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO
12 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC
13 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22)
14 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21)
15 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23)
16 Jermain Taylor 31-1-0 (21)
17 Glencoffe Johnson 30-2-2 (18)
18 James Toney 30-1-0 (21)
19 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16)
20 Tavoris Cloud 32-0-0 (27)

Other Champions

48 Thomas Tate 21-1-3 (17) WBU 1 defense
71 Gennady Golovkin 20-3-1 (17) IBO
110 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) WBF

Thomas Hearns · 08-22-2013, 10:22 AM

Another loss for Duran!

#210 Tarick Salmaci scored a unanimous decision victory against fans favourite #156 Roberto Duran. Salmaci dropped Duran on the seventh round and the scorecards were 96-93 and 95-94 (x2) for Salmaci.
With this loss Duran down his record to 26-5-0 (9).

Miranda stopped Vazquez again!

Edison Miranda scored an overwhelming KO1 victory against Julio Cesar Vazquez on a rematch fight. On the first fight between this pair Miranda won by TKO2.

Thomas Hearns · 08-22-2013, 10:24 AM

Eric Regan upsets Thomas Tate to win WBU SMW Title!

Average #41 Eric Regan 24-7-0 (13) scored a surprising unanimous decision victory against WBU super-middleweight champion #48 Thomas Tate 21-1-3 (17).
Tate that came from a huge victory against John Mugabi on his first title defense was really out of shape for this fight.
Regan won the first two rounds of the bout clearly outlanding Tate, but the champion reacted winning the following two rounds also putting Regan on trouble on the third with an uppercut and again on the fourth round with a straight right.
The fifth round had even action but Tate connected the hardest punches to edge it.
On the sixth round Regan regained the control of the actions with the highlight of a big right cross to Tate’s head that made the champion stumble.
From this point Tate seemed to run out of fuel and Regan easily won the following three rounds outworking a very passive Tate.
The champion reacted clearly winning the tenth round and hurting Regan with a hard combination and again with a wicked hook on the eleventh. On this round Regan landed a big right cross but it was not enough to steal the round from Tate.
On the last round Regan landed more than Tate also shaking him with a hard one-two combination to secure his victory. The scorecards were 115-113 (x2) and 116-112 for the new champion Regan. (Fightnews card: 115-113 for Regan).

Toney stops Mundine on the eighth round!

On the co-feature fight #18 James Toney 30-1-0 (21) scored a TKO8 victory against #26 Antony Mundine 23-5-1 (17). Toney looked a bit overweighted for this fight and he seemed to not have training very well.
Toney won a cold first round but Mundine edged the second one outworking Toney.
The thrid round had great action with Mundine landing more and also hurting Toney with a straight right followed by a quick barrage of punches.
On the fourth round Mundine continued dominating the fight but Toney seemed to wake up on the fifth round in which both fighters landed big blows but with Toney a bit better than Mundine.
Toney continued his momentum winning the sixth round, both figters landed good blows but it was clear that Toney had more power than the aussie.
Toney dominated the seventh round but the referee deducted a point from him by head-butting.
Early on the eighth round Toney connected a straight right that hurt Mundine Toney went over him and connected some good blows until another straight right left Mundine out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the actions.
At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 66-66 (x2) and 67-65 for Mundine.

Thomas Hearns · 08-22-2013, 10:47 AM

Dawson edges Ward!

Former WBA Super-middleweight champion #23 Chad Dawson 25-2-0 (20) scored a slim but great unanimous decision victory against undefeated star #9 Andre Ward 32-0-1 (16).
Dawson dominated the first two rounds of the fight putting Ward on trouble with crosses from the outside and uppercuts from the inside.
Ward reacted winning the third round convincingly but Dawson again won the fourth round on a big form putting Ward on trouble with an uppercut and again with a hard hook.
Dawson edged the fifth round that had slow pace. On rounds six and seven Ward managed to use his speed and ring movement to win both rounds with little effort.
On the eighth round Dawson again outlanded Ward to win the round clearly.
Ward reacted edging the ninth round but on the last round Dawson easily dominated the actions to secure his victory. The scorecards were 96-94 (x2) and 96-95 for Dawson. (Fightnews card: 96-94 for Dawson).

On the undercard #52 Jean Pascal 28-2-1 (22) outclassed #55 John Jarvis 17-5-2 (13) to scored a TKO6 win.
Pascal won most of the rounds of the fight and he also dropped Jarvis three times, one on the second round with a wild overhand right, again on the fourth round with a body shot and a third time on the sixth and last round of the fight with a barrage of punches. After Jarvis got up from this last fall Pascal punished him until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 49-44 (x2) and 48-45 for Pascal.

Thomas Hearns · 08-22-2013, 02:01 PM

Veit upsets Calzaghe!

Former WBO super-middleweight champion #10 Joe Calzaghe 29-1-0 (11) suffered a convincing unanimous decision loss against #36 Mario Veit 29-2-1 (15).
For the first four rounds the fighters alternated on the control round by round, Calzaghe won the first and fourth rounds and Veit the second and the third ones.
But then Veit took a decesive lead on the scorecards winning rounds from five to seven. Specially the seventh round was big for the German that hurt Calzaghe with a strong combination and followed up with an uppercut and a straight right to the head.
Calzaghe reacted winning the eighth round with the highlight of a hard straight right and a well timed uppercut to Veit’s chin.
Veit regained the control on the ninth stanza in which Calzaghe failed to land any remarkable punches. The last round of the bout was fought on even terms until Calzaghe edged it with a hard uppercut seconds before the end of the fight. The scorecards were 97-93 and 96-94 (x2) for Veit. (Fightnews card: 96-94 Veit).

On the co-feature fight Brazilian #42 Mauricio Amaral 24-6-2 (20) defeated Canadian #52 Michael Olajide 27-4-0 (19) by TKO3-on cuts-.
Amaral won the first round of the fight against a passive Olajide. On the second round the two fighters traded boms with Amaral a bit better. One of this bombs, a tremendous left, opened a gash above Olajide’s right eyebrow.
On the third round again the fighters went to the punch per punch and with a hard right cross Olajide cut Amaral above his right eyebrow, but Amaral answered the fire and with a quick uppercut reopened Olajide’s cut. Olajide’s cut seemed to be worse than Amaral’s one and the referee stopped the actions determinning that Amaral was the winner by TKO3.

Thomas Hearns · 08-23-2013, 01:09 PM

Nardiello stops Golovkin to win IBA SMW title!

#56 Vincenzo Nardiello 25-4-1 (23) scored a TKO5 –on cuts- victory against now former IBA champion #71 Gennady Golovkin 20-3-1 (17) that was making his first title defense.
The first round was even with both fighters showing his power, Nardiello connected a hard cross but Golovkin answered with a hard left to the head.
On the second round Nardiello connected a hard right and cut Golovkin on the inside of his right eyebrow, this cut was the key of the fight. On this round both fighters landed big punches hurting his rival but Nardiello edged it with a hard cross late on the round.
The third round had again great action, Nardiello started dominating also hurting Golovkin with a solid hook but finally Golovkin rallied to win the stanza.
On the fourth round Nardiello landed more punches but Golovkin connected the best punch of the round a hard uppercut to Nardiello’s chin.
On the fifth round with Golovkin attacking, Nardiello connected a hard right and reopened the cut and the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 40-37 (x2) and 39-38 for Nardiello.

Trinidad stops Tiozzo on the eight!

On the co-feature fight #21 Felix “Tito” Trinidad 29-1-0 (24) scored a KO8 win against #34 Christophe Tiozzo 16-6-0 (9). Trinidad easily dominated the first three rounds of the fight hurting Tiozzo with his hooks and uppercuts, Tiozzo attemped to answer the fire but he was outgunned by Tito.
On the fourth round Tiozzo reacted a bit hurting Trinidad with a straight right to clearly win the round. On the fifth round Trinidad regained the control of the actions putting Tiozzo on trouble with a straight right and again with a violent hook to the head.
Rounds six and seven had great and even back and forth action with both fighters landing big blows. At the middle stages of the eighth round Trinidad connected a violent hook to Tiozzo’s chin and dropped him for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69
(x3) for Trinidad

Thomas Hearns · 08-23-2013, 02:47 PM

Cloud stops McClelland!

On a fight between two hard hitters #17 Tavoris Cloud 32-0-0 (27) defeated #33 Gerald McClelland 24-2-0 (22) by TKO7.
A smashing hook and a hard cross to the head gave Cloud the first round in which McClelland answered but not enough to challenge for the round.
The second round didn’t have a lot of action but McClelland edged it with the only remarkable punch of the round a hard uppercut to Cloud’s chin.
The third round was fought on even terms with the highlight of a big cross by Cloud.
On the fourth round both fighters found the mark for their power blows but with McClelland clearly having the upperhand.
McClelland started the fifth round connecting a big uppercut but then Cloud rallied to win the round on a convincing way.
On the sixth round McClelland connected an impressive straight right to Cloud’s head to win the round.
On the seventh round Cloud connected a hard clean cross to McClelland’s chin and dropped him for a seven count. After McClelland got up Cloud dropped him again with a perfect cross to the chin. McClelland got up again but Cloud connected punch after punch without answer until the referee stopped the fight.
At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 58-56 (x2) for McClelland and 58-56 for Cloud.

On the co-feature fight #59 Adonis Stevenson 24-4-0 (18) scored a slim majority decision win against #66 Darrin Morris 20-7-1 (8).
After splitting the first two rounds, Morris dropped Stevenson on the third round with a lighting straight right. Stevenson got up and survived the rest of the round and then he rallied on the middle rounds of the fight, the seventh one was especially good for him. Morris dominated the eight round but Stevenson won the last two rounds to secure his victory. The scorecards were 96-94 and 96-95 for Stevenson and 95-95. (Fightnews card: 96-94 for Stevenson).

Thomas Hearns · 08-23-2013, 04:02 PM

Other November Action

#79 Mikkel Kessler 28-3-2 (21) scored a UD10 victory against #81 Victor Cordoba 23-8-2 (16). The scorecards were 95-94 (x2) and 96-93.

#121 Sumbu Kalambay 26-4-2 (11) stopped korean #87 Chong Pol Park 20-2-0 (18).

#157 Roberto Duran 26-5-0 (9) scored a split decision victory against #186 Sergey Tatevosyan 17-7-1 (13). The scorecards were 97-95 (x2) for Duran and 96-94 for Tatevosyan.

Thomas Hearns · 08-23-2013, 04:18 PM

1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) IBF 2 defenses
2 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA
3 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22)
4 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14)
5 Chad Dawson 26-2-0 (20)
6 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (6)
7 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27)
8 Tavoris Cloud 33-0-0 (28)
9 Felix Trinidad 30-1-0 (25)
10 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO
11 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2)
12 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO
13 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC
14 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22)
15 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21)
16 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23)
17 James Toney 31-1-0 (22)
18 James Taylor 31-1-0 (21)
19 Glen Johnson 30-2-2 (18)
20 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16)

Other Champions

27 Eric Regan 25-7-0 (13) WBU
34 Vincenzo Nardiello 26-4-1 (24) IBA
107 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) WBF

Ian Lord · 08-23-2013, 04:34 PM

Gutted to see Veit beat Calzaghe. Calzaghe's one of my all time faves. Let's hope he can bounce back.

Great stuff TH.

Thomas Hearns · 08-26-2013, 09:13 AM

Tony Thornton stops Rodney Toney to defend the WBF crown!

WBF super-middleweight champion #107 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) scored a TKO8 victory against #45 Rodney Toney 24-4-1 (7) to succesfully defend his title for the first time.
The fight was very competitive for the first seven rounds and nothing anticipated the violent final. Thornton won the first two rounds by a narrow margin but Toney rallied winning the following two rounds of the fight. The fifth stanza was fought on even terms and then Thornton edged the sixth round and Toney the seventh one. All this rounds were very closed and without great emotions.
On the eighth round Thornton connected a big hook to Toney’s chin and made him hesitate, Thronton continued attacking and connected a big cross and at least three great hooks that made Toney stumble backwards after that Thornton combined with both hands finding the mark with most of his punches and the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scoredacrds were 67-67 (x2) and 68-66 for Toney.

Incredible defeat for Hearns against Piotr Wilczewski!

# 42 Thomas Hearns 28-1-1 (25) couldn’t redirect his career and he is now on a three winless streak, this time he loss by TKO6 –on cuts- against Polish #27 Piotr Wilczewski 22-4-2 (6).
Early on the fight Hearns dropped Wilczewski with a big combination first to the body and then to the head. The Polish got up at six and managed to take a big right to the chin by Hearns before the bell saved him.
Hearns continued easily domianting on the second round in which he almost dropped Wilczewski again with a hard cross on the last seconds of the round.
On the third round Wilczewski failed to land a single remarkable punch and Hearns easily won the stanza with the highlight of a big uppercut to the Polish chin.
The fourth round was very similar to the previous with Hearns landing the only significant punches of the stanza.
On the fifth stanza Wilczewski reacted and went to the punch per punch with Hearns and in spite of receiving hard shots he connected some of his own and with a violent cross he opened a gash outside Hearns’ left eyebrow.
On the following round Hearns rocked Wilczewski with a hard combination but the polish connected a defensive jab and reopened the cut and the referee stopped (too quickly) the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 50-44 (x3) for Hearns.

Thomas Hearns · 08-26-2013, 10:51 AM

Kinchen upsets Martinez!

Always dangerous #31 James Kinchen 26-3-0 (22) scored a slim but important majority decision win against Argentine top fighter #16 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23).
With the highlight of a devastating cross to the chin Kinchen easily dominated the first round. On the second round the fight changed dramatically when Martinez connected a hard body shot and dropped Kinchen for a four count.
On the third round Kinchen regained the control of the fight and on the fourth stanza he dropped Martinez with a hard cross to the chin. Martinez got up and survived the rest of the round.
On rounds five and six Martinez found his best boxing and dominated with speed and mobility.
With the highlight of a quick hook to the head that stunned his rival Kinchen reapeared on the fight winning the seventh round.
Martinez won the eighth round that had a big exchange of punches at the middle stages of it. Entering on the last two rounds the fight was very even.
On the ninth round Kinchen connected a hard uppercut and hurt Martinez but the argentine had his moment on the last seconds of the round when he shook Kinchen with a hard combination. On the last round Kinchen made Martinez retreat with a hard right to the chin to convincingly won the round. The scorecards were 95-94 95-93 for Kinchen and 94-94. (Fightnews card: 95-93 for Kinchen).

On the co-feature fight #48 Miguel Angel Arroyo 21-5-0 (10) defeated #77 Manny Siaca 21-9-0 (16) by TKO5. The fighters split the first two rounds and after and even third round, Arroyo dropped Siacca with a vicious uppercut to the chim on the fourth stanza, Siaca got up at seven and survived the round but in very bad shape. On the following round Arroyo went for the definition and punished Siaca for almost three minutes until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 39-37 (x2) for Arroyo and 38-38.

Thomas Hearns · 08-26-2013, 11:16 AM

Draw between Oosthuizen and Brewer!

The fight between southafrican #30 Thomas Oosthuizen 32-3-0 (19) and #22 Charles Brewer ended on an even draw. For Brewer this is his second draw on a row and for Oosthuizen continued his big undefeated streak.
Oosthuizen dominated the first round outworking Brewer, but the american reacted winning rounds two and three on a convincing way putting the southafrican on trouble with his uppercuts.
On the fourth round Oosthuizen was the total dominator of the actions hurting Brewer with a cross and with a hard left-right combination to win the round on big form.
Brewer regained the control on rounds five and six to take a lead on the scorecards but Oosthuizen put himself on the fight again edging the seventh round.
Brewer won the eighth round on big form hurting Oosthuizen more than a time but the southfrican reacted and won the last two rounds to even the fight again. The scorecards were 95-95 (x3). (Fightnews card 95-95).

On the undercard #57 James DeGale 27-3-0 (15) destroyed #58 Tio Mendoza 27-6-0 (22) on only three rounds. DeGale controlled the first two rounds of the fight and early on the third one he dropped Mendoza with a violent cross to the chin. Mendoza hardly got up at nine on very bad shape and DeGale connected punch after punch without answer until the referee stopped the uneven fight.

Thomas Hearns · 08-28-2013, 01:56 PM

Griffin retains his title defeating Lucas by TKO!

IBF super-middleweight champion #1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) made his third succesful title defense defeating #6 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (6) by TKO8.
The referee stopped the actions due to a big cut over Lucas's eye produced on the second round by a great uppercut by Griffin and reopened several times along the fight.
At the time of the stoppage the fight was very competitive with the fighters alternated on the dominance round by round. Griffin was better on the first round but Lucas answered winning rounds two and three on a convincing way.
Griffin edged the foruth round but again Lucas was in control on the following stanza. The sixth round was the best of the fight for Griffin that hurt Lucas with a straight right and again with a hook to the head. The seventh round was fought on even terms but at the end of it Lucas’ cut looked very bad.
On the eight round a straight right by Griffin opened Lucas’ cut for the third time on the fight and the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 67-66 (x2) for griffin and 67-67.

On the undecard on an spectacular fight #51 Julio Chavez Jr. 27-5-1 (15) climbed two times from the canvas to finally stop #63 Glenn Catley 21-7-0 (18) on the seventh round.
Chavez Jr. won the first two rounds of the fight on big form putting Catley on trouble with his hard hooks to the body and the head. Catley recated winning the third round but Chavez regained the control of the fight on the fourth stanza.
On the fifth round Chavez Jr. conneced a hard straight right that made Catley retreat but then he stayed to passive allowing the british to win the round.
On the sixth round with Chavez Jr. attacking Catley connected a hard hook and dropped Mexican that quickly got up but less than a minute later he was dropped again this time by a big cross by Catley. Chavez got up again and survived the rest of the round.
On the following round Catley went for the definition but Chavez Jr. hurt him with a straight right and then the Mexican went to the inside punishing Catley with uppercuts and hooks, Catley attemped to reply the fire but was clearly outgunned. Finally after a big hook followed by an uppercut by Chavez that made Catley stumble the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 56-55 (x3) for Catley (The referee deducted a point form Catley on the second round due to a low blow).

Thomas Hearns · 08-28-2013, 02:19 PM

Michalczewski dominates and stops Lalonde!

Former WBC super-middleweight champion #7 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27) scored an overwhelming KO7 victory against former title challenger #20 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16).
Michalczewski started the fight shaking Lalonde several times on the first round, but the Canadian answered on an equal violent form on the second round with the highlight of a big uppercut that seemed to hurt the Polish.
But form the third round to the end all was for Michalczewski, on this third stanza Michalczewski hurt Lalonde with a strong cross, on the following round with a hard hook to the head. On this two rounds the action was great becouse Lalonde attmeped to answer the fire but he was clearly outpunched by the former champ.
Michalczewski continued dominating on the fifth round that had a little less action than the previous ones. On the sixth stanza Lalonde connected a hard uppercut that stunned Michalczewski but the Polish connected more punches than him to win the round.
On the seventh round Michalczewski punished Lalonde until connecting a big hook to the Canadian chin and dropping him for the ten count. At the time of the stopagge the scorecards were 59-55 (x2) and 58-56 for Michalczewski.

On the co-feature fight #56 Howard Eastman 25-3-0 (19) scored a convincing unanimous decision win victory against #68 Dimitri Pirog 20-4-1 (14). Eastman won the early rounds of the fight but Pirog attmeped a reaction on between rounds four and five. The sixth round was big for Easman but again Pirog attemped to rally on rounds seven and eight. On the ninth round Eastman dropped Pirog with a hard hook, Pirog got up but his luck on the fight was done. The last round had intresting back and forth action with Pirog edging the round. The scorecards were 96-94 96-93 and 97-93 for Eastman. (Fightnews card: 96-93 for Eastman).

Thomas Hearns · 08-28-2013, 02:30 PM

1 Montell Griffin 31-1-1 (18) IBF 3 defenses
2 Thomas Oosthuizen 32-3-1 (19)
3 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA
4 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22)
5 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14)
6 Darius Michalczewski 31-1-0 (28)
7 Chad Dawson 26-2-0 (20)
8 Eric Lucas 27-1-1 (6)
9 Tavoris Cloud 33-0-0 (28)
10 Felix Trinidad 30-1-0 (25)
11 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO
12 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2)
13 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO
14 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC
15 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22)
16 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21)
17 James Toney 31-1-0 (22)
18 Jermain Taylor 31-1-0 (21)
19 Glencoffe Johnson 30-2-2 (18)
20 Bernard Hopkins 29-2-1 (21)

Other Champions

27 Eric Regan 25-7-0 (13) WBU
38 Vincenzo Nardiello 26-4-1 (24) IBA
80 Tony Thornton 22-4-1 (14) WBF 1 defense

Thomas Hearns · 08-29-2013, 01:31 PM

#95 John Mugabi 21-3-0 (15) scored a TKO4 victory against #119 Willi Gibbs 16-6-0 (10). Mugabi dropped Gibbs five times before the referee stopped the fight.

#83 George Groves 21-6-2 (15) scored a UD10 win against #138 Omar Sheika 16-7-1 (6). The scorecards were 98-92 (x2) and 99-91 for Groves.

#96 Antuwn Echols 22-5-1 (9) defeated #101 Jorge Castro by DQ7 due to rabbit punch. For Castro that was leading by 58-54 on all three scorecards it was his third loss on a row.

08-21-2013, 09:42 AM	#102
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 22nd 1989 Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, U.S. McCallum stops Pavlik to win the IBO SMW crown! On a beautiful and changing fight IBO Super4 Tournament winner #37 Mike McCallum 30-2-0 (21) scored a TKO9 victory against, now former, champion #2 Kelly Pavlik 30-2-0 (22). The fight started with great action from the first round with McCallum connecting good uppercuts and hooks from the inside to win the stanza. McCallum continued dominating on the second round and with a great snapping head uppercut he opened up a gash under Pavlik's right eye. With the only highligh of a solid hook to the head Pavlik started his reaction on the third round. The Amercian also dominated the fourth round in which he made McCallum stumbled backwards with a crushing right. The fifth round had great back and forth action with McCallum dominating the early stages and Pavlik rallying on the last minute of the round to finally win it. The sixth round had even action until Pavlik connected a wild overhand right and dropped McCallum for a three count. McCallum got up and the round came to its end. The seventh round was competitive but Pavlik edged it with a hard cross to McCallum’s head near the end of the round. Early on the eighth round Mccallum connected a hard hook to Pavlik’s head that made the Amercian retreat, McCallum went after him and connected a hard cross and a pair of big hooks, Pavlik attmeped to answer the fire but he was clearly outgunned. At the middle stages of the ninth round McCallum connected a huge straight right that let Pavlik out on his feet after that McCallum connected a quick barrage of punches and dropped Pavlik that with great effort got up at nine dazed and bleeding. McCallum went for the definition and connected a right hand but seeing the river of blood over Pavlik face the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 78-73 77-74 (x2) for Pavlik. (Fightnews card: 77-73 for Pavlik). On the co-feature fight of this card #70 Gabriel Hernandez 24-4-1 (7) scored a majority decision win against #64 David Starie 18-5-0 (13). Gabriel Hernandez dominated most of the rounds of the fight until the seventh one but then he seemed to run out of fuel and allowed Starie to win the last three rounds of the fight on a row but it wasn’t enough to challenge for the victory. The scorecards were 97-93 (x2) and someway 95-95. (Fighnews card 96-94 for Hernandez).

08-21-2013, 11:45 AM	#103
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 29th 1989 Polivalenta Hall, Romania Bute defeats Barkley! On an entertaining fight #31 Lucian Bute 31-1-0 (27) scored a convincing unanimous decision win against tough #25 Iran Barkley 26-6-0 (20). The fighters traded the first two rounds of the fight, the first for Bute and the second for Barkley. From rounds three to six Bute managed to outbox Barkley fighing from the outside. On the seventh round Barkley had his moment in the fight when he dropped Bute with a hard strong hook. After Bute got up Barkley connected a pair of hard rights but Bute refused to fall again. Barkley continued dominating on the seventh round and with a hard cross he shook Bute. The Romanian regained the control of the fight on the ninth round winning it on a convincing way. On the final round Bute connected a great straight right and dropped Barkley for a seven count. Barkley got up but less than two minutes later Bute dropped him again this time with a great hook to the head. Brave Barkley got up again and survived until the end of the fight. The scorecards were 98-88 97-89 and 99-91 for Bute. (Fightnews card: 96-90 for Bute). On the co-feature fight #47 Denis Inkin 23-3-2 (19) and #65 Henry Wharton 23-2-0 (19) fought to a draw. The fighters alternated on the dominance round by round for all the fight. Wharton won the first round convincingly but then Inkin controlled rounds two and three the last on a one-sided form. Wharton reacted winning rounds four and five but again Inkin was better on rounds six and seven but Wharton edged the eighth stanza to even the fight again. Inkin was the clear dominator on the ninth round and the last stanza was fought on even terms. The scorecards were 96-94 for Inkin 96-94 for Wharton and 95-95. (Fightnews card: 96-95 for Inkin).

08-21-2013, 01:51 PM	#104
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	SMW Ranking at the end of October 1989 1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) IBF 2 defenses 2 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA 3 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22) 4 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14) 5 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (16) 6 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27) 7 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO 8 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2) 9 Andre Ward 30-0-1 (16) 10 Joe Calzaghe 29-1-0 (11) 11 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO 12 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC 13 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22) 14 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21) 15 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23) 16 Jermain Taylor 31-1-0 (21) 17 Glencoffe Johnson 30-2-2 (18) 18 James Toney 30-1-0 (21) 19 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16) 20 Tavoris Cloud 32-0-0 (27) Other Champions 48 Thomas Tate 21-1-3 (17) WBU 1 defense 71 Gennady Golovkin 20-3-1 (17) IBO 110 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) WBF

08-22-2013, 10:22 AM	#105
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Other October Action Another loss for Duran! #210 Tarick Salmaci scored a unanimous decision victory against fans favourite #156 Roberto Duran. Salmaci dropped Duran on the seventh round and the scorecards were 96-93 and 95-94 (x2) for Salmaci. With this loss Duran down his record to 26-5-0 (9). Miranda stopped Vazquez again! Edison Miranda scored an overwhelming KO1 victory against Julio Cesar Vazquez on a rematch fight. On the first fight between this pair Miranda won by TKO2.

08-22-2013, 10:24 AM	#106
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 3rd 1989 Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas,U.S. Eric Regan upsets Thomas Tate to win WBU SMW Title! Average #41 Eric Regan 24-7-0 (13) scored a surprising unanimous decision victory against WBU super-middleweight champion #48 Thomas Tate 21-1-3 (17). Tate that came from a huge victory against John Mugabi on his first title defense was really out of shape for this fight. Regan won the first two rounds of the bout clearly outlanding Tate, but the champion reacted winning the following two rounds also putting Regan on trouble on the third with an uppercut and again on the fourth round with a straight right. The fifth round had even action but Tate connected the hardest punches to edge it. On the sixth round Regan regained the control of the actions with the highlight of a big right cross to Tate’s head that made the champion stumble. From this point Tate seemed to run out of fuel and Regan easily won the following three rounds outworking a very passive Tate. The champion reacted clearly winning the tenth round and hurting Regan with a hard combination and again with a wicked hook on the eleventh. On this round Regan landed a big right cross but it was not enough to steal the round from Tate. On the last round Regan landed more than Tate also shaking him with a hard one-two combination to secure his victory. The scorecards were 115-113 (x2) and 116-112 for the new champion Regan. (Fightnews card: 115-113 for Regan). Toney stops Mundine on the eighth round! On the co-feature fight #18 James Toney 30-1-0 (21) scored a TKO8 victory against #26 Antony Mundine 23-5-1 (17). Toney looked a bit overweighted for this fight and he seemed to not have training very well. Toney won a cold first round but Mundine edged the second one outworking Toney. The thrid round had great action with Mundine landing more and also hurting Toney with a straight right followed by a quick barrage of punches. On the fourth round Mundine continued dominating the fight but Toney seemed to wake up on the fifth round in which both fighters landed big blows but with Toney a bit better than Mundine. Toney continued his momentum winning the sixth round, both figters landed good blows but it was clear that Toney had more power than the aussie. Toney dominated the seventh round but the referee deducted a point from him by head-butting. Early on the eighth round Toney connected a straight right that hurt Mundine Toney went over him and connected some good blows until another straight right left Mundine out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 66-66 (x2) and 67-65 for Mundine.

08-21-2013, 09:11 AM	#101
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 15th 1989 Futuroscope, Poiters, France Balzay edged Little on a good fight! Former IBO Super 8 Tournament finalist #24 Kardy Balzsay 29-4-0 (21) scored a MD10 win against always complicated #30 Steve Little 24-4-1 (3). Little won the first round on a convincing way but on the second round a wild overhand right by Balzsay dropped Little for a seven count after Little got up Balzsay dropped him again with a strong left-right combination. Little got up again and survived the rest of the round. Balzsay continued dominating on the following round with his uppercut as his best weapon. Little reacted winning the fourth round and after an fifth one Little won a back and forth sixth round with big exchanges on the inside distance. Rounds seven and eight were both for Balzsay that used his right crosses from the outside to put Little on trouble. Little reacted again winning the ninth round on a very convincing way but he needed something special on the last round. The final round started with Balzsay on control hurting Little with a straight right but surprisingly Little connected a great uppercut and dropped Balzsay for a sixth count. Balzsay got up and survived the round without more major trouble. The scorecards were 95-93 (x2) for Balzsay and 94-94. (Fightnews card: 95-94 for Balzsay). On the undercard of this fight #48 Chris Eubank 24-3-1 (7) scored a razor cut majority decsion win against frenchman #45 Jean Paul Mendy 27-4-2 (16). Mendy easily won the first three rounds of the fight against a too passive Eubank. After an awful fourth round without any remarkable action Eubank started to react winning the fifth round on a one sided form. The sixth round was fought on even terms and then Mendy regained the control of the fight on the seventh stanza. Finally Eubank found his pace on the last three rounds winning all of it on a convincing way to put the result of the fight into doubt. The scorecards were 96-95 (x2) for Eubank and 96-96. (Fightnews card: 96-95 for Eubank).

08-22-2013, 10:47 AM	#107
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 10th 1989 Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque,U.S. Dawson edges Ward! Former WBA Super-middleweight champion #23 Chad Dawson 25-2-0 (20) scored a slim but great unanimous decision victory against undefeated star #9 Andre Ward 32-0-1 (16). Dawson dominated the first two rounds of the fight putting Ward on trouble with crosses from the outside and uppercuts from the inside. Ward reacted winning the third round convincingly but Dawson again won the fourth round on a big form putting Ward on trouble with an uppercut and again with a hard hook. Dawson edged the fifth round that had slow pace. On rounds six and seven Ward managed to use his speed and ring movement to win both rounds with little effort. On the eighth round Dawson again outlanded Ward to win the round clearly. Ward reacted edging the ninth round but on the last round Dawson easily dominated the actions to secure his victory. The scorecards were 96-94 (x2) and 96-95 for Dawson. (Fightnews card: 96-94 for Dawson). On the undercard #52 Jean Pascal 28-2-1 (22) outclassed #55 John Jarvis 17-5-2 (13) to scored a TKO6 win. Pascal won most of the rounds of the fight and he also dropped Jarvis three times, one on the second round with a wild overhand right, again on the fourth round with a body shot and a third time on the sixth and last round of the fight with a barrage of punches. After Jarvis got up from this last fall Pascal punished him until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 49-44 (x2) and 48-45 for Pascal.

08-22-2013, 02:01 PM	#108
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 17th 1989 Altrincham Leisure Centre, U.K. Veit upsets Calzaghe! Former WBO super-middleweight champion #10 Joe Calzaghe 29-1-0 (11) suffered a convincing unanimous decision loss against #36 Mario Veit 29-2-1 (15). For the first four rounds the fighters alternated on the control round by round, Calzaghe won the first and fourth rounds and Veit the second and the third ones. But then Veit took a decesive lead on the scorecards winning rounds from five to seven. Specially the seventh round was big for the German that hurt Calzaghe with a strong combination and followed up with an uppercut and a straight right to the head. Calzaghe reacted winning the eighth round with the highlight of a hard straight right and a well timed uppercut to Veit’s chin. Veit regained the control on the ninth stanza in which Calzaghe failed to land any remarkable punches. The last round of the bout was fought on even terms until Calzaghe edged it with a hard uppercut seconds before the end of the fight. The scorecards were 97-93 and 96-94 (x2) for Veit. (Fightnews card: 96-94 Veit). On the co-feature fight Brazilian #42 Mauricio Amaral 24-6-2 (20) defeated Canadian #52 Michael Olajide 27-4-0 (19) by TKO3-on cuts-. Amaral won the first round of the fight against a passive Olajide. On the second round the two fighters traded boms with Amaral a bit better. One of this bombs, a tremendous left, opened a gash above Olajide’s right eyebrow. On the third round again the fighters went to the punch per punch and with a hard right cross Olajide cut Amaral above his right eyebrow, but Amaral answered the fire and with a quick uppercut reopened Olajide’s cut. Olajide’s cut seemed to be worse than Amaral’s one and the referee stopped the actions determinning that Amaral was the winner by TKO3.

08-23-2013, 01:09 PM	#109
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 24th 1989 Locomotiv Stadium, Moscu, Russia Nardiello stops Golovkin to win IBA SMW title! #56 Vincenzo Nardiello 25-4-1 (23) scored a TKO5 –on cuts- victory against now former IBA champion #71 Gennady Golovkin 20-3-1 (17) that was making his first title defense. The first round was even with both fighters showing his power, Nardiello connected a hard cross but Golovkin answered with a hard left to the head. On the second round Nardiello connected a hard right and cut Golovkin on the inside of his right eyebrow, this cut was the key of the fight. On this round both fighters landed big punches hurting his rival but Nardiello edged it with a hard cross late on the round. The third round had again great action, Nardiello started dominating also hurting Golovkin with a solid hook but finally Golovkin rallied to win the stanza. On the fourth round Nardiello landed more punches but Golovkin connected the best punch of the round a hard uppercut to Nardiello’s chin. On the fifth round with Golovkin attacking, Nardiello connected a hard right and reopened the cut and the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 40-37 (x2) and 39-38 for Nardiello. Trinidad stops Tiozzo on the eight! On the co-feature fight #21 Felix “Tito” Trinidad 29-1-0 (24) scored a KO8 win against #34 Christophe Tiozzo 16-6-0 (9). Trinidad easily dominated the first three rounds of the fight hurting Tiozzo with his hooks and uppercuts, Tiozzo attemped to answer the fire but he was outgunned by Tito. On the fourth round Tiozzo reacted a bit hurting Trinidad with a straight right to clearly win the round. On the fifth round Trinidad regained the control of the actions putting Tiozzo on trouble with a straight right and again with a violent hook to the head. Rounds six and seven had great and even back and forth action with both fighters landing big blows. At the middle stages of the eighth round Trinidad connected a violent hook to Tiozzo’s chin and dropped him for the ten count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69 (x3) for Trinidad

08-23-2013, 02:47 PM	#110
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 30th 1989 Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore Cloud stops McClelland! On a fight between two hard hitters #17 Tavoris Cloud 32-0-0 (27) defeated #33 Gerald McClelland 24-2-0 (22) by TKO7. A smashing hook and a hard cross to the head gave Cloud the first round in which McClelland answered but not enough to challenge for the round. The second round didn’t have a lot of action but McClelland edged it with the only remarkable punch of the round a hard uppercut to Cloud’s chin. The third round was fought on even terms with the highlight of a big cross by Cloud. On the fourth round both fighters found the mark for their power blows but with McClelland clearly having the upperhand. McClelland started the fifth round connecting a big uppercut but then Cloud rallied to win the round on a convincing way. On the sixth round McClelland connected an impressive straight right to Cloud’s head to win the round. On the seventh round Cloud connected a hard clean cross to McClelland’s chin and dropped him for a seven count. After McClelland got up Cloud dropped him again with a perfect cross to the chin. McClelland got up again but Cloud connected punch after punch without answer until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 58-56 (x2) for McClelland and 58-56 for Cloud. On the co-feature fight #59 Adonis Stevenson 24-4-0 (18) scored a slim majority decision win against #66 Darrin Morris 20-7-1 (8). After splitting the first two rounds, Morris dropped Stevenson on the third round with a lighting straight right. Stevenson got up and survived the rest of the round and then he rallied on the middle rounds of the fight, the seventh one was especially good for him. Morris dominated the eight round but Stevenson won the last two rounds to secure his victory. The scorecards were 96-94 and 96-95 for Stevenson and 95-95. (Fightnews card: 96-94 for Stevenson).

08-23-2013, 04:02 PM	#111
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 30th 1989 Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore, U.S. Other November Action #79 Mikkel Kessler 28-3-2 (21) scored a UD10 victory against #81 Victor Cordoba 23-8-2 (16). The scorecards were 95-94 (x2) and 96-93. #121 Sumbu Kalambay 26-4-2 (11) stopped korean #87 Chong Pol Park 20-2-0 (18). #157 Roberto Duran 26-5-0 (9) scored a split decision victory against #186 Sergey Tatevosyan 17-7-1 (13). The scorecards were 97-95 (x2) for Duran and 96-94 for Tatevosyan. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 08-23-2013 at 04:09 PM.

08-23-2013, 04:18 PM	#112
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Super-Middleweight ranking at the end of November 1989 1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) IBF 2 defenses 2 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA 3 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22) 4 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14) 5 Chad Dawson 26-2-0 (20) 6 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (6) 7 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27) 8 Tavoris Cloud 33-0-0 (28) 9 Felix Trinidad 30-1-0 (25) 10 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO 11 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2) 12 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO 13 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC 14 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22) 15 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21) 16 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23) 17 James Toney 31-1-0 (22) 18 James Taylor 31-1-0 (21) 19 Glen Johnson 30-2-2 (18) 20 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16) Other Champions 27 Eric Regan 25-7-0 (13) WBU 34 Vincenzo Nardiello 26-4-1 (24) IBA 107 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) WBF

08-23-2013, 04:34 PM	#113
Ian Lord All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coventry, England. Posts: 1,814	Gutted to see Veit beat Calzaghe. Calzaghe's one of my all time faves. Let's hope he can bounce back. Great stuff TH.

08-26-2013, 09:13 AM	#114
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 2nd 1989 Civic Auditorium, Houston,U.S. Tony Thornton stops Rodney Toney to defend the WBF crown! WBF super-middleweight champion #107 Tony Thornton 21-4-1 (13) scored a TKO8 victory against #45 Rodney Toney 24-4-1 (7) to succesfully defend his title for the first time. The fight was very competitive for the first seven rounds and nothing anticipated the violent final. Thornton won the first two rounds by a narrow margin but Toney rallied winning the following two rounds of the fight. The fifth stanza was fought on even terms and then Thornton edged the sixth round and Toney the seventh one. All this rounds were very closed and without great emotions. On the eighth round Thornton connected a big hook to Toney’s chin and made him hesitate, Thronton continued attacking and connected a big cross and at least three great hooks that made Toney stumble backwards after that Thornton combined with both hands finding the mark with most of his punches and the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scoredacrds were 67-67 (x2) and 68-66 for Toney. Incredible defeat for Hearns against Piotr Wilczewski! # 42 Thomas Hearns 28-1-1 (25) couldn’t redirect his career and he is now on a three winless streak, this time he loss by TKO6 –on cuts- against Polish #27 Piotr Wilczewski 22-4-2 (6). Early on the fight Hearns dropped Wilczewski with a big combination first to the body and then to the head. The Polish got up at six and managed to take a big right to the chin by Hearns before the bell saved him. Hearns continued easily domianting on the second round in which he almost dropped Wilczewski again with a hard cross on the last seconds of the round. On the third round Wilczewski failed to land a single remarkable punch and Hearns easily won the stanza with the highlight of a big uppercut to the Polish chin. The fourth round was very similar to the previous with Hearns landing the only significant punches of the stanza. On the fifth stanza Wilczewski reacted and went to the punch per punch with Hearns and in spite of receiving hard shots he connected some of his own and with a violent cross he opened a gash outside Hearns’ left eyebrow. On the following round Hearns rocked Wilczewski with a hard combination but the polish connected a defensive jab and reopened the cut and the referee stopped (too quickly) the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 50-44 (x3) for Hearns.

08-26-2013, 10:51 AM	#115
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 9th 1989 Luna Park, Buenes Aires, Argentina Kinchen upsets Martinez! Always dangerous #31 James Kinchen 26-3-0 (22) scored a slim but important majority decision win against Argentine top fighter #16 Sergio Martinez 32-0-0 (23). With the highlight of a devastating cross to the chin Kinchen easily dominated the first round. On the second round the fight changed dramatically when Martinez connected a hard body shot and dropped Kinchen for a four count. On the third round Kinchen regained the control of the fight and on the fourth stanza he dropped Martinez with a hard cross to the chin. Martinez got up and survived the rest of the round. On rounds five and six Martinez found his best boxing and dominated with speed and mobility. With the highlight of a quick hook to the head that stunned his rival Kinchen reapeared on the fight winning the seventh round. Martinez won the eighth round that had a big exchange of punches at the middle stages of it. Entering on the last two rounds the fight was very even. On the ninth round Kinchen connected a hard uppercut and hurt Martinez but the argentine had his moment on the last seconds of the round when he shook Kinchen with a hard combination. On the last round Kinchen made Martinez retreat with a hard right to the chin to convincingly won the round. The scorecards were 95-94 95-93 for Kinchen and 94-94. (Fightnews card: 95-93 for Kinchen). On the co-feature fight #48 Miguel Angel Arroyo 21-5-0 (10) defeated #77 Manny Siaca 21-9-0 (16) by TKO5. The fighters split the first two rounds and after and even third round, Arroyo dropped Siacca with a vicious uppercut to the chim on the fourth stanza, Siaca got up at seven and survived the round but in very bad shape. On the following round Arroyo went for the definition and punished Siaca for almost three minutes until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 39-37 (x2) for Arroyo and 38-38.

08-26-2013, 11:16 AM	#116
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 16th 1989 Mammoth Gardens, Denver, U.S. Draw between Oosthuizen and Brewer! The fight between southafrican #30 Thomas Oosthuizen 32-3-0 (19) and #22 Charles Brewer ended on an even draw. For Brewer this is his second draw on a row and for Oosthuizen continued his big undefeated streak. Oosthuizen dominated the first round outworking Brewer, but the american reacted winning rounds two and three on a convincing way putting the southafrican on trouble with his uppercuts. On the fourth round Oosthuizen was the total dominator of the actions hurting Brewer with a cross and with a hard left-right combination to win the round on big form. Brewer regained the control on rounds five and six to take a lead on the scorecards but Oosthuizen put himself on the fight again edging the seventh round. Brewer won the eighth round on big form hurting Oosthuizen more than a time but the southfrican reacted and won the last two rounds to even the fight again. The scorecards were 95-95 (x3). (Fightnews card 95-95). On the undercard #57 James DeGale 27-3-0 (15) destroyed #58 Tio Mendoza 27-6-0 (22) on only three rounds. DeGale controlled the first two rounds of the fight and early on the third one he dropped Mendoza with a violent cross to the chin. Mendoza hardly got up at nine on very bad shape and DeGale connected punch after punch without answer until the referee stopped the uneven fight.

08-28-2013, 01:56 PM	#117
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 22nd 1989 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, U.S. Griffin retains his title defeating Lucas by TKO! IBF super-middleweight champion #1 Montell Griffin 30-1-1 (17) made his third succesful title defense defeating #6 Eric Lucas 27-0-1 (6) by TKO8. The referee stopped the actions due to a big cut over Lucas's eye produced on the second round by a great uppercut by Griffin and reopened several times along the fight. At the time of the stoppage the fight was very competitive with the fighters alternated on the dominance round by round. Griffin was better on the first round but Lucas answered winning rounds two and three on a convincing way. Griffin edged the foruth round but again Lucas was in control on the following stanza. The sixth round was the best of the fight for Griffin that hurt Lucas with a straight right and again with a hook to the head. The seventh round was fought on even terms but at the end of it Lucas’ cut looked very bad. On the eight round a straight right by Griffin opened Lucas’ cut for the third time on the fight and the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 67-66 (x2) for griffin and 67-67. On the undecard on an spectacular fight #51 Julio Chavez Jr. 27-5-1 (15) climbed two times from the canvas to finally stop #63 Glenn Catley 21-7-0 (18) on the seventh round. Chavez Jr. won the first two rounds of the fight on big form putting Catley on trouble with his hard hooks to the body and the head. Catley recated winning the third round but Chavez regained the control of the fight on the fourth stanza. On the fifth round Chavez Jr. conneced a hard straight right that made Catley retreat but then he stayed to passive allowing the british to win the round. On the sixth round with Chavez Jr. attacking Catley connected a hard hook and dropped Mexican that quickly got up but less than a minute later he was dropped again this time by a big cross by Catley. Chavez got up again and survived the rest of the round. On the following round Catley went for the definition but Chavez Jr. hurt him with a straight right and then the Mexican went to the inside punishing Catley with uppercuts and hooks, Catley attemped to reply the fire but was clearly outgunned. Finally after a big hook followed by an uppercut by Chavez that made Catley stumble the referee stopped the actions. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 56-55 (x3) for Catley (The referee deducted a point form Catley on the second round due to a low blow).

08-28-2013, 02:19 PM	#118
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	December 29th 1989 Stoczniowiec Olivia Arena, Poland Michalczewski dominates and stops Lalonde! Former WBC super-middleweight champion #7 Darius Michalczewski 30-1-0 (27) scored an overwhelming KO7 victory against former title challenger #20 Don Lalonde 26-4-0 (16). Michalczewski started the fight shaking Lalonde several times on the first round, but the Canadian answered on an equal violent form on the second round with the highlight of a big uppercut that seemed to hurt the Polish. But form the third round to the end all was for Michalczewski, on this third stanza Michalczewski hurt Lalonde with a strong cross, on the following round with a hard hook to the head. On this two rounds the action was great becouse Lalonde attmeped to answer the fire but he was clearly outpunched by the former champ. Michalczewski continued dominating on the fifth round that had a little less action than the previous ones. On the sixth stanza Lalonde connected a hard uppercut that stunned Michalczewski but the Polish connected more punches than him to win the round. On the seventh round Michalczewski punished Lalonde until connecting a big hook to the Canadian chin and dropping him for the ten count. At the time of the stopagge the scorecards were 59-55 (x2) and 58-56 for Michalczewski. On the co-feature fight #56 Howard Eastman 25-3-0 (19) scored a convincing unanimous decision win victory against #68 Dimitri Pirog 20-4-1 (14). Eastman won the early rounds of the fight but Pirog attmeped a reaction on between rounds four and five. The sixth round was big for Easman but again Pirog attemped to rally on rounds seven and eight. On the ninth round Eastman dropped Pirog with a hard hook, Pirog got up but his luck on the fight was done. The last round had intresting back and forth action with Pirog edging the round. The scorecards were 96-94 96-93 and 97-93 for Eastman. (Fightnews card: 96-93 for Eastman). Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 08-28-2013 at 02:21 PM.

08-28-2013, 02:30 PM	#119
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Rankings at the end of December 1989 1 Montell Griffin 31-1-1 (18) IBF 3 defenses 2 Thomas Oosthuizen 32-3-1 (19) 3 Ray Leonard 25-2-0 (15) WBA 4 Kelly Pavlik 30-3-0 (22) 5 Steve Collins 29-1-1 (14) 6 Darius Michalczewski 31-1-0 (28) 7 Chad Dawson 26-2-0 (20) 8 Eric Lucas 27-1-1 (6) 9 Tavoris Cloud 33-0-0 (28) 10 Felix Trinidad 30-1-0 (25) 11 Mike McCallum 31-2-0 (22) IBO 12 Felix Sturm 23-4-0 (2) 13 Marcus Beyer 24-1-0 (7) WBO 14 Nigel Benn 30-1-0 (29) WBC 15 Frank Liles 31-0-1 (22) 16 Kardy Balzsay 30-4-0 (21) 17 James Toney 31-1-0 (22) 18 Jermain Taylor 31-1-0 (21) 19 Glencoffe Johnson 30-2-2 (18) 20 Bernard Hopkins 29-2-1 (21) Other Champions 27 Eric Regan 25-7-0 (13) WBU 38 Vincenzo Nardiello 26-4-1 (24) IBA 80 Tony Thornton 22-4-1 (14) WBF 1 defense

08-29-2013, 01:31 PM	#120
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Other December Action #95 John Mugabi 21-3-0 (15) scored a TKO4 victory against #119 Willi Gibbs 16-6-0 (10). Mugabi dropped Gibbs five times before the referee stopped the fight. #83 George Groves 21-6-2 (15) scored a UD10 win against #138 Omar Sheika 16-7-1 (6). The scorecards were 98-92 (x2) and 99-91 for Groves. #96 Antuwn Echols 22-5-1 (9) defeated #101 Jorge Castro by DQ7 due to rabbit punch. For Castro that was leading by 58-54 on all three scorecards it was his third loss on a row.