The Heros of the Nineties

Thomas Hearns · 02-14-2014, 09:02 AM

I selected 4 fighters from the 90s to simulate their careers mixing reality and fantasy.

We are now on May 21^st 1993 and this is the situation for this 4 fighters:

1)Dariusz Michalczewski 16-0-0 (14)
Division: Light Heavyweight
Last Fight: WKO4 Pat Alley
Next Fight: 1993/05/22 vs David Vedder

2) James Toney 36-0-2 (25)
Division:Super Middleweight
Current IBF SMW champion
Last Fight WTKO10 Ricky Thomas
Next Fight: 1993/06/06 TBA

3) Bernard Hopkins 22-1-0 (13)
Division: Middleweight
Last Fight: WUD12 Gilbert Baptist USBA MW Title
Next Fight: 1993/05/22 against Roy Jones Jr for the vacant IBF MW Title.

4)Roy Jones Jr 21-0-0 (20)
Division: Middleweight
Last Fight: WTKO1 Glen Wolfe
Next Fight: 1993/05/22 against Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF MW Title

Thomas Hearns · 02-17-2014, 08:57 AM

May 22nd 1993

On the Funkturm-Hallen on Berlin, German based Poland hot prospect Dariusz Michalczewski 16-0-0 (14) makes a a step up on competition and faces two times former title challenger David Vedder 15-12-3 (3). Vedder had fought 12 rounds against Virgil Hill and Eric Harding and seems to be a good test for Michalczewski.

Michalczewski started the fight with an aggressive style and put Vedder into trouble with a hard uppercut followed by a right cross, Vedder attemped to cover up but Dariusz connected a violent body shot that sent Vedder to the canvas. Vedder got up at seven and managed to end the round.
Michalczewski continued working the body on the second round and on the third one Vedder attmeped to trade punches with the Poland but was clearly outpunched. From rounds four to six Vedder attmeped to box from the outside and move but he was caught several times by Michalczewski’s uppercuts when he reach the inside.
On the seventh round Michalczewski connected another shot to the ribs and Vedder put one knee on the canvas for an eight count. After Vedder got up Michalczewski continued easily dominating the fight for the remainder seconds of the round. On round eight Vedder looked totally spent and Michalczewski hit him as his own. Finally on the ninth round Michalczewski wobbled Vedder with a cross to the chin and this time he didn’t let the American escape and connected punch after punch until the referee stopped the uneven fight. At the time of the stoppage Michalczewski was leading on all three scorecards by 80-70 twice and 79-71.

Dariusz Michalczewski TKO9 David Vedder

Thomas Hearns · 02-17-2014, 10:42 AM

May 22nd 1993

The mitic Caesars Palace of Las Vegas is full with a sold out crowd that is waiting for the super-fight for the vacant IBF MW crown between Roy Jones Jr. 21-0-0 (20) and Bernard Hopkins 22-1-0 (13). Jones is a warm favourite to win the fight but Hopkins appeared like a very complicated test for Roy. Hopkins came to fight with a 22 fights undefeated streak after losing his first professional fight on 1988.

Round 1: Jones let his quick hands go and connected Hopkins with a cross and a pair of hooks to dominate the round. A passive Hopkins only scored with a solid right late on the round.

Round 2: An awful round with a lot of feinting and clinching, only a quick right hand to the head by Jones Jr to remark.

Round 3: Hopkins shook Jones with a hard combination to the head and as Roy raised his arms Hopkins connected a great hook to the body and dropped Jones Jr for a five count. After Jones got up Hopkins chased him and scored with a few more punches.

Round 4: For the first half of the stanza Jones seemed to be winded and Hopkins scored with combinations and a pair of straight rights. Jones Jr recated and connected a hook followed by a straight right but Hopkins answered with his own hook and ended dominating the round.

Round 5: Jones Jr connected a hard uppercut that wobbled Hopkins and then continued dominating the first two minutes of the round. On the final minute Hopkins went to the inside and scored well with his uppercuts to make the things close.

Round 6: After two even first minutes with few actions to remark, Jones Jr scored with two clean hooks to the body and closed the combination with a smashing cross to the head. Finally he connected a trade-mark lighing combination to win a big round.

Round 7: The fight changed again as Hopkins took the fight to Jones and scored several times using his hooks as his best weapon. Jones jr only connected a hard uppercut near the end of the round.

Round 8: Jones’ time again as Roy connected a big uppercut that snapped Hopkins head back and then he followed up the action connecting a pair of lighting crosses. Hopkins scored with a well timed uppercut near the end of the round.

Round 9: Action packed round that started with Jones dominating the first minute using his speed to outbox Hopkins, but at the middle stages of the round Bernard found the mark with a hook and with an uppercut to even the round. Finally Jones dominated the actions on the last minute working behind his jab to win the round.

Round 10: A bit slow round with both fighters showing tiredness but with Jones Jr connecting more punches than a passive Hopkins.

Round 11: Hopkins connected a good combination that shook Jones and then he went direct to Jones scoring with a hard uppercut to win the round on a convincing way.

Round 12: With the fight very close both fighters needed to win this stanza, the round was very even with both fighters having difficults to find the mark with his punches, a good combination by Jones Jr. gave him a very slim edge on this stanza.

The compubox data showed that both fighters landed 224 punches along the fight with Jones having a very slim edge on punching accuracy (31% to 30.8%).
Is the knock down scored by Hopkins on the third round enough for him to win the fight? Let’s see the scorecards:

Harry Gibbs, United Kingdom scores the bout 114 to 113

William James, United States scores the bout 114 to 113

Adelaide Byrd, United States scores the bout 114 to 113

All for the winner by unanimous decision and new IBF MW champion of the world……Roy Jones Jr!

Thomas Hearns · 02-17-2014, 01:44 PM

June 6th 1993

On the Ballys Hotel on Atlantic City IBF super-middleweight champion James Toney 36-0-2 (25) will make his first title defense against former WBA super-middleweight champion Victor Cordoba 19-4-3 (15) that won his title against Chistophe Tiozzo on 1991 and lost it on his second defense by a close split decsion to Michael Nunn on 1992.

The first round didn’t have a lot of action. Toney controlled the center of the ring and threw his jab and sometimes went to the inside to connect with his uppercuts. Cordoba only connected a good short hook near the end of the round.
On the first two minutes of the second round both fighters attemped to work to the body and the round was very even until Toney connected with a hard one-two combination that seemed to hurt Cordoba, Toney continued attacking and connected a big uppercut that cut Cordoba inside his left eyebrow, on only seconds Cordoba’s face was a river of blood and the referee decided to stop the fight after the medical advice.

James Toney TKO2 Victor Cordoba
Retained IBF middleweight crown.

After the fight Toney was asked about a possible fight against WBC champion Nigel Benn or WBO one Chris Eubank and his answer was “I am waiting here to give those british clowns a beating and if they not come here I will cross the Atlantic to punish them in front of their people!”

Thomas Hearns · 02-18-2014, 08:03 AM

Breaking News

After his razor cut unanimous decision loss against Roy Jones Jr for the iBF middleweight crown, Bernard Hopkins claimed for a rematch against Jones.
"The fight was very close, I dropped him on the third round and I think that I made the necessary to deserve the decision" Hopkins said, and he added "The fight was a good one and I think that all boxing fans wants to see a rematch"

On the other hand Jones camp doesn't show any intrest on a rematch with Hopkins and a fight against Thomas Tate seems to be very posible for Roy's first title defense.
If Roy wins this fight he will like to face recently crowned WBA middleweight champion Gerald McClellan on a unification fight.

Thomas Hearns · 02-18-2014, 08:19 AM

Breaking News

Jones Jr confirms title defense: Roy Jones Jr. 22-0-0 (20) will defend his IBF Middleweight crown for the first time against Thomas Tate 27-2-0 (20) on August 14th preferably on Miami.

James Toney 37-0-2 (26) will defend his IBF super-middleweight title against former title challenger Tony Thornton 33-5-1 (23) on October 25th.

Thomas Hearns · 02-18-2014, 12:56 PM

August 3rd 1993

At the Briggs Stadium on Detroit, Bernard Hopkins 22-2-0 (13) attemps to redirect his career after the razor cut decision loss against Roy Jones Jr for the IBF middleweight title, his rival is an unheralded middleweight called Willie Lee Monroe 19-1-2 (14).

After two close first rounds Monroe controlled the third stanza with the highligh of a big uppercut to Hopkins chin late on the round.
On the fourth round Hopkins pressed the action and outworked Monroe using his hooks as his best weapon. The following two rounds continued the same way with Hopkins attacking and Monroe attemping to counter with little succes.
On the seventh round Hopkins seemed to be decided to end the fight but the referee deducted him a point for holding and hitting. After that Hopkins connected a right hook that made Monroe retreat on unsteady legs, Hopkins chased him and connected another big hook to the head that let Monroe out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the fight.

At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 58-56 (x2) for Hopkins and 57-57. The compubox data showed that Hopkins connected 186 pinches at 38.1% and Monroe connected 105 punches ant 38.9%.

Bernard Hopkins TKO7 Willie Lee Monroe.

Thomas Hearns · 02-18-2014, 01:25 PM

August 14th 1993

At the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Roy Jones Jr. 22-0-0 (20) makes his first title defense against former title challenger Thomas Tate 27-2-0 (20) that in his only title chance lost by UD12 against Julian Jackson for the WBC belt on 1992.

The first round of the fight was slow and even until Jones connected a lighting right late on the stanza and dropped Tate for a short count.
The following three rounds had great back and forth action but with Jones connecting more than Tate to clearly win the rounds. Jones surprised Tate several times with his quick rights to the head. Tate connected a good hook to Jones jaw on the third round but he was clearly superated by the champion.
On the the fifth round Jones accelerated the pace and with another quick right he made Tate stumbling backwards, then Jones went to the inside and connected a pair of uppercuts dropping Tate for the second time on the fight. Tate got up and the bell saved him.
On the sixth round Jones continued punishing Tate with straight rights and smashing combinations, on the following round Tate did it better but Jones Jr. continued in control of the actions and also cut Tate on the outside of his right eyebrow.
On rounds eight and nine Jones Jr used Tate as a punching bug, his speed and ring movement were too much for the challenger that only connected a good hook on this period.
On the tenth round the pace slowed a bit but Jones still won the round, on the following stanza Jones Jr dropped Tate again combining first to the body and then to the head. Tate got up on bad shape and Jones jr punished him for the rest of the round.
On the last round Jones Jr continued punishing Tate and with a snapping head uppercut he reopened the cut and the referee decided to stop the fight.

At the time of the stoppage Jones jr was leading on all three scorecards by 110-95(x2) and 109-97. Jones Jr. connected 414 punches at an spectacular 64.4% and Tate connected 132 at a very low 18.4%.

Roy Jones Jr TKO12 Thomas Tate
Retained IBF Middleweight title.

Thomas Hearns · 02-18-2014, 01:40 PM

October 11th 1993

On the Rheinhalle on Dusseldorf, Germany Dariusz Michalczewski 17-0-0 (15) faces two time light heavyweight title challenger Sergio Merani 28-5-3 (8) that lost against Dennis Andries by TKO4 on 1990 for the WBC title and against Virgil Hill by UD12 on his last fight with the WBA title on the line.

The first round started with back and forth action with both fighters landing good punches but with Michalczewski edging the stanza.
On the second round Michalczewski landed the only significant punches.
On round three Merani managed to outbox Michalczewski for the first two minutes but on the last minute of the round the Poland connected an uppercut and a three punch combo to turn the round on his favor.
Michalczewski easily dominated the fourth round hurting Merani with a hook early on the stanza and again with a straight right.
On the fifth round Michalczewski shook Merani with an uppercut but he didn’t follow up the action and the Argentine evened the actions.
On the sixth round Michalczewski punished a tiring Merani hurting him with another uppercut and with a straight right. On the seventh round Dariusz hit Merani at his own also dropping him with a great hook to the body on the last seconds of the round. Merani got up and survived the round but it was only matter of time becouse on the following round Michalczewski put him to sleep with a big right hook to the chin at the 2:49 mark.

At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69-64 (x2) and 70-65 for Michalczewski.

Dariusz Michalczewski KO8 Sergio Merani

Thomas Hearns · 02-19-2014, 08:27 AM

October 25th 1993

At the Miami Arena IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 37-0-2 (26) make another title defense against Tony Thornton 33-5-1 (23) a former title challenger that lost by UD12 against Chris Eubank on 1992 for the WBO super middleweight crown.

Toney easily dominated the first three rounds of the fight clearly outboxing and outspeeding Thornton and hurting him with straight rights and sharp combinations. The fourth round had great back and forth action with Thornton edging the stanza with the highlight of a straight right to Toney’s head.
From rounds five to seven Toney managed to outbox a willing Thornton from the outside, always connecting more punches than the challenger on this period.
On the eight round Toney dropped Thornton with a lighting straight right, Thornton got up at four and Toney punished him for the rest of the round.
Toney also dominated the tenth round staggering Thornton with a hard right cross to the head. On the following two rounds Toney slowed his pace a bit but mantained the control of the actions. Finally on the last round Toney stayed passive waiting for the final bell allowing Thornton to steal the round with little.
The scorecards were 118-109 (x3) for Toney. The compubox data showed that Toney landed 357 punches at 37.3% and Thornton landed 223 punches at 41.4%.

James Toney UD12 Tony Thornton
Retained IBF SMW Title.

Thomas Hearns · 02-19-2014, 09:06 AM

Breaking News

IBF Middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC middleweight champ Gerlad McClellan 29-2-0 (27) will collide on November 30 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegason a unification fight.
Both fighters will make the second defense of their titles.

IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-2 (26) will travell to England to face WBC supermiddlweight champion Nigel Benn 37-2-1 (32) on January 16 at the London Arena. Benn came of a draw against Chris Eubank on another unification fight.

German based Poland Dariusz Michalczewski 18-0-0 (16) will face hard hitter american Andrew Maynard 21-6-0 (18) at February 2 next year on the Doiner Messe-Halle on Cologne Germany. Maynard came of a TKO1 loss against boxing legend Thomas Hearns.

Thomas Hearns · 02-19-2014, 02:39 PM

October 23rd 1993

On the Milwaukee Auditorium former title middleweight challenger Bernard Hopkins 23-2-0 (14) faces 42 years old Panamanian boxing legend and four division champion Roberto Duran 89-9-0 (63). Rumors said that Duran trained very hard for this fight seeing it as an step for a last title fight.

The first two rounds went as it was expected with Hopkins outworking and outlanding the old Duran to clearly win both stanzas.
But on the third round Duran reached the inside distance and dominated his younger rival.
On round fourth Hopkins regained the control of the fight and on the fifth round Duran looked ready to go when Hopkins hurt him several times with hooks and straight rights.
But the old tiger reacted again and edged the sixth round and also clearly dominated the seventh one.
But finally Hopkins showed that he had more fuel left in the tank and dominated the eight round and he also did the neccesary to win the last two stanzas to secure his win.
The scorecards were 96-94 (x2) and 97-93 for Hopkins and the compubox data showed that Hopkins landed 239 punches at 59.5% and Duran landed 187 at 25.6%

Bernard Hopkins UD10 Roberto Duran

Thomas Hearns · 02-20-2014, 07:55 AM

November 30th 1993

On a sold out Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC champion Gerald McClellan 29-2-0 (27) met to unificate titles on an explosive fight.

Round 1: Jones Jr started the fight jabbing and combining with some rights, a hard hook seemed to hurt McClellan and then Jones connected a lighting cross to Mcclellan’s chin and dropped him for a an eight count. McClellan got up and managed to stay out of risk for the rest of the round.
10-8 Jones jr.

Round 2: Jones Jr. connected a good cross and an uppercut early on the round, McClellan answered with a good body shot. Then Jones Jr. attemped to work behind his jab, McClellan connected a murderous cross but Jones came back connecting a big left to edge the round.
10-9 Jones Jr.

Round 3: McClellan landed a big left-right combination and went straight to Jones that received him with a hard uppercut, McClellan connected his own uppercut and then he took a step back and connected a big cross behind his jab. Jones reacted on the final forty seconds and connected two big crosses and a hook to McClellan’s head.
10-9 Jones Jr.

Round 4: Jones Jr went to the inside and connected a pair of consecutive uppercuts and dropped McClellan for a short count. After McClellan got up Jones connected another uppercut and followed it with a right cross and finally with a straight right to McClellan chin, that let Gerald lying on the ropes, then Jones connected a quick flurry of punches until the referee stopped the fight.

At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr was leading by 30-25 on all three scorecards.

Roy Jones Jr. TKO4 Gerald McClellan
Retained IBF MW crown
Won WBC MW crown

Thomas Hearns · 02-20-2014, 08:20 AM

Breaking News

After his victory against Roberto Duran, Bernard Hopkins 24-2-1 (14) is scheduled to fight against southpaw Quincy Taylor 21-3-0 (17) on an eliminatory fight for the WBA middleweight Title that at this moment is on the hands of John David Jackson. The fight will be placed on the Hartford Sheraton in Las Vegas on February 26.

Thomas Hearns · 02-20-2014, 01:16 PM

January 16th 1994

The London Arena is the scenario for the superfight between the local hero and WBC champion Nigel Benn 37-2-1 (32) and the undefeated IBF super-middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-2 (26).

Round 1: A hard hook to the body and a good left-right combination to Toney’s head late on the round gave it to Benn
10-9 Benn

Round 2: A big hook early on the round, a hard cross at the middle stages and a snapping head uppercut near the end of the stanza gave Benn the round on a very convincing way. Toney stayed passive and on defensive posture.
10-9 Benn

Round 3: Toney woke up and connected a hard combination early on the round. Then the fighters went to the inside and exchanged uppercuts with Toney connecting more than Benn. The referee deducted a point from Benn after a low blow.
10-8 Toney

Round 4: Benn connected a hard hook early on the round but a confident Toney took the control of the actions also hurting Benn with an uppercut followed by a strong combination near the end of the round.
10-9 Toney

Round 5: Big back and forth action packed round, both fighters traded blows for three minutes but with Benn connecting the hardest punches.
10-9 Benn

Round 6: Slow round Benn connected a big straight right but Toney outlanded him to win the stanza.
10-9 Toney

Round 7: Toney connected a devastating uppercut early on the round, Benn came back connecting a hard hook but on the final minute Toney connected a hard right hook followed by a strong left to the head to win the round.
10-9 Toney.

Round 8: Toney continued dominating the actions on this round with the highlight of a big uppercut to Benn’s jaw but the more important of this round was that Benn finished cut after an accidental headbutt.
10-9 Toney

Round 9: Toney outboxed Benn form the outside, Benn hardly landed a significant punch on this round.
10-9 Toney

Round 10: Close round Benn started in command connecting a pair of hard combinations but the then Toney landed a violent straight right and dominated the bottom half of the round. Benn finished this round bleeding again.
10-10

Round 11: Big straight right by Benn, Toney answered with an uppercut and with a wicked cross that reopened the cut again and the referee stopped the fight and decided to go to the scorecards.

Guillermo Perez, Panama scores the bout 95 to 95 - even

Ernesto Magana, Mexico scores the bout 97 to 92 for James Toney

Roberto Rameriz, Puerto Rico scores the bout 95 to 94 for Nigel Benn

The fight was declared a draw and each fighter retained their own title.
The TV scorecard were 97-93 for Toney and the compubox data showed that Toney landed 278 punches at 50.8% and Benn 165 at 22.6%.

I think that Toney was robbed by a localist failure!

James Toney TDraw11 Nigel Benn
Toney retained IBF SMW belt
Benn retained WBC SMW belt.

Thomas Hearns · 02-21-2014, 08:04 AM

February 19th 1994
Cologne, Germany.

Local rising star Darius Michalczewski 18-0-0 (16) passed a strong test against American hard-hitter Andrew Maynard 21-6-0 (18) and continued in his way for a world title chance.
Maynard surprised Michalczewski on the first round hurting him with crosses and hooks from the outside and well timed uppercuts from the inside. Maynard continued in control of the fight on a slow second round. By the third round Michalczewski showed his power when he stunned Maynard with a hard uppercut and then he shook the american with several straight rights to the head. The fourth round had big action with Michalczewski connecting a bit more than Maynard that ended the round bleeding from above his right eye.
Rounds fifth and sixth were clearly on Michalczewski’s favor but on the seventh round both fighters went to war exchanging hard blows with Maynard hurting Darius early on the round with a right cross and Michalczewski coming back later with a great uppercut to Maynard’s chin.
The eighth round was close for its first half but then Michalczewski connected a perfect straight right to Maynard’s chin and dropped him for the full count.
At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 68-65 and 68-67 for Michalczewski and 68-65 for Maynard.

Darius Michalczewski WKO8 Andrew Maynard.

Thomas Hearns · 03-05-2014, 12:13 PM

Breaking News

A quick rematch: After the ploemic draw on the first fight between IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-3 (26) and fellow WBC one Nigel Benn 37-2-2 (32) both organizations decided to order a rematch between them that will be scheduled for March 15 at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Thomas Hearns · 03-07-2014, 09:14 AM

February 26^th 1994
Las Vegas, Nevada

Bernard Hopkins 24-2-1 (14) and Quincy Taylor 21-3-0 (17) met on a WBA elimination fight for the middleweight title.
Hopkins dominated the first round shaking Taylor several times with strong combinations, Taylor ended the round bleeding from a gash over his right eyebrow.
On the second round Taylor scored with a big hook and a snapping head uppercut but Hopkins answered the fire and both fighters traded big blows until Hopkins connected a hook to the body followed by an uppercut and dropped Taylor on the last second of the round, so the bell saved Taylor.
The third round had slow action and Taylor managed to edge it with the highlight of a big left hook to Hopkins head.
Early on the fourth round Hopkins shook Taylor with a hard hook and then he connected a murderous straight right that left Taylor bleeding again and out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the fight.
At the time of the stoppage Hopkins was leading on all three scorecards by 29-27.

Bernard Hopkins WTKO4 Quincy Taylor
Won the right to fight for the WBA middleweight title.

Thomas Hearns · 03-07-2014, 12:08 PM

March 15^th 1994
Las Vegas, Nevada

Finally the highly expected rematch between James Toney 38-0-3 (26) and Nigel Benn 37-2-2 (32) with both IBF and WBC super middleweight crowns on the line took place on a filled Caesars Palace.
After a warm up first round in which Benn landed the best punches, Toney took the control on the second round outspeeding the englishman but on the third round the fight change and Benn took the total control of the action hurting Toney with a big cross and with a smashing combination to win a one-sided round. Benn continued in total control on the following round making Toney retreat with his power blows. The fifth round had back and forth action but again with Benn winning the round when he hurt Toney with a sharp combination late on the round. With the highlight of a big uppercut to Benn’s jaw Toney came back on the sixth round and mantained the momentum winning a one-sided seventh stanza in which he shook Benn several times. On the seventh round Toney combined first to the body and then to the head and dropped Benn for an eight count. After Benn got up Toney went for the kill and dropped Benn again with a wicked cross to the head, miracrously Benn got up again and survived the rest of the round.
On the following round when all people expected that Toney would finish the fight, Benn came out swinging like a devil and connected several power punches to win the round on a big way. Benn mantained the momentum and he also stole the tenth round too. On the last two rounds the exhausted fighters put his last effort with Toney winning the eleventh round and Benn winning the last stanza.
This time the fight was very, very close and that was reflected on the scorecards: 113-113 (x3) so the fight again ended on a draw!

The TV exta-official scorecard also saw the fight tied, 113-113 and the compubox data showed that Toney landed 274 punches at 40.1% and Benn landed 266 punches at 32.5%.

James Toney Draw12 Nigel Benn
Toney retained IBF SMW Title
Benn retained WBC SMW Title

Thomas Hearns · 03-07-2014, 12:36 PM

March 22^nd 1994
Miami, Florida

IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr. 24-0-0 (22) made his third title defense against current WBO junior-middleweight champion Verno Phillips 22-4-1 (12) that was attmeping to win a title on a second division.
At the begining of the fight Phillips dominated the actions staggering Jones with a big uppercut and shaking him with a hard cross but on the bottom half of the round Jones started to find his pace and on the last seconds of the round he seemed to hurt Phillips with a quick three punch combo.
On the second round Jones Jr. dominated the distance and with the highlight of a big cross to the head he clearly won the round.<
On the following stanza Jones continued his work and with a good left-right combination he staggered Phillips again.
On the fourth round we had back and forth action again with Jones Jr. connecting three consecutive hooks to the head with the last one he made Phillips stumbled backwards but when Jones Jr came for the kill Phillips stopped him cold with a hard hook.
Finally on the fifth round Jones jr. scored with a pair of hard combinations and then he connected a hard hook to Phillips jaw, that made the challenger retreat but Jones continued landing punches until left Phillips out on his feet with another left-right combination forcing the referee to stop the fight.
At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr. was leading on all three scorecards by 39-37.

Roy Jones Jr. WTKO5 Verno Phillips
Retained IBF middleweight title

02-14-2014, 09:02 AM	#1
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	The Heros of the Nineties I selected 4 fighters from the 90s to simulate their careers mixing reality and fantasy. We are now on May 21^st 1993 and this is the situation for this 4 fighters: 1)Dariusz Michalczewski 16-0-0 (14) Division: Light Heavyweight Last Fight: WKO4 Pat Alley Next Fight: 1993/05/22 vs David Vedder 2) James Toney 36-0-2 (25) Division:Super Middleweight Current IBF SMW champion Last Fight WTKO10 Ricky Thomas Next Fight: 1993/06/06 TBA 3) Bernard Hopkins 22-1-0 (13) Division: Middleweight Last Fight: WUD12 Gilbert Baptist USBA MW Title Next Fight: 1993/05/22 against Roy Jones Jr for the vacant IBF MW Title. 4)Roy Jones Jr 21-0-0 (20) Division: Middleweight Last Fight: WTKO1 Glen Wolfe Next Fight: 1993/05/22 against Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF MW Title Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:54 AM.

02-17-2014, 08:57 AM	#2
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	May 22nd 1993 On the Funkturm-Hallen on Berlin, German based Poland hot prospect Dariusz Michalczewski 16-0-0 (14) makes a a step up on competition and faces two times former title challenger David Vedder 15-12-3 (3). Vedder had fought 12 rounds against Virgil Hill and Eric Harding and seems to be a good test for Michalczewski. Michalczewski started the fight with an aggressive style and put Vedder into trouble with a hard uppercut followed by a right cross, Vedder attemped to cover up but Dariusz connected a violent body shot that sent Vedder to the canvas. Vedder got up at seven and managed to end the round. Michalczewski continued working the body on the second round and on the third one Vedder attmeped to trade punches with the Poland but was clearly outpunched. From rounds four to six Vedder attmeped to box from the outside and move but he was caught several times by Michalczewski’s uppercuts when he reach the inside. On the seventh round Michalczewski connected another shot to the ribs and Vedder put one knee on the canvas for an eight count. After Vedder got up Michalczewski continued easily dominating the fight for the remainder seconds of the round. On round eight Vedder looked totally spent and Michalczewski hit him as his own. Finally on the ninth round Michalczewski wobbled Vedder with a cross to the chin and this time he didn’t let the American escape and connected punch after punch until the referee stopped the uneven fight. At the time of the stoppage Michalczewski was leading on all three scorecards by 80-70 twice and 79-71. Dariusz Michalczewski TKO9 David Vedder Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:55 AM.

02-17-2014, 10:42 AM	#3
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	May 22nd 1993 The mitic Caesars Palace of Las Vegas is full with a sold out crowd that is waiting for the super-fight for the vacant IBF MW crown between Roy Jones Jr. 21-0-0 (20) and Bernard Hopkins 22-1-0 (13). Jones is a warm favourite to win the fight but Hopkins appeared like a very complicated test for Roy. Hopkins came to fight with a 22 fights undefeated streak after losing his first professional fight on 1988. Round 1: Jones let his quick hands go and connected Hopkins with a cross and a pair of hooks to dominate the round. A passive Hopkins only scored with a solid right late on the round. Round 2: An awful round with a lot of feinting and clinching, only a quick right hand to the head by Jones Jr to remark. Round 3: Hopkins shook Jones with a hard combination to the head and as Roy raised his arms Hopkins connected a great hook to the body and dropped Jones Jr for a five count. After Jones got up Hopkins chased him and scored with a few more punches. Round 4: For the first half of the stanza Jones seemed to be winded and Hopkins scored with combinations and a pair of straight rights. Jones Jr recated and connected a hook followed by a straight right but Hopkins answered with his own hook and ended dominating the round. Round 5: Jones Jr connected a hard uppercut that wobbled Hopkins and then continued dominating the first two minutes of the round. On the final minute Hopkins went to the inside and scored well with his uppercuts to make the things close. Round 6: After two even first minutes with few actions to remark, Jones Jr scored with two clean hooks to the body and closed the combination with a smashing cross to the head. Finally he connected a trade-mark lighing combination to win a big round. Round 7: The fight changed again as Hopkins took the fight to Jones and scored several times using his hooks as his best weapon. Jones jr only connected a hard uppercut near the end of the round. Round 8: Jones’ time again as Roy connected a big uppercut that snapped Hopkins head back and then he followed up the action connecting a pair of lighting crosses. Hopkins scored with a well timed uppercut near the end of the round. Round 9: Action packed round that started with Jones dominating the first minute using his speed to outbox Hopkins, but at the middle stages of the round Bernard found the mark with a hook and with an uppercut to even the round. Finally Jones dominated the actions on the last minute working behind his jab to win the round. Round 10: A bit slow round with both fighters showing tiredness but with Jones Jr connecting more punches than a passive Hopkins. Round 11: Hopkins connected a good combination that shook Jones and then he went direct to Jones scoring with a hard uppercut to win the round on a convincing way. Round 12: With the fight very close both fighters needed to win this stanza, the round was very even with both fighters having difficults to find the mark with his punches, a good combination by Jones Jr. gave him a very slim edge on this stanza. The compubox data showed that both fighters landed 224 punches along the fight with Jones having a very slim edge on punching accuracy (31% to 30.8%). Is the knock down scored by Hopkins on the third round enough for him to win the fight? Let’s see the scorecards: Harry Gibbs, United Kingdom scores the bout 114 to 113 William James, United States scores the bout 114 to 113 Adelaide Byrd, United States scores the bout 114 to 113 All for the winner by unanimous decision and new IBF MW champion of the world……Roy Jones Jr! Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:56 AM.

02-17-2014, 01:44 PM	#4
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	June 6th 1993 On the Ballys Hotel on Atlantic City IBF super-middleweight champion James Toney 36-0-2 (25) will make his first title defense against former WBA super-middleweight champion Victor Cordoba 19-4-3 (15) that won his title against Chistophe Tiozzo on 1991 and lost it on his second defense by a close split decsion to Michael Nunn on 1992. The first round didn’t have a lot of action. Toney controlled the center of the ring and threw his jab and sometimes went to the inside to connect with his uppercuts. Cordoba only connected a good short hook near the end of the round. On the first two minutes of the second round both fighters attemped to work to the body and the round was very even until Toney connected with a hard one-two combination that seemed to hurt Cordoba, Toney continued attacking and connected a big uppercut that cut Cordoba inside his left eyebrow, on only seconds Cordoba’s face was a river of blood and the referee decided to stop the fight after the medical advice. James Toney TKO2 Victor Cordoba Retained IBF middleweight crown. After the fight Toney was asked about a possible fight against WBC champion Nigel Benn or WBO one Chris Eubank and his answer was “I am waiting here to give those british clowns a beating and if they not come here I will cross the Atlantic to punish them in front of their people!” Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:57 AM.

02-18-2014, 08:03 AM	#5
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News After his razor cut unanimous decision loss against Roy Jones Jr for the iBF middleweight crown, Bernard Hopkins claimed for a rematch against Jones. "The fight was very close, I dropped him on the third round and I think that I made the necessary to deserve the decision" Hopkins said, and he added "The fight was a good one and I think that all boxing fans wants to see a rematch" On the other hand Jones camp doesn't show any intrest on a rematch with Hopkins and a fight against Thomas Tate seems to be very posible for Roy's first title defense. If Roy wins this fight he will like to face recently crowned WBA middleweight champion Gerald McClellan on a unification fight. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:58 AM.

02-18-2014, 08:19 AM	#6
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News Jones Jr confirms title defense: Roy Jones Jr. 22-0-0 (20) will defend his IBF Middleweight crown for the first time against Thomas Tate 27-2-0 (20) on August 14th preferably on Miami. James Toney 37-0-2 (26) will defend his IBF super-middleweight title against former title challenger Tony Thornton 33-5-1 (23) on October 25th. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 09:59 AM.

02-18-2014, 12:56 PM	#7
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	August 3rd 1993 At the Briggs Stadium on Detroit, Bernard Hopkins 22-2-0 (13) attemps to redirect his career after the razor cut decision loss against Roy Jones Jr for the IBF middleweight title, his rival is an unheralded middleweight called Willie Lee Monroe 19-1-2 (14). After two close first rounds Monroe controlled the third stanza with the highligh of a big uppercut to Hopkins chin late on the round. On the fourth round Hopkins pressed the action and outworked Monroe using his hooks as his best weapon. The following two rounds continued the same way with Hopkins attacking and Monroe attemping to counter with little succes. On the seventh round Hopkins seemed to be decided to end the fight but the referee deducted him a point for holding and hitting. After that Hopkins connected a right hook that made Monroe retreat on unsteady legs, Hopkins chased him and connected another big hook to the head that let Monroe out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 58-56 (x2) for Hopkins and 57-57. The compubox data showed that Hopkins connected 186 pinches at 38.1% and Monroe connected 105 punches ant 38.9%. Bernard Hopkins TKO7 Willie Lee Monroe. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 10:36 AM.

02-18-2014, 01:25 PM	#8
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	August 14th 1993 At the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Roy Jones Jr. 22-0-0 (20) makes his first title defense against former title challenger Thomas Tate 27-2-0 (20) that in his only title chance lost by UD12 against Julian Jackson for the WBC belt on 1992. The first round of the fight was slow and even until Jones connected a lighting right late on the stanza and dropped Tate for a short count. The following three rounds had great back and forth action but with Jones connecting more than Tate to clearly win the rounds. Jones surprised Tate several times with his quick rights to the head. Tate connected a good hook to Jones jaw on the third round but he was clearly superated by the champion. On the the fifth round Jones accelerated the pace and with another quick right he made Tate stumbling backwards, then Jones went to the inside and connected a pair of uppercuts dropping Tate for the second time on the fight. Tate got up and the bell saved him. On the sixth round Jones continued punishing Tate with straight rights and smashing combinations, on the following round Tate did it better but Jones Jr. continued in control of the actions and also cut Tate on the outside of his right eyebrow. On rounds eight and nine Jones Jr used Tate as a punching bug, his speed and ring movement were too much for the challenger that only connected a good hook on this period. On the tenth round the pace slowed a bit but Jones still won the round, on the following stanza Jones Jr dropped Tate again combining first to the body and then to the head. Tate got up on bad shape and Jones jr punished him for the rest of the round. On the last round Jones Jr continued punishing Tate and with a snapping head uppercut he reopened the cut and the referee decided to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage Jones jr was leading on all three scorecards by 110-95(x2) and 109-97. Jones Jr. connected 414 punches at an spectacular 64.4% and Tate connected 132 at a very low 18.4%. Roy Jones Jr TKO12 Thomas Tate Retained IBF Middleweight title. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 12:11 PM.

02-18-2014, 01:40 PM	#9
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 11th 1993 On the Rheinhalle on Dusseldorf, Germany Dariusz Michalczewski 17-0-0 (15) faces two time light heavyweight title challenger Sergio Merani 28-5-3 (8) that lost against Dennis Andries by TKO4 on 1990 for the WBC title and against Virgil Hill by UD12 on his last fight with the WBA title on the line. The first round started with back and forth action with both fighters landing good punches but with Michalczewski edging the stanza. On the second round Michalczewski landed the only significant punches. On round three Merani managed to outbox Michalczewski for the first two minutes but on the last minute of the round the Poland connected an uppercut and a three punch combo to turn the round on his favor. Michalczewski easily dominated the fourth round hurting Merani with a hook early on the stanza and again with a straight right. On the fifth round Michalczewski shook Merani with an uppercut but he didn’t follow up the action and the Argentine evened the actions. On the sixth round Michalczewski punished a tiring Merani hurting him with another uppercut and with a straight right. On the seventh round Dariusz hit Merani at his own also dropping him with a great hook to the body on the last seconds of the round. Merani got up and survived the round but it was only matter of time becouse on the following round Michalczewski put him to sleep with a big right hook to the chin at the 2:49 mark. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69-64 (x2) and 70-65 for Michalczewski. Dariusz Michalczewski KO8 Sergio Merani Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-05-2014 at 02:08 PM.

02-19-2014, 08:27 AM	#10
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 25th 1993 At the Miami Arena IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 37-0-2 (26) make another title defense against Tony Thornton 33-5-1 (23) a former title challenger that lost by UD12 against Chris Eubank on 1992 for the WBO super middleweight crown. Toney easily dominated the first three rounds of the fight clearly outboxing and outspeeding Thornton and hurting him with straight rights and sharp combinations. The fourth round had great back and forth action with Thornton edging the stanza with the highlight of a straight right to Toney’s head. From rounds five to seven Toney managed to outbox a willing Thornton from the outside, always connecting more punches than the challenger on this period. On the eight round Toney dropped Thornton with a lighting straight right, Thornton got up at four and Toney punished him for the rest of the round. Toney also dominated the tenth round staggering Thornton with a hard right cross to the head. On the following two rounds Toney slowed his pace a bit but mantained the control of the actions. Finally on the last round Toney stayed passive waiting for the final bell allowing Thornton to steal the round with little. The scorecards were 118-109 (x3) for Toney. The compubox data showed that Toney landed 357 punches at 37.3% and Thornton landed 223 punches at 41.4%. James Toney UD12 Tony Thornton Retained IBF SMW Title. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-06-2014 at 07:44 AM.

02-19-2014, 09:06 AM	#11
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News IBF Middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC middleweight champ Gerlad McClellan 29-2-0 (27) will collide on November 30 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegason a unification fight. Both fighters will make the second defense of their titles. IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-2 (26) will travell to England to face WBC supermiddlweight champion Nigel Benn 37-2-1 (32) on January 16 at the London Arena. Benn came of a draw against Chris Eubank on another unification fight. German based Poland Dariusz Michalczewski 18-0-0 (16) will face hard hitter american Andrew Maynard 21-6-0 (18) at February 2 next year on the Doiner Messe-Halle on Cologne Germany. Maynard came of a TKO1 loss against boxing legend Thomas Hearns. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-06-2014 at 08:09 AM.

02-19-2014, 02:39 PM	#12
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	October 23rd 1993 On the Milwaukee Auditorium former title middleweight challenger Bernard Hopkins 23-2-0 (14) faces 42 years old Panamanian boxing legend and four division champion Roberto Duran 89-9-0 (63). Rumors said that Duran trained very hard for this fight seeing it as an step for a last title fight. The first two rounds went as it was expected with Hopkins outworking and outlanding the old Duran to clearly win both stanzas. But on the third round Duran reached the inside distance and dominated his younger rival. On round fourth Hopkins regained the control of the fight and on the fifth round Duran looked ready to go when Hopkins hurt him several times with hooks and straight rights. But the old tiger reacted again and edged the sixth round and also clearly dominated the seventh one. But finally Hopkins showed that he had more fuel left in the tank and dominated the eight round and he also did the neccesary to win the last two stanzas to secure his win. The scorecards were 96-94 (x2) and 97-93 for Hopkins and the compubox data showed that Hopkins landed 239 punches at 59.5% and Duran landed 187 at 25.6% Bernard Hopkins UD10 Roberto Duran Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-07-2014 at 08:13 AM.

02-20-2014, 07:55 AM	#13
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 30th 1993 On a sold out Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC champion Gerald McClellan 29-2-0 (27) met to unificate titles on an explosive fight. Round 1: Jones Jr started the fight jabbing and combining with some rights, a hard hook seemed to hurt McClellan and then Jones connected a lighting cross to Mcclellan’s chin and dropped him for a an eight count. McClellan got up and managed to stay out of risk for the rest of the round. 10-8 Jones jr. Round 2: Jones Jr. connected a good cross and an uppercut early on the round, McClellan answered with a good body shot. Then Jones Jr. attemped to work behind his jab, McClellan connected a murderous cross but Jones came back connecting a big left to edge the round. 10-9 Jones Jr. Round 3: McClellan landed a big left-right combination and went straight to Jones that received him with a hard uppercut, McClellan connected his own uppercut and then he took a step back and connected a big cross behind his jab. Jones reacted on the final forty seconds and connected two big crosses and a hook to McClellan’s head. 10-9 Jones Jr. Round 4: Jones Jr went to the inside and connected a pair of consecutive uppercuts and dropped McClellan for a short count. After McClellan got up Jones connected another uppercut and followed it with a right cross and finally with a straight right to McClellan chin, that let Gerald lying on the ropes, then Jones connected a quick flurry of punches until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr was leading by 30-25 on all three scorecards. Roy Jones Jr. TKO4 Gerald McClellan Retained IBF MW crown Won WBC MW crown Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-07-2014 at 08:22 AM.

02-20-2014, 08:20 AM	#14
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News After his victory against Roberto Duran, Bernard Hopkins 24-2-1 (14) is scheduled to fight against southpaw Quincy Taylor 21-3-0 (17) on an eliminatory fight for the WBA middleweight Title that at this moment is on the hands of John David Jackson. The fight will be placed on the Hartford Sheraton in Las Vegas on February 26. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-25-2014 at 08:32 AM.

02-20-2014, 01:16 PM	#15
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	January 16th 1994 The London Arena is the scenario for the superfight between the local hero and WBC champion Nigel Benn 37-2-1 (32) and the undefeated IBF super-middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-2 (26). Round 1: A hard hook to the body and a good left-right combination to Toney’s head late on the round gave it to Benn 10-9 Benn Round 2: A big hook early on the round, a hard cross at the middle stages and a snapping head uppercut near the end of the stanza gave Benn the round on a very convincing way. Toney stayed passive and on defensive posture. 10-9 Benn Round 3: Toney woke up and connected a hard combination early on the round. Then the fighters went to the inside and exchanged uppercuts with Toney connecting more than Benn. The referee deducted a point from Benn after a low blow. 10-8 Toney Round 4: Benn connected a hard hook early on the round but a confident Toney took the control of the actions also hurting Benn with an uppercut followed by a strong combination near the end of the round. 10-9 Toney Round 5: Big back and forth action packed round, both fighters traded blows for three minutes but with Benn connecting the hardest punches. 10-9 Benn Round 6: Slow round Benn connected a big straight right but Toney outlanded him to win the stanza. 10-9 Toney Round 7: Toney connected a devastating uppercut early on the round, Benn came back connecting a hard hook but on the final minute Toney connected a hard right hook followed by a strong left to the head to win the round. 10-9 Toney. Round 8: Toney continued dominating the actions on this round with the highlight of a big uppercut to Benn’s jaw but the more important of this round was that Benn finished cut after an accidental headbutt. 10-9 Toney Round 9: Toney outboxed Benn form the outside, Benn hardly landed a significant punch on this round. 10-9 Toney Round 10: Close round Benn started in command connecting a pair of hard combinations but the then Toney landed a violent straight right and dominated the bottom half of the round. Benn finished this round bleeding again. 10-10 Round 11: Big straight right by Benn, Toney answered with an uppercut and with a wicked cross that reopened the cut again and the referee stopped the fight and decided to go to the scorecards. Guillermo Perez, Panama scores the bout 95 to 95 - even Ernesto Magana, Mexico scores the bout 97 to 92 for James Toney Roberto Rameriz, Puerto Rico scores the bout 95 to 94 for Nigel Benn The fight was declared a draw and each fighter retained their own title. The TV scorecard were 97-93 for Toney and the compubox data showed that Toney landed 278 punches at 50.8% and Benn 165 at 22.6%. I think that Toney was robbed by a localist failure! James Toney TDraw11 Nigel Benn Toney retained IBF SMW belt Benn retained WBC SMW belt. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-11-2014 at 10:44 AM.

02-21-2014, 08:04 AM	#16
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	February 19th 1994 Cologne, Germany. Local rising star Darius Michalczewski 18-0-0 (16) passed a strong test against American hard-hitter Andrew Maynard 21-6-0 (18) and continued in his way for a world title chance. Maynard surprised Michalczewski on the first round hurting him with crosses and hooks from the outside and well timed uppercuts from the inside. Maynard continued in control of the fight on a slow second round. By the third round Michalczewski showed his power when he stunned Maynard with a hard uppercut and then he shook the american with several straight rights to the head. The fourth round had big action with Michalczewski connecting a bit more than Maynard that ended the round bleeding from above his right eye. Rounds fifth and sixth were clearly on Michalczewski’s favor but on the seventh round both fighters went to war exchanging hard blows with Maynard hurting Darius early on the round with a right cross and Michalczewski coming back later with a great uppercut to Maynard’s chin. The eighth round was close for its first half but then Michalczewski connected a perfect straight right to Maynard’s chin and dropped him for the full count. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 68-65 and 68-67 for Michalczewski and 68-65 for Maynard. Darius Michalczewski WKO8 Andrew Maynard. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-07-2014 at 08:40 AM.

03-05-2014, 12:13 PM	#17
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	Breaking News A quick rematch: After the ploemic draw on the first fight between IBF super middleweight champion James Toney 38-0-3 (26) and fellow WBC one Nigel Benn 37-2-2 (32) both organizations decided to order a rematch between them that will be scheduled for March 15 at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-07-2014 at 10:21 AM.

03-07-2014, 09:14 AM	#18
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	February 26^th 1994 Las Vegas, Nevada Bernard Hopkins 24-2-1 (14) and Quincy Taylor 21-3-0 (17) met on a WBA elimination fight for the middleweight title. Hopkins dominated the first round shaking Taylor several times with strong combinations, Taylor ended the round bleeding from a gash over his right eyebrow. On the second round Taylor scored with a big hook and a snapping head uppercut but Hopkins answered the fire and both fighters traded big blows until Hopkins connected a hook to the body followed by an uppercut and dropped Taylor on the last second of the round, so the bell saved Taylor. The third round had slow action and Taylor managed to edge it with the highlight of a big left hook to Hopkins head. Early on the fourth round Hopkins shook Taylor with a hard hook and then he connected a murderous straight right that left Taylor bleeding again and out on his feet forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage Hopkins was leading on all three scorecards by 29-27. Bernard Hopkins WTKO4 Quincy Taylor Won the right to fight for the WBA middleweight title.

03-07-2014, 12:08 PM	#19
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	March 15^th 1994 Las Vegas, Nevada Finally the highly expected rematch between James Toney 38-0-3 (26) and Nigel Benn 37-2-2 (32) with both IBF and WBC super middleweight crowns on the line took place on a filled Caesars Palace. After a warm up first round in which Benn landed the best punches, Toney took the control on the second round outspeeding the englishman but on the third round the fight change and Benn took the total control of the action hurting Toney with a big cross and with a smashing combination to win a one-sided round. Benn continued in total control on the following round making Toney retreat with his power blows. The fifth round had back and forth action but again with Benn winning the round when he hurt Toney with a sharp combination late on the round. With the highlight of a big uppercut to Benn’s jaw Toney came back on the sixth round and mantained the momentum winning a one-sided seventh stanza in which he shook Benn several times. On the seventh round Toney combined first to the body and then to the head and dropped Benn for an eight count. After Benn got up Toney went for the kill and dropped Benn again with a wicked cross to the head, miracrously Benn got up again and survived the rest of the round. On the following round when all people expected that Toney would finish the fight, Benn came out swinging like a devil and connected several power punches to win the round on a big way. Benn mantained the momentum and he also stole the tenth round too. On the last two rounds the exhausted fighters put his last effort with Toney winning the eleventh round and Benn winning the last stanza. This time the fight was very, very close and that was reflected on the scorecards: 113-113 (x3) so the fight again ended on a draw! The TV exta-official scorecard also saw the fight tied, 113-113 and the compubox data showed that Toney landed 274 punches at 40.1% and Benn landed 266 punches at 32.5%. James Toney Draw12 Nigel Benn Toney retained IBF SMW Title Benn retained WBC SMW Title

03-07-2014, 12:36 PM	#20
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	March 22^nd 1994 Miami, Florida IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr. 24-0-0 (22) made his third title defense against current WBO junior-middleweight champion Verno Phillips 22-4-1 (12) that was attmeping to win a title on a second division. At the begining of the fight Phillips dominated the actions staggering Jones with a big uppercut and shaking him with a hard cross but on the bottom half of the round Jones started to find his pace and on the last seconds of the round he seemed to hurt Phillips with a quick three punch combo. On the second round Jones Jr. dominated the distance and with the highlight of a big cross to the head he clearly won the round.< On the following stanza Jones continued his work and with a good left-right combination he staggered Phillips again. On the fourth round we had back and forth action again with Jones Jr. connecting three consecutive hooks to the head with the last one he made Phillips stumbled backwards but when Jones Jr came for the kill Phillips stopped him cold with a hard hook. Finally on the fifth round Jones jr. scored with a pair of hard combinations and then he connected a hard hook to Phillips jaw, that made the challenger retreat but Jones continued landing punches until left Phillips out on his feet with another left-right combination forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr. was leading on all three scorecards by 39-37. Roy Jones Jr. WTKO5 Verno Phillips Retained IBF middleweight title Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-25-2014 at 08:35 AM.