HEAVYWEIGHT UNIFICATION” Wladimir
Klitschko vs Ibragimov
Heavyweight Championship Madison
Square Garden
Undercard Fights
(1)
MONYETTE FLOWERS/Memphis,
TN 4-8-1 (2) vs
RONNIE VARGAS/NYC,
5-0 (4)
// 4 rounds - jr Middleweights
1/
The taller Vargas is using his reach nicely for
the first :30. Flowers begins to land sporadically with
overhand rights and hooks to the body before absorbing a
flurry of tight hooks from Vargas, who keeps his distance
while backpedaling and catching Flowers coming in, by the end
of the round Flowers' hands are HIGH and he's thinking
defense. VARGAS
2/
Vargas is landing 2 to 1 on the ever aggressive Flowers,
Vargas is poised and relaxed jabbing, loading up with long
outside shots that find their mark, Flowers is tough and
durable but begins to feel Vargas' power shots at the end of
the round narrowly missing an 8 count by the bell.
VARGAS
3/
Vargas picks it back up as he's beginning to
sit down on his punches more, he lands with hard uppercuts
from the outside. Flowers keeps coming wailing away, Flowers
holds Vargas in the corner at the end of the round and does
his best work landing a few tight hooks and an overhand right
but still loses the round.
VARGAS
4/
Right hand lead lands by Vargas - 3 of them,
nice body work by Flowers before Vargas can get back on the
outside, Flowers lands a long right that echoes through the
building before Vargas cranks a tight left hook that knocks
out his mouthpiece, flowers stalks, Vargas jabs for the
remainder of the round. VARGAS
*WINNER VARGAS UD*
--Valiant effort by Flowers, Nice Boxing by the undefeated
prospect Vargas--
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(2)
EARL LADSON/Winston-Salem,
NC 13-11-1 (7) vs ALEXANDER
USTINOV/Belarus,
7-0 (7)
// 4 rounds - Heavyweight
1/
Ladson comes out tripling up on his jab to
Ustinov's body. Ustinov is much taller. Poised and
relaxed, he drops Ladson with a straight right as he comes in
LOW trying to jab to his body, seconds later another straight
right drops Ladson again, for some reason Ladson gets up and
in the ensuing few seconds reflects a tremendous display of
"heart problems" - turning his back on the taller, stronger
Ustinov. Eddie Cotton shows mercy on Ladson and calls a halt
to the carnage late in the first round as Ladson is coiled up
in the corner looking helpless.
*WINNER K0 rd1 USTINOV
~ Official time: 1:59"
~
--Ustinov may have potential yet it is entirely impossible to
determine his worth after tonight's opposition--
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(3)
THOMAS BROWN/York,
SC, 12-3-1 (7)
vs
PETER
QUILLIN/NYC,
15-0 (12) // 6 rounds -
Super Middleweight
1/ Quillin is
taller than the solid Brown, double jab from brown to
Quillin's body, Quillin is taller and leaner but fighting
stronger as he stalks Brown, Brown shows little respect for
Quillin's high KO percentage and chooses to trade with him
some. Quillin is beating him to the punch though Brown looks
like he came to fight. QUILLIN
2/
Brown is quick and throws quick 3 punch combinations yet they
are separated by 15 seconds of inactiveness, this may be from
being out of shape - just as I typed this Quillin shifts and
throws a solid left hook to Brown's body. Brown doubles up in
FETAL position and stays down for the count.
'*WINNER
KO rd2 QUILLIN - Official time 1:32*
--Quillin is a heavy handed
fighter who I've seen fight numerous times here in NYC.
Though he currently fights out of NY, he originally hails from
Grand Rapids, MI - the same town as Floyd Mayweather. Quillin
has walked through everyone I've witnessed him fight thus far
and it would be interesting to see how he would handle the
same kind of POWER against an A class fighter. In
conversation he seems like a nice guy --
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(4)
IMAMU
MAYFIELD/Perth Amboy, NJ 25-8-2 (18)
vs
JONATHAN BANKS/Dertroit, MI, 18-0 (13) // 10 rounds -
Cruiserweight
1/ Seconds
into the first round Banks lunges in with a long overhand
right that lands flush sending Mayfield to the canvas.
Mayfield beats the count and gets up wobbly but ready to
fight. Banks is quicker and noticeably younger; Mayfield looks
his age and shows that he's still got the heart to keep
fighting as he struggles to match Banks' speed and power, :20
after the first knockdown Banks steps in with a jab followed
by another overhand right which doesn't even seem to land
flush (upon viewing the replay) as it just grazed his head
yet, Mayfield is down again. Mayfield laid stretched out on
the canvas for a good :15 seconds staring at the ceiling - not
hurt, but perhaps pondering his long career and SHORT future
in Boxing. (He has lost 5 of his last 6 fights, 1 by unanimous
decision, the other 4 by TKO or KO).
*WINNER KO rd1 BANKS - Official time
1:49*
--This fight I believe was a
non-risk, well planned step for Banks. Mayfield is
an experienced former world champion, yet, not quite that durable
anymore. I've been on Banks' wave for about 2 years since
witnessing him show boatloads of heart one night at the
Hammerstein Ballroom. Eliseo Castillo decked him 2 times in
the first round (in a fight that Banks was supposed to lose)
before he roared back to earn a KO of his own a few rounds
later--
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(5)
FRANSISCO MORA/Argentina,
52-12 (35) vs
JOE GREEN/Queens,
NY, 17-0 (13) // 12 rounds -
WBO/NABO-NABA Middleweight
Championship
1/ Green keeps
his distance from the awkward Mora, straight left wobbles
Mora, right hook lands slush for Green, who seems very
polished as he plays keep away far enough to land an uppercut
from outside. Mora is lunging with his punches and seemingly
is off balance throughout the round, Green moves in with power
shots,. more towards the end of the round and already begins
to take control as he may have made it through the round
without being hit at all. GREEN
2/
Long outside hooks from Mora seem to be his mindset,
Green is calm and controlled through the beginning of the
round as Mora is wide and wailing, suddenly a strong straight
left to Mora's chest lands for Green, dropping Mora in his
corner. he gets up and stumbles around the ring attempting to
fight on without any threat to Green. GREEN
3/ Mora is
all arm punches, Green rips combinations off his head and
body, Mora lumbers in with his head moving side to side but
Green still finds a way to attack an opening, Mora lunges off
the ropes hoping to land a big shot, Green keeps his distance
and begins to pick his shots at the ever moving Mora who has
fallen into an offense that's almost entirely composed of a
defensive mindset. GREEN
4/ Mora is
not coming forward so much now yet, as he does he's snapped to
the canvas by a short tight right hook by Green -standing 8-
immediately afterwards Green lands a questionable low blow and
Mora (wisely) takes some time to recover. Green is loading up
with every shot now and Mora begins to reel, Mora is dropped
by a body shot as he attempts to call the shot LOW - the ref
ain't having it. GREEN
5/ By now
Mora is holding his hands noticeably higher straight in front
of his face and Green begins to HOOK around them, Mora is a
tough Argentinean who just won't go away, no matter the power
shots he endures. Green is now loading up with every shot from
the outside and landing the majority of them, Mora's offense
is almost pointless as Green shows no respect for it and does
what he pleases with power shots. GREEN
6/ Mora's
movement is being tied by Green now as he seems to be getting
faster. Green does a nice job of catching Mora coming in and
quickly moving away without being hit. Each time Mora backs
off Green, he lands hard power shots from the outside,
:30 left in the round and Green lands a vicious right hook to
Mora's body and the ref offers another standing 8. Green makes
Mora miss plenty as he finishes the round sticking his jab in
his face. GREEN
7/ Another
quick hook floors Mora and the ref mercifully calls it a slip,
more jabbing from Green. Mora lands a quick double jab which
is followed immediately by a quick 4 punch combo by Green,
Green begins to triple up on his hooks and jabs - landing
everything, jabbing by Green, jabbing, jabbing and when Mora
steps forward he HOOKS him and spins away, much of the same
all round in this VERY non-competitive fight. GREEN
8/ Green
makes motions for Mora to come forward with something
different but to no avail. Long uppercuts and quick hooks by
Green steal the show and dominate the action. The ref stops
the action to look at Mora's bruises, Mora's corner should
seriously consider stopping the fight as the doctor pays him a
visit in between rounds. GREEN
9/Green batters Mora from corner to corner in the first
minute, Mora shows glimpses of someone who either wants to
win or someone who truly "wanted" to win at some point - and
maybe even did win some fights - but those days are long gone
from tonight. Green is looking sharp landing 3 and 4 punch
combinations at will GREEN
10/Basically
more of the same this round until Mora sits on his stool and
refuses to answer the bell for the 11th. GREEN wins the
NABA middleweight title and the WBO/NABO middleweight title.
*WINNER TKO/11 - GREEN*
--I must admit that even though it took some time for Joe
Green to take the fight completely out of Francisco Mora, I
was impressed with his performance. Joe Green looked almost
flawless and is certainly a solid undefeated Middleweight
contender.
*Any true Boxing fan will tell you how difficult it is to keep
an Argentinean sitting on his stool during a fight -
- Just ask Vernon Forrest & Floyd Mayweather, Jr. about their
exploits with Baldomir--
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2-23-2008
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