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Larry Donald take on the 4 time heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield. The friendship is over as IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd takes on 6'6, 270 pound Jameel McCline. The comeback kid Andrew Golota gets his second chance at gold this year as he takes on WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz. Kali Meehan takes on former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, the winner will be made the mandatory challenger to the WBC champion Vitali Klitschko (should he still be the champion after the Danny Williams bout).
The first bout has already concluded with DaVarryl "Touch of Sleep" Williamson defeating former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall by way of a ten round unanimous decision. The scores were 96-94, 96-94, 97-94. Oliver McCall was slow and not very accurate in this bout. Williamson controlled the bout with a simple jab, his reach was the difference in this bout. Williamson made McCall miss most of his power shots. McCall tried hard to press the action, but he was unable to do any damage.
The first bout coming up is between Evander Holyfield and Larry Donald. John Ruiz against Andrew Golota is the main event tonight.
Larry Donald is coming down to the ring, to the tune of 50 Cent's "Many Men" in background. Evander Holyfield is coming down to a loud response to the crowd. Holyfield is still a bigtime fan favorite in the Garden.
Micheal Ortega is the ref, the vacant NABC heavyweight title is on the line. Donald announced by Michael Buffer to a mass amount of boos from the crowd. Holyfield announced and gets huge cheers from the live audience.
Round 1 - Both guys pumping the jab at the start, seems to be a Boxing match. Holyfield slip down, not counted as a knock down. Donald coming forward with power shots and jabs. Evander jabbing to the body. Decent pace by both men, Donald gets Evander with a big left as Evander comes in. Hard right hand by Donald. Donald easily gets the round.
Round 2 - Both guys are jabbing again. Donald coming in with hard shots after pumping the jab on Evander. Hard right on Evander's head by Donald. More of a Boxing match, both guys jabbing and Donald getting the better of the jabbing contest. Evander trying to get to the body. Donald easily wins another round.
Round 3 - Huge hook by Evander, now a huge left by Evander. Donald stunned but comes back. Evander is getting more loose with his hands, but Donald is not allowing him to follow up. Both guys start jabbing again. Evander trying to time Donald's punches. Big right by Donald, partially blocked by Holyfield. Bodyshot by Evander. Two good rights by Donald. Donald finishes strong enough to take the round.
Round 4 - Donald pumping the jab. Backing Evander against the ropes. Evander with a good left hand, Donald not affected. Ortega warns Evander for coming in with his head. Evander missing some wild shots and looks like he may be getting tired. Donald just keeps pumping the jab. Donald starting to get to Evander's body. Evander with a hard jab and then a good bodyshot. Another round for Donald.
Round 5 - Donald goes to the jab and lands a right hand. Backs Evander into the ropes and lands some shots. Donald now starting to land more right hands and backing Evander up. Donald is landing at will, he cant seem to miss his jab and right hands. Good right by Evander. Big right by Evander. Evander missing more shots. Good right by Evander. Another round for Donald.
Round 6 - Donald looks very confident and is beating Evander to the punch with every jab. Donald with two big bodyshots and a hard right, Evander backs off to the ropes. Good bodyshot by Evander. Good left by Donald. Three punch combo by Donald, and another three punch combo. Donald with another right, Evander's hands are too low. Donald really coming on and winning another round.
Round 7 - Evander's corner tells him that he has dug a huge hole for himself and needs to take the fight to Donald now. Huge right by Evander, Donald shakes it off. Another right by Evander. Evander is tired and now Donald is working him over with jabs. Good right hand counter by Evander. Donald with three jabs. Slow round and it goes to Donald. Evander officially needs a knock out to win on my card and HBO's card.
Round 8 - Holyfield's corner is pleading with him to pick it up. Evander's punch count is falling round by round. Donald controlling him with the jab. Donald corners Evander and lands some hard rights and lefts. Evander barely throwing anything and Donald is just landing the same right hand over and over. Big right hand by Donald. Evander with a right. Donald is really starting to beat Evander up and Roy Jones thinks that Evander's corner should stop the fight. Another round for Donald.
Round 9 - Evander threw 15 punches in the last round, Donald threw 59. Donald is really beating Evander up now. Huge rights and lefts by Donald. Good bodyshot by Holyfield. Evander throwing one punch at a time and mostly missing. Evander hurt by a left hook, Donald jumps on him but Evander starts throwing back. Donald winning the exchange. Evander looks real old right now. Donald with another three punch combo. Evander hits Donald with a huge right hand bomb that backs Donald up. Another round for Donald.
Round 10 - Evander's corner telling him that he needs a KO to win. Donald is hurt by a huge right hand by Evander. I can't believe it, Donald is really hurt. Evander is stalking, now he lets Donald off the hook. Huge chant of Holyfield by the crowd. Evander should jump on him but he letting Donald off the hook and now boxing him. Donald still looks shaky, but is getting his legs back. Evander is not throwing and may have missed his big chance to win this fight. Donald goes back to the jab. The first round that I can actually score for Holyfield.
Round 11 - Doctors checking on Evander. HBO gave Evander the last round as well. Slow pace, both men jabbing. Donald with a right hand. Holyfield looks dead tired. Evander stunned by a Donald right. Evander is getting hit with jab after jab. If Donald had any power, this fight would have been over 6 rounds ago. Donald just jabbing Evander to death. Evander trying to land the same big right but missing. Donald with a two punch combo. Another round for Donald.
Round 12 - Evander trying to go for broke but Donald landing some hard right hands. good right by Evander, partially blocked. Donald jabbing away. Fight winding down in time and Evander is not doing really much of anything. Donald with a big right. Evander stunned by a Donald left. Another round for Donald, crowd boos at the final bell. Easy fight for Donald and official scores will be coming up shortly.
Official scores - 119-109, 119-109 and 118-109 for Larry "The Legend" Donald. Crowd boos. Evander said that he will continue fighting and stuns the HBO crew with his announcement to keep on fighting. He said that he still feels that he will be the heavyweight champion.
Hasim Rahman against Kali Meehan will be coming up as the next bout.
Meehan is coming to the ring first. Rahman coming to the ring looking pretty pumped.
Not much of a crowd reaction for Meehan and not much of a reaction for Rahman either.
Round 1 - Eddie Cotton is the ref. Meehan trying to jab., Rahman looking to impose his own jab. Rahman landing a good jab and showing great ring movement. Rahman making Meehan miss his big shots. Meehan on the defensive as Rahman is landing some good jabs and pushing Meehan back. Rahman with some hard bodyshots and Meehan with some bodyshots as well. Rahman looks great so far. Rahman is landing good bodyshots, Meehan seems to be puzzled. Meehan doing plenty of holding and gets a warning. Easy round for Rahman at a very fast pace.
Round 2 - Both guys are jabbing, Rahman blocking Meehan's shots and countering well. Meehan with great bodyshots. Big left by Meehan. Meehan has a bloody nose from the Rahman jab. Big right by Rahman as he corners Meehan. Both fighters have taken some good punches so far. Good right by Rahman on Meehan's jaw. Meehan hurt bad by a Rahman right, Rahman on the attack. Meehan with a big left, Rahman pounds him with some more power shots. Great round that goes to Rahman.
Round 3 - Meehan being very defensive as Rahman takes the lead and lands a huge bodyshot. Meehan warned again for holding. Rahman pumping the jab to the head and the body. Plenty of holding by Meehan, looking more like a Ruiz fight now. Rahman is now giving Meehan a beating with jabs and powershots. Rahman giving Meehan some more body damage. Good uppercut by Rahman. Another round for Rahman.
Round 4 - Big right by Rahman, Meehan is being way too defensive and letting himself get backed into the corner way too much. Meehan just keeps being backed into the corner and letting Rahman pound on him. Meehan with a good right upppercut, no effect on Rahman. Rahman doing good bodywork. Meehan looks exhausted for some reason. Rahman with like a 5 punch combo and another huge right. Meehan is hurt, Meehan trying to fight back but Rahman keeps coming. Rahman with a big bodyshot, Meehan still badly hurt. Round ends and is a big round for Rahman. Meehan corner stops the fight, they wont let Meehan come out for round 5. Fight is over and Rahman gets a big TKO victory.
Rahman looked great tonight and is now the mandatory challenger to the WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. Rahman landed 128 to 33 punches to Meehan. 85 of Rahman's punches were power shots. Officially the bout is a 4th round TKO.
Larry Merchant is pressing Don King on whether or not he will still promote Evander Holyfield and making him fight. Don King said that he needs to talk to Evander and Evander has to make the final decision if he still wants to continue fighting.
Don King denies that he wants options on Vitali Klitschko if Klitschko signs to fight any of his fighters, he said that his fighters will knock out Klitshcko.
Next up is IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd against Jameel McCline.
Jameel McCline is coming down to the ring and looking huge. McCline doing some dancing in the ring. Byrd is now coming down to the ring. HBO really playing up the story of how close the families of Byrd and McCline have been prior to this fight.
Jameel McCline getting plenty of cheers as he is announced to the crowd. Byrd getting plenty of boos, more then likely from all the Golota fans in the house.
Round 1 - Fight starts off with both guys being cautious. Jameel jabbing and Byrd moving. Byrd looks like a small child compared to McCline. Byrd is feinting, McCline trying to get to the body. Byrd with a left, McCline lands another bodyshot. pretty slow fight so far. Byrd with a bodyshot and McCline keeps going fo the body. Byrd blocking almost all of McCline's jabs. Crowd boos the slow round when it ends. McCline wins a close round.
Round 2 - McCline is not fighting like a "big" fighter, but is boxing Byrd. Not sure if his gameplan is good or bad yet. Crowd booing the slow action. Right hand by McCline. McCline trying to pick his shots, not much landing by Jameel. Crowd is pretty quiet. McCline tries to come in but Byrd making him miss most of his big shots and trying to counter. McCline jumps on Byrd with powershits, Byrd is hurt by a huge right, Byrd goes down, end of the round and Byrd is saved. 10-8 round for McCline.
Round 3 - Byrd went down hard in the last round and is lucky two seconds were left in the round. McCline going back on the huge attack with Byrd against the ropes, Jameel landing some big shots. Byrd is covering up and Jameel keeps throwing. Jameel hurts Byrd with a right hand to the body. Jameel looks like he is getting tired and starts to keep a pace. Byrd trying to come back now with some shots and McCline is starting to throw bombs against the ropes on Byrd. Byrd with huge bodyshots, McCline comes back with two huge right hands. Both men throwing shots at eachother at the end. Crowd on its feet at the end. McCline with another round.
Round 4 - McCline threw over 60 punches in the last round. Both guys jabbing, McCline with a big bodyshot. McCline looks to be a bit tired and is now starting to pace himself, he has thrown many big shots so far. Byrd seems to be flying back even from blocked shots. Byrd takes a right hand well. Byrd trying to hold. McCline with a three punch combo. Backs Byrd against the ropes, Byrd punching well off the ropes and gets out of trouble. McCline throwing some more big shots as Byrd is against the ropes. Jameel wins another close round.
Round 5 - HBO gave Byrd the last round. Byrd with a few "pitty pat" punches. Byrd's face looking puffy. Big right hand by McCline. Byrd with a left that drives back McCline. Byrd hurt by another right hand and flies into the ropes, Jameel a bit too tired to follow up and Byrd gets away. Jameel missing a few homerun swings, Byrd getting in some bodyshots. Jameel looks tired and Byrd comes on with some fast punches. Tough round to score, I'll give it to Byrd by a close margin.
Round 6 - HBO gives the last round to McCline. Both guys jabbing, McCline with the much harder jab landing. Big right by Jameel, Byrd in the ropes. I think Byrd is letting McCline back him into the ropes on purpose in order to make McCline swing plenty and tire himself. McCline seems to know the gameplan of Byrd and is shortening up his punches and Byrd countering well off the ropes. The fight is back in the middle of the ring. Both men landing well, nothing too big landing. Another close round that I will give to McCline. Byrd now needs a knock out or a knockdown on my card to win.
Round 7 - Byrd lets McCline gets him against the ropes and McCline backs off and lets Chris get back into the middle of the ring. Both men fighting at a close distance and landing short punches. Byrd with a good bodyshot, Jameel looks a bit winded. Byrd landing well now at close range to the head and body. Jameel is just walking though Byrd's punches. Byrd landing many more shots as McCline slows down. Good round for Byrd.
Round 8 - Byrd starts with a 5 punch combo and landing shots to the head and body as McCline seems tired. Byrd blocking McCline's punches. Not sure why Byrd continues to trade punches with McCline, but it is making the fight much more exciting. Jameel still looks tired and is countering well when Jameel throws punches. Byrd with a three round combo. Good shot on the jaw of McCline's jaw by Byrd. Byrd may have stunned Jameel with another right and starts throwing shots, Jameel goes on the attack and the round ends. Another round for Byrd.
Round 9 - Byrd is feinting with the jab. Good left by McCline. Byrd is now controlling the fight. Good bodyshots by McCline. Byrd with some good jabs. Both guys are fighting close with Byrd landing more and making McCline miss the big shots now. Good bodyshots by McCline as Byrd is against the ropes. Good bodyshot by Byrd and Jameel feels it. McCline closes the round by landing a right. Another round for Byrd, Byrd is really making a great comeback in this fight.
Round 10 - Brief time out as the corner of McCline fixes his trunks, HBO has the fight tied at 85-85 coming into the fight. Both men jabbing strong. Jameel really pounding Byrd against the ropes as the crowd goes wild, shots upstairs and down landing. Jameel now tired and Byrd bringing him to the middle of the ring to land some shots. Jameel now landing some bigshots against the ropes. McCline warned for punching Byrd on the back of the head. Byrd countering well against the ropes, but Jameel is throwing more bombs. Big round for McCline, HBO gives him the round as well. Fight is close coming into the last two rounds.
Round 11 - Byrd landing about 6 unanswered punches in the middle of the ring. McCline trying to land some good hard shots to the body. Byrd landing many of his pitty pat punches. Byrd now jabbiong well and landing about 5 punches to a single McCline punch. Byrd rocks McCline with a huge right. McCline just leans on top of Byrd to get out of trouble. Byrd throwing many shots at the end. Crowd on its feet again as Byrd wins a big round. HBO has it even, I have Jameel up, the official cards should be close. McCline's corner tells him he needs a KO.
Round 12 - Starts off slow, both men now throwing punches and Byrd lands two big rights, McCline walks through them. Jameel appears tired and Byrd landing his short punches at close range. Jameel now landing against the ropes but his punches seem to have lost their pop. Byrd lands another hard two punch combo. Jameel lands a good bodyshot but is tired. Last ten seconds, both men throw everything they got. Crowd boos Byrd when he gets on the top rope. Byrd took the last round. I have Jameel winning a close fight but some rounds were close that I gave to Jameel. HBO has Byrd winning by a point.
Official scores coming shortly.
Both men and their families are embracing with eachother. Actually HBO has Byrd up by two points, they gave Byrd a 10-8 round for round 11, they said Jameel did not land or throw enough and should lose two points.
114-112 for McCline, 115-112 for Byrd, 114-113 for the winner and still the IBF heavyweight champion of the world, Chris Byrd. Great fight and great comeback win for Byrd in a close fight.
Byrd tells HBO that he was really hurt when Jameel knocked him down, he said that he knew that Jameel would get winded at the end. Jameel admitted that he was having trouble at the end of the fight to keep his balance due to being tired.
Byrd wants the winner of Ruiz-Golota or Vitali Klitschko.
John Ruiz against Andrew Golota is coming up next.
Andrew Golota coming down to the ring and gets a huge amount of cheers from the crowd and Eminem's "Lose Yourself" is playing in the background. Ruiz coming down to a mix of boos and cheers.
United States national anthem is now being performed. Huge cheers for Golota and boos for Ruiz when they get announced.
Round 1 - Ruiz comes out very strong throwing big bombs at Golota. Golota jabbing to get Ruiz away, punches Ruiz in the back of the head. The holding by Ruiz has begun to start. This is a very weak and boring round. Plenty of holding and plenty of missing by both men. Very dirty in fighting by both men. They are fighting after the bell. Security gets up, Norman Stone runs across the ring and pushes Golota's trainer. Chaos almost breaks out. Order restored and Ruiz wins a close round.
Round 2- Ruiz down by a big right from Golota at the start, very dirty fight by both men as they push and shove eachother all over the ring. Ruiz is down again, he was hit behind the head I think, but the knockdown counted. This is like a street fight, crowd is wild. Forehead of Ruiz is bleeding. Ruiz with a huge left, both men swinging wild exchanges. Man is this a dirty fight by both men. Ref giving no warnings. Several fights in the stands already. Golota with a huge 10-7 round because of the two knockdowns.
Round 3 - Replay showed second knockdown was a push and Golota hit Ruiz in back of the head as he was down. Both men holding and hitting all over the ring. They are hitting on the break, both hitting to the back of the head and now the ref is warning that he will start taking points from both of them if this continues. No boxing whatsoever in this fight. Ruiz going back to the grab and hit style we all love to hate. Close round, neither man did much. I have it as an even round.
Round 4 - Ruiz goes back to the holding style and golota seems to be getting mad. Ruiz blasts Golota to the back of the head as Golta turns around and the ref is taking a point from Ruiz. Ruiz just holding and not throwing much. Ruiz off balance from a right hand and Golota on the attack, Ruiz gets away from trouble. Ruiz just holding over and over. Crowd wild for Golota. Golota hits Ruiz after the bell. Golota with a big 10-8 round due to the point taken from Ruiz and now has a huge lead after 4 rounds.
Round 5 - Holding at the start, hard left hook by Ruiz. Timeout so Ruiz can get his tape put on his glove. Norman Stone cursing out the ref for the time break as he thought Golota was hurt from the left hook by Ruiz. Tells the ref "you got no f*cking balls you c*cksucker". Good way to get on a ref's good side. Plenty more holding by Ruiz over and over. Ruiz complains that Golota is hitting him to the back of the head. Good left by Golota. Close round to Andrew Golota. Ref told Norman Stone that one more outburst and he is throwing him out. Stone tells the ref that he is not doing his job.
Round 6 - More holding and hitting by Ruiz. Not much action in this round. Golota putting an elbow into the throat of Ruiz to try and get him to stop holding. Ruiz lands a right hand at the end. Close round with not much action that I will give to Ruiz.
Round 7 - HBO has it 58-53 for Golota. More holding by Ruiz, Golota trying to dig to the body. Golota now jabbing. Nice bodyshot by Ruiz. Another good bodyshot by Ruiz. Golota jabs and catches Ruiz with a nice right. Ruiz with a good right. Close round for Andrew Golota but it could have went either way.
Round 8 - HBO gave the last round to Ruiz. Ruiz holding and the holding is getting Golota frustrated. Both guys hit on the break. Ruiz with a good two punch combo up and downstairs, Golota with a right hand. Good left hook on Golota's chin by Ruiz. Ruiz doing more of the one punch and clinch style. Timeout again so the corner of Ruiz can taoe his glove up again. Norman just called the ref a "f*cking jerkoff" and the ref is throwing Stone out of the corner. Stone being thrown out and is yelling to the ref that his "suing him for every f*cking dime he got". Action resumes and both men are swinging wild. Two big shots by both men way after the bell, no points taken away. The assistant trainer takes over for Norman Stone who was thrown out. I gave the round to Golota but it was close.
More fights in the stands by fans.
Round 9 - Plenty of holding and hitting by Ruiz. Ruiz now seems to be getting frustrated as Golota is backing him up with the jab. Hard left on Golota, another hard left hook by Ruiz, Golota is hurt but stuns Ruiz with his own hard left. Golota's right eye is busted open and bleeding. Ruiz with another left. Ruiz winning a close round. Golota's corner telling him to knock Ruiz out.
Round 10 - HBO has it 85-83 for Golota. Ruiz to the body, Golota with a good left hook. Golota throwing plenty of big punches and lands a huge left on Ruiz. Big right by Ruiz. Another good left by Golota, more action in this round but still plenty of holding. Golota hits Ruiz to the back of the head. Now timeout so Golota can get his glove taped up. Fight resumes, holding by Ruiz. Both men are holding on the break, hard left by Ruiz, Golota is stunned. Ruiz hit by a shot to the back of the head at the bell and is down. Ruiz corner yelling that it was after the bell but it was not counted as a knockdown. Even round on my card.
Round 11 - Replay showed that the punch was after the bell. Ruiz with another hard left on Golota, more holding and hitting by Ruiz. Ruiz looks like he is tired as hell and keeps holding on. Crowd cheering wild for Golota. Ruiz hurt by a Golota bodyshot. Andrew does not follow-up. Both men almost fight after the bell again. Norman Stone shown in the back watching the fight and yelling about the ref, saying he never said anything to him which makes the HBO announcers laugh and me as well. Close round for Golota. Fight is close, both corners asking for a KO in the last round.
Round 12 - Both men very cautious. Ruiz is holding over and over again. Ruiz with a good left. Ruiz with a huge right hand. Golota has some chin, just walking through the shots. Good uppercut by Ruiz, two bodyshots by Ruiz. Another good bodyshot by Ruiz. Last ten seconds as both men exchange shots at the end. Ruiz takes the last round on my card. I have Andrew Golota winning the fight, HBO has Golota winning 113-112.
Official scores are coming up shortly. What a dirty fight, the worst I have ever seen but very entertaining.
The scores are 114-111, 113-112 and 114-111 for the winner still the WBA heavyweight champion of the world, John Ruiz. What a huge robbery with 114-111 scores. I can't believe it!!
Golota outlanded Ruiz in every punch category, crowd is very irate over the decision.
Golota gets robbed of two title wins in one year. Ruiz tells HBO that he wants to fight the other champions out there.
Don King tells HBO that Cory Spinks and Zab Judah are fighting eachother again next year so the rumors of Tszyu-Spinks are just rumors.
In all, it was a very decent pay per view that was actually entertaining.
