Early Results from Tampa

Early Results from Tampa Troy Ondrizek @ringside Danny Williams (38-6, 30KOs) looked good if not complacent against Marcus McGhee (20-16, 10KOs). Williams dropped the trialhorse in the first and fourth rounds only to cruise his way to a unanimous decision victory behind a stiff jab and dancing legs. Scores were 60-52 on all three cards. In more heavyweight action Bowie Tupou (14-0, 11KOs) from Tonga took on longtime sparring partner Ramon Hayes (15-26-1, 10KOs). Tupou is regarded as a bright young prospect that can devastate opponents much like the man he resembles, David Tua. I’ll tell you what, if Tua ever fought like Bowie than we would’ve never heard of him. In a sloppy cat and mouse starring contest Tupou was the effective aggressor if one must put a label on it. If Ramon Hayes had an accelerator at all, he would’ve handily beat Tupou, but truth be told, this was the perfect opponent for the young fighter. Tupou walked away with the unanimous decision victory. Hopefully Bowie will develop a jab, defense, straight punches, and a gameplan; until then we are left searching for another heavyweight hope. Junior middleweight prospect Raymond Biggs Jr (9-0, 6KOs) took on local boy Jean Baptiste (7-3-5, 0KOs). Biggs who was a former amateur standout looked the part of a seasoned fight. With crisp counter-punching and accurate combinations, one could tell this young man has some proper pedigree. Formerly trained by Pernell Whitaker and now trained by Buddy McGirt, at moments he looked the part of both men in their heyday. Only attribute missing from Biggs’ fighting prowess is power, and that was evident tonight as Biggs cruised to a unanimous decision victory with scores of 58-55, 58-54, and 59-54. Cuban defector Yan Barthelemy (6-0, 0KOs) gave yet another exhibition of his boxing skills and speed, but failed to achieve his first stoppage victory over rugged Jose Garcia Bernal (26-12-1, 17KOs). The fight was brought to Bernal by Barthelemy the entire bout and the Cuban laced the Colombian with accurate combinations to the body and head. Score were

Comments (6)

nice one man cheers and how u gettin all this? u on ur phone on the internet? or a laptop?im ringside with the laptop. Paulie Malignaggi and Jeff Lacy just walked in. The Kimbo Slice just came and the place went crazy. Waiting for Showtime to figure out what the hell their doing. Decent card, the place is starting to get electric, thats a rarity these days. Think im going to hunt down Malignaggi, always a great qoute from him.

18y ago

sterling

nice one man cheers and how u gettin all this? u on ur phone on the internet? or a laptop?

18y ago

HeartAttack

update. The fight with Yan wasn't over yet, I was talking to Nate Campbell as I wrote it. But only thing different was he had a knockdown of Bernal in the 5th, but the result was still a UD with scores of 60-53 across the board. Celebs, not that I can see. A lot of boxing people though. A fair amount of promoters are here, Lou Dibella is 4 seats down from me, Leon margules (warriors) and then guys like Campbell, Pascal, Pinklon Thomas, Hector Camacho Sr. But thats all i've seen so far. I havent exactly been looking. There were some fights on this undercard I really wanted to see, so I've been stationary

18y ago

DA1CATAS

thats very motivating.. thanx for the report. good k

18y ago

supermandathoe

Man Yan has no power whatsoever, Ivan Calderon punches harder than him.

18y ago

warp1432

A guy with 6 fights already facing a guy with 26 wins? Sure the guy had 16 losses, but that's still impressive.

18y ago