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Ian Lord · 03-15-2005, 02:21 PM

22nd October, 2005.
New York, NY. James 'Buster' Douglas eked out a unanimous points verdict over ten rounds against Greg Page. It was a dull, repetitive bout with no knockdowns and neither man looking like scoring one. There wasn't much in it after the seventh round but Douglas took the last three to claim the decision. Greg Page, unhappy at the verdict, grabbed hold of the microphone after the decision had been read out and challenged 'Buster' Douglas to a rematch. Not many fans in attendance would pay to see it.

Fight of the evening was the chief support between Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins and hometown favourite Iran 'The Blade' Barkley. Both men were coming of defeats [two in Hopkins case] and looking to get back on the winning trail. Hopkins started of strong, winning the first three rounds big and laying the hurt on Barkley, but Barkley's a tough guy and hung in there, although he did go down for a three count in the third from a combination of punches to the head and body. Barkley then started to come on strong from the fourth onwards, with Hopkins boxing cleverly on the backfoot and still taking the rounds with his counterpunching, although they were a lot closer, with Barkley taking the fifth. The scores were 98-91, 97-92, and 96-93, all for Hopkins. After the bout, Hopkins announced his intentions of fighting a rematch with North American middleweight champ James 'Lights Out' Toney, who beat Hopkins narrowly on points in August for the title. There's a lot of bad blood between these two, and it's definately a fight people would pay to see.

Undercard Action.

Heavyweight prospect Oliver McCall improved to 5-0 with a unanimous points win over Australia's Colin 'Kid' Wilson. McCall was in control throughout the bout and briefly dropped his foe in the second with a howitzer of a right hand. The scores were 96-93 on all judges cards.

Slick boxing Keith Holmes had to turn puncher to beat journeyman Anthony Bartinelli. Holmes was down in the first and behind on points when he knocked his opponent out in the fifth round with an inch perfect cross at the end of the round.

Bruce Seldon, despite a rocky second round against Derk Banks, put on an impressive performance and finished his opponent of at 1.18 of the fourth round with a crippling bodypunch.

Michael Nunn won a unanimous six round decision against Juan Carlos Barretto with his neat boxing skills. The scores were 59-55 twice, and 58-56.

03-15-2005, 02:21 PM	#118 (permalink)
Ian Lord All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coventry, England. Posts: 1,671 Thanks: 270 Thanked 29x in 29 posts	22nd October, 2005. New York, NY. James 'Buster' Douglas eked out a unanimous points verdict over ten rounds against Greg Page. It was a dull, repetitive bout with no knockdowns and neither man looking like scoring one. There wasn't much in it after the seventh round but Douglas took the last three to claim the decision. Greg Page, unhappy at the verdict, grabbed hold of the microphone after the decision had been read out and challenged 'Buster' Douglas to a rematch. Not many fans in attendance would pay to see it. Fight of the evening was the chief support between Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins and hometown favourite Iran 'The Blade' Barkley. Both men were coming of defeats [two in Hopkins case] and looking to get back on the winning trail. Hopkins started of strong, winning the first three rounds big and laying the hurt on Barkley, but Barkley's a tough guy and hung in there, although he did go down for a three count in the third from a combination of punches to the head and body. Barkley then started to come on strong from the fourth onwards, with Hopkins boxing cleverly on the backfoot and still taking the rounds with his counterpunching, although they were a lot closer, with Barkley taking the fifth. The scores were 98-91, 97-92, and 96-93, all for Hopkins. After the bout, Hopkins announced his intentions of fighting a rematch with North American middleweight champ James 'Lights Out' Toney, who beat Hopkins narrowly on points in August for the title. There's a lot of bad blood between these two, and it's definately a fight people would pay to see. Undercard Action. Heavyweight prospect Oliver McCall improved to 5-0 with a unanimous points win over Australia's Colin 'Kid' Wilson. McCall was in control throughout the bout and briefly dropped his foe in the second with a howitzer of a right hand. The scores were 96-93 on all judges cards. Slick boxing Keith Holmes had to turn puncher to beat journeyman Anthony Bartinelli. Holmes was down in the first and behind on points when he knocked his opponent out in the fifth round with an inch perfect cross at the end of the round. Bruce Seldon, despite a rocky second round against Derk Banks, put on an impressive performance and finished his opponent of at 1.18 of the fourth round with a crippling bodypunch. Michael Nunn won a unanimous six round decision against Juan Carlos Barretto with his neat boxing skills. The scores were 59-55 twice, and 58-56.