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kenyan_cheena · 10-04-2005, 10:22 PM

TERONE HAYNES EXPLODES AT THE ROD LAVER ARENA!!!

Thursday 14 March 2002

Tonight, 15,000 people filled up the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia to bear witness to the devastating, destructive power that resides in the fists of Florida's Terone Haynes.

Those 15,000 got exactly what they wanted, as Haynes, following on from his debut first round TKO victory, delivered another awesome performance. The #1 seed in the Heavyweight Boxing Federation's South-East Asian Boxing League, Haynes knocked out Ghana's Robert Ado 2:28 into the second round with a single, crippling body shot. However, the knockout came at the end of five minutes of brutality that had to be seen to be believed. In those five minutes, Haynes unloaded 180 punches and landed exactly half of them. By comparison, his hapless opponent threw 17, and did not land one. What that means is that in his two fights, Terone Haynes HAS NOT BEEN HIT ONCE.

The bouts that had come before the Main Event were entertaining enough, but when Haynes and his large entourage made their way to the ring accompanied by the apocalyptic audio assault of Public Enemy's "Welcome To The Terrordome", the capacity audience knew that the best was yet to come. "The Hastings Express" (or is that "The Florida Alliance"?) were decked out in black combat fatigues, with matching steel cap boots and dark shades. Elmer Ray was there, a stern set to his jaw. Fellow Florida fighters Oliver McCall and Tommy Gomez were also there (although some might not have recognised Gomez, as he was sporting a freshly-shaven head), along with a quartet of other members of the Haynes-Ray clan. Three of them were as big as, or even bigger than Haynes himself, while the fourth was quite shorter and smaller. The only members of the entourage not wearing the combat gear were Haynes cornermen, who wore black training outfits, and two of his female cousins, looking exquisite in figure-hugging black halter neck dresses.

Many have said that Haynes is the spiting image of Detroit Pistons strongman Ben Wallace, and not just because he wears his hair in the same cornrow style. Haynes is three inches shorter but ten pounds heavier than Wallace and admits that in the past, people have mistaken him for the Pistons b-baller. Tonight, Haynes towered six inches over his Ghanian opponent and came out at the opening bell with one purpose: destruction. Haynes landed 46 punches in the first round, truly earth-shattering, pile-driving blows that would have obliterated any fighter in the HBF. Haynes looked even fitter tonight than he had on debut, weighing in a couple of pounds lighter at 250. His aggressive, relentless pursuit of Ado was at times scary, but the audience could not look away, fascinated by the Floridian's catastrophic assault. It only continued into the second round and a wicked body shot at the 2:19 mark sent Ado to the canvas for the first and only time. He did not attempt to rise, holding his ribcage and struggling for breath. When the African was counted out, Haynes simply shook his head disappointedly but made it a priority to help Ado to his corner and then acknowledge the crowd's applause.

"Way too easy, y'all," Haynes said afterwards. "I jus' hope this Umaga guy I be fightin' next can show me somethin' more. Man, no disrespect y'all, but this a bad way to prepare for a World Rankin', against these type o' opponents."

"You're looking for more of a challenge?" asked ESPN's Rob Jackson.

"Definitely, man. Mos' definitely. This thing, with knockin' brothers out who ain't got a hope in hell o' beatin' me ... it ain't good for our sport, y'all. But, guess I gotta go through this to get that World Rank, so ain't much use bitchin' 'bout it."

Jackson brought Elmer Ray into the conversation, asking him what he thought of the situation back in the States with the Ray Mercer - James Reynolds interview.

"Ain't read it, man, so I can't say a word on it," said Ray.

"But you have heard what it contains?"

"Yeah, we hear some stuff, but that ain't no drama at the moment, man. We deal with that when we back home. I gotta agree with my cuz here, though, man. Jus' ain't right puttin' him in 'gainst these helpless brothers. I jus' don't know where the federation get these fellas from, y'all. But, this Umaga cat that T. goin' up 'gainst next, he got some power, man. Might test him a little, y'all."

Soon after, Haynes, Ray and their entire entourage had departed the ring. They did not celebrate, preferring to exchange friendly words with the audience as they ambled back towards the dressing rooms...

The Melbourne Undercard

Opening Bout

In the moments before the first contest of the night, Australia's big hope in the HBF's World Championship tournament Peter Jackson was introduced to the Rod Laver Arena audience to a huge round of applause. The 6th seed, stylishly dressed in a Georgio Armani suit, was interviewed briefly in the ring by ESPN's Rob Jackson. With his next tournament bout to be held on the 1st of April in Japan, Jackson spoke of how he was happy that he would not have to travel all the way back to America and that he would be able to stay at home right up to a week before the bout. He left the ring to thunderous applause, acknowledging the audience with a raised hand and a winning smile.

The parochial Australian crowd had more to cheer about during the opening bout as local fighter Jack Beckerman took a close majority decision victory (57-56, 56-56, 57-55) over the tough-as-nails Taiwanese slugger Jim Chang Kai.

Born and raised in the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda, Beckerman was given all he could handle by Chang Kai, who made a terrific start to the bout before Beckerman floored him late in the second round with a single left hook. But in the third round, Chang Kai simply went back to work, taking the round convincingly and continuing that good form in the fourth. Beckerman tasted the canvas ten seconds before the end of the fourth, a lethal left-right combination followed by a left hook doing the damage.

With two rounds remaining, the 7th seeded Taiwanese warrior was in the fight up to his eyeballs, leading by two points on one card and one point on another, with the third judge scoring it even. But Beckerman rallied strongly, sweeping the last two rounds on each card to take the decision.

Though strongly in Beckerman's corner, the audience gave Chang Kai an appreciative round of applause after the final bell and also just moments after the verdict had been announced.

Following on from his tough debut victory over South Africa's Oupa Maoto, Beckerman is now 2-0 and in a great position to qualify for the tournament semi-finals. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Chang Kai. He's 0-2, and will be looking towards the next three bouts as building blocks for his future in the league.

Preliminary 1

Another bout, another Australian victory. 22 year-old New South Welshman Allan Horace scored something of an upset over the hard-hitting Samoan Kalolo Umaga. Horace took a unanimous decision, 57-55 on all three cards, but not before surviving an action-packed opening two rounds.

Umaga had sent Robert Ado to the canvas five times on debut, and when he floored Horace in the opening round, it appeared that he was on his way towards another victory. The action only got more intense in the second, with Umaga getting the better of a series of furious, powerful exchanges that had the audience going nuts.

But then, Horace started to turn things around. The Australian outboxed Umaga in the third and then brought the crowd to their feet in the fourth round when, in response to a thunderous left hook from Umaga, he put the Samoan on the seat of his pants with a right hook of his own. From that moment on, Horace was in control of things and he dominated proceedings in the fifth and sixth rounds against a rapidly tiring opponent. By the time the final bell had sounded, Umaga was cut under both eyes. It was, without a doubt, an impressive performance. Down by three points on all three cards after two rounds, Horace's dominance over the final four rounds resulted in a five point turnaround.

The victory has leapfrogged the 8th seeded-Horace over Umaga in "Group A" of the league standings. His 1-0-1 record has him in third spot, while Umaga has fallen to 1-1. With his next bout against the limited 12th seed Thomas Biobaku, Horace must fancy his chances of remaining undefeated. He has made a great start to his career against two fighters both seeded higher than him (Fred Fulton #4, Kalolo Umaga #5).

The Samoan 5th seed Umaga faces the ultimate test in his next contest when he clashes with the #1 seed, Terone Haynes...

Preliminary 2

One of three American fighters in the Asian League, Fred Fulton was never troubled as he swept all six rounds on all three cards against Nigeria's Thomas Biobaku. Fulton landed twice as many punches as his game but outclassed opponent (186 to 94) as he achieved his first tournament victory and improved his record to 1-0-1. The Blue Rapids, Kansas native is the 4th seed in the tournament and there are some who think that he might have what it takes to make it all the way to the tournament final.

Support Bout

Utah's Rex Layne scored his second stoppage victory of the tournament when he sent Samoa's Uola Malafo to sleep 2:14 into the third round.

In his debut, Layne had some luck when his bout with Taiwan's Jim Chang Kai was stopped on cuts in the third. At the time, Chang Kai was more than holding his own after a great second round. Tonight though, Layne had no such trouble. He dominated from the outset and sent Malafo to the canvas twice in the round. The Samoan was out cold on the second occasion and did not move as the referee administered a full ten count.

At 2-0(2), Layne is the only fighter in the league besides #1 seed Terone Haynes to have recorded a knockout victory. He will surely give #2 seed Tom Heeney a tough night when they compete for what will most likely be the top position in their half of the league ten weeks from now.

Co-Feature

New Zealand's Tom Heeney scored a one-sided unanimous decision victory over South Africa's Oupa Maoto 60-54, 59-55(x2). Heeney unloaded 211 punches upon his opponent, elevating him to 8th place on the official HBF rankings for Punches Landed in a single bout. Many watching the fight found it hard to believe that the nuggety New Zealander is a heavyweight boxer. His hands are quick, there is no doubt about that. And he showed plenty of aggression, with half of the punches he landed being either hooks or crosses. But it doesn't appear that this quickness and aggression will be enough to make up for his complete lack of knockout power. Will he be able to keep the power punchers of the league, such as Rex Layne, Kalolo Umaga and especially Terone Haynes at bay with speed and aggression?

Only time will tell.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING FEDERATION FIGHT CARD
THURSDAY 14 MARCH 2002
ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN BOXING LEAGUE

OPENING BOUT

(6) Jack Beckerman MD6 (7) Jim Chang Kai

PRELIMINARY 1

(8) Allan Horace UD6 (5) Kalolo Umaga

PRELIMINARY 2

(4) Fred Fulton UD6 (12) Thomas Biobaku

SUPPORT BOUT

(3) Rex Layne KO3 (11) Uola Malafo

CO-FEATURE

(2) Tom Heeney UD6 (10) Oupa Maoto

MAIN EVENT

(1) Terone Haynes KO2 (9) Robert Ado

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kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 4,412	TERONE HAYNES EXPLODES AT THE ROD LAVER ARENA!!! Thursday 14 March 2002 Tonight, 15,000 people filled up the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia to bear witness to the devastating, destructive power that resides in the fists of Florida's Terone Haynes. Those 15,000 got exactly what they wanted, as Haynes, following on from his debut first round TKO victory, delivered another awesome performance. The #1 seed in the Heavyweight Boxing Federation's South-East Asian Boxing League, Haynes knocked out Ghana's Robert Ado 2:28 into the second round with a single, crippling body shot. However, the knockout came at the end of five minutes of brutality that had to be seen to be believed. In those five minutes, Haynes unloaded 180 punches and landed exactly half of them. By comparison, his hapless opponent threw 17, and did not land one. What that means is that in his two fights, Terone Haynes HAS NOT BEEN HIT ONCE. The bouts that had come before the Main Event were entertaining enough, but when Haynes and his large entourage made their way to the ring accompanied by the apocalyptic audio assault of Public Enemy's "Welcome To The Terrordome", the capacity audience knew that the best was yet to come. "The Hastings Express" (or is that "The Florida Alliance"?) were decked out in black combat fatigues, with matching steel cap boots and dark shades. Elmer Ray was there, a stern set to his jaw. Fellow Florida fighters Oliver McCall and Tommy Gomez were also there (although some might not have recognised Gomez, as he was sporting a freshly-shaven head), along with a quartet of other members of the Haynes-Ray clan. Three of them were as big as, or even bigger than Haynes himself, while the fourth was quite shorter and smaller. The only members of the entourage not wearing the combat gear were Haynes cornermen, who wore black training outfits, and two of his female cousins, looking exquisite in figure-hugging black halter neck dresses. Many have said that Haynes is the spiting image of Detroit Pistons strongman Ben Wallace, and not just because he wears his hair in the same cornrow style. Haynes is three inches shorter but ten pounds heavier than Wallace and admits that in the past, people have mistaken him for the Pistons b-baller. Tonight, Haynes towered six inches over his Ghanian opponent and came out at the opening bell with one purpose: destruction. Haynes landed 46 punches in the first round, truly earth-shattering, pile-driving blows that would have obliterated any fighter in the HBF. Haynes looked even fitter tonight than he had on debut, weighing in a couple of pounds lighter at 250. His aggressive, relentless pursuit of Ado was at times scary, but the audience could not look away, fascinated by the Floridian's catastrophic assault. It only continued into the second round and a wicked body shot at the 2:19 mark sent Ado to the canvas for the first and only time. He did not attempt to rise, holding his ribcage and struggling for breath. When the African was counted out, Haynes simply shook his head disappointedly but made it a priority to help Ado to his corner and then acknowledge the crowd's applause. "Way too easy, y'all," Haynes said afterwards. "I jus' hope this Umaga guy I be fightin' next can show me somethin' more. Man, no disrespect y'all, but this a bad way to prepare for a World Rankin', against these type o' opponents." "You're looking for more of a challenge?" asked ESPN's Rob Jackson. "Definitely, man. Mos' definitely. This thing, with knockin' brothers out who ain't got a hope in hell o' beatin' me ... it ain't good for our sport, y'all. But, guess I gotta go through this to get that World Rank, so ain't much use bitchin' 'bout it." Jackson brought Elmer Ray into the conversation, asking him what he thought of the situation back in the States with the Ray Mercer - James Reynolds interview. "Ain't read it, man, so I can't say a word on it," said Ray. "But you have heard what it contains?" "Yeah, we hear some stuff, but that ain't no drama at the moment, man. We deal with that when we back home. I gotta agree with my cuz here, though, man. Jus' ain't right puttin' him in 'gainst these helpless brothers. I jus' don't know where the federation get these fellas from, y'all. But, this Umaga cat that T. goin' up 'gainst next, he got some power, man. Might test him a little, y'all." Soon after, Haynes, Ray and their entire entourage had departed the ring. They did not celebrate, preferring to exchange friendly words with the audience as they ambled back towards the dressing rooms... *The Melbourne Undercard* Opening Bout In the moments before the first contest of the night, Australia's big hope in the HBF's World Championship tournament Peter Jackson was introduced to the Rod Laver Arena audience to a huge round of applause. The 6th seed, stylishly dressed in a Georgio Armani suit, was interviewed briefly in the ring by ESPN's Rob Jackson. With his next tournament bout to be held on the 1st of April in Japan, Jackson spoke of how he was happy that he would not have to travel all the way back to America and that he would be able to stay at home right up to a week before the bout. He left the ring to thunderous applause, acknowledging the audience with a raised hand and a winning smile. The parochial Australian crowd had more to cheer about during the opening bout as local fighter Jack Beckerman took a close majority decision victory (57-56, 56-56, 57-55) over the tough-as-nails Taiwanese slugger Jim Chang Kai. Born and raised in the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda, Beckerman was given all he could handle by Chang Kai, who made a terrific start to the bout before Beckerman floored him late in the second round with a single left hook. But in the third round, Chang Kai simply went back to work, taking the round convincingly and continuing that good form in the fourth. Beckerman tasted the canvas ten seconds before the end of the fourth, a lethal left-right combination followed by a left hook doing the damage. With two rounds remaining, the 7th seeded Taiwanese warrior was in the fight up to his eyeballs, leading by two points on one card and one point on another, with the third judge scoring it even. But Beckerman rallied strongly, sweeping the last two rounds on each card to take the decision. Though strongly in Beckerman's corner, the audience gave Chang Kai an appreciative round of applause after the final bell and also just moments after the verdict had been announced. Following on from his tough debut victory over South Africa's Oupa Maoto, Beckerman is now 2-0 and in a great position to qualify for the tournament semi-finals. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Chang Kai. He's 0-2, and will be looking towards the next three bouts as building blocks for his future in the league. Preliminary 1 Another bout, another Australian victory. 22 year-old New South Welshman Allan Horace scored something of an upset over the hard-hitting Samoan Kalolo Umaga. Horace took a unanimous decision, 57-55 on all three cards, but not before surviving an action-packed opening two rounds. Umaga had sent Robert Ado to the canvas five times on debut, and when he floored Horace in the opening round, it appeared that he was on his way towards another victory. The action only got more intense in the second, with Umaga getting the better of a series of furious, powerful exchanges that had the audience going nuts. But then, Horace started to turn things around. The Australian outboxed Umaga in the third and then brought the crowd to their feet in the fourth round when, in response to a thunderous left hook from Umaga, he put the Samoan on the seat of his pants with a right hook of his own. From that moment on, Horace was in control of things and he dominated proceedings in the fifth and sixth rounds against a rapidly tiring opponent. By the time the final bell had sounded, Umaga was cut under both eyes. It was, without a doubt, an impressive performance. Down by three points on all three cards after two rounds, Horace's dominance over the final four rounds resulted in a five point turnaround. The victory has leapfrogged the 8th seeded-Horace over Umaga in "Group A" of the league standings. His 1-0-1 record has him in third spot, while Umaga has fallen to 1-1. With his next bout against the limited 12th seed Thomas Biobaku, Horace must fancy his chances of remaining undefeated. He has made a great start to his career against two fighters both seeded higher than him (Fred Fulton #4, Kalolo Umaga #5). The Samoan 5th seed Umaga faces the ultimate test in his next contest when he clashes with the #1 seed, Terone Haynes... Preliminary 2 One of three American fighters in the Asian League, Fred Fulton was never troubled as he swept all six rounds on all three cards against Nigeria's Thomas Biobaku. Fulton landed twice as many punches as his game but outclassed opponent (186 to 94) as he achieved his first tournament victory and improved his record to 1-0-1. The Blue Rapids, Kansas native is the 4th seed in the tournament and there are some who think that he might have what it takes to make it all the way to the tournament final. Support Bout Utah's Rex Layne scored his second stoppage victory of the tournament when he sent Samoa's Uola Malafo to sleep 2:14 into the third round. In his debut, Layne had some luck when his bout with Taiwan's Jim Chang Kai was stopped on cuts in the third. At the time, Chang Kai was more than holding his own after a great second round. Tonight though, Layne had no such trouble. He dominated from the outset and sent Malafo to the canvas twice in the round. The Samoan was out cold on the second occasion and did not move as the referee administered a full ten count. At 2-0(2), Layne is the only fighter in the league besides #1 seed Terone Haynes to have recorded a knockout victory. He will surely give #2 seed Tom Heeney a tough night when they compete for what will most likely be the top position in their half of the league ten weeks from now. Co-Feature New Zealand's Tom Heeney scored a one-sided unanimous decision victory over South Africa's Oupa Maoto 60-54, 59-55(x2). Heeney unloaded 211 punches upon his opponent, elevating him to 8th place on the official HBF rankings for Punches Landed in a single bout. Many watching the fight found it hard to believe that the nuggety New Zealander is a heavyweight boxer. His hands are quick, there is no doubt about that. And he showed plenty of aggression, with half of the punches he landed being either hooks or crosses. But it doesn't appear that this quickness and aggression will be enough to make up for his complete lack of knockout power. Will he be able to keep the power punchers of the league, such as Rex Layne, Kalolo Umaga and especially Terone Haynes at bay with speed and aggression? Only time will tell. SUMMARY OF RESULTS HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING FEDERATION FIGHT CARD THURSDAY 14 MARCH 2002 ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN BOXING LEAGUE OPENING BOUT (6) Jack Beckerman MD6 (7) Jim Chang Kai PRELIMINARY 1 (8) Allan Horace UD6 (5) Kalolo Umaga PRELIMINARY 2 (4) Fred Fulton UD6 (12) Thomas Biobaku SUPPORT BOUT (3) Rex Layne KO3 (11) Uola Malafo CO-FEATURE (2) Tom Heeney UD6 (10) Oupa Maoto MAIN EVENT (1) Terone Haynes KO2 (9) Robert Ado __________________ The Heavyweight Boxing Federation The Heavyweight Boxing Federation: Tournament Group Standings The International Boxing League MLB: 1958 and Beyond...