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Ian Lord · 07-14-2006, 06:14 PM

26th - Las Vegas, NV.

Caesar's Palace hosted the re-match between world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe and number one contender Larry Holmes after they fought to a twelve round bore draw in April. There were no fireworks in that bout and the crowd were hoping they would witness more action this time. More importantly though, whatever happened this bout would go down in history as being the first fifteen round title fight in GBA history. A lot of experts predicted that the winner would be the one with the most stamina over the championship rounds [13-15] as both men seemed equally matched. If that was the case then it didn't bode well for champion Bowe, as he has been accused of cutting corners during his preparations in the past and being ill-disciplined when it came to food.
At the opening bell Holmes came out and went to work with his jab, arguably the best in the business. Bowe's no slouch when it comes to the jab either, but looked a bit off in the opening round and it went to Holmes. Bowe had a good second round, his best of the fight, and won it comfortably, but it went downhill from hereon-in for the champ. Holmes peppered Bowe with the jab for the next nine rounds with Bowe looking a bit sluggish, although the seventh round was even. His left eye started to swell up as a result of the jab. It all came to an end in the twelfth when, halfway through the round Holmes opened up. He was landing shot after shot with Bowe on queer street when referee Mills Lane stepped in and saved the now former champ from further punishment at the 2.58 mark. Holmes was ahed 109-101 on all three cards at the time of the stoppage.
The new champ was jubilant and improved to 12-1-1 [8], whilst a disconsolate Bowe dropped to 8-2-1 [4] and must now face up to life as a former champion. Holmes, who went into the bout as North American champ, has now relinquished that title and it will be contested for by the mandatory challenger James 'Buster' Douglas, and an as yet unnamed opponent.

The chief support in this all heavyweight bill saw former world kingpin 'Iron' Mike Tyson, New York, get his previous form back when he met Cincinnatti, Ohio's Tony 'TNT' Tubbs. The opening round saw Tyson come out looking for an early finish with Tubbs looking to survive by boxing on the retreat and trying to tie TYson up when he came in close. Tyson won the round by landing the better shots, with Tubbs being a bit negative. The second round was closer with Tubbs putting on some neat boxing skills and Tyson again looking to land the big shots. It was close. However, the end came after 45 seconds of the third when Tyson connected with a hook to the head out of the blue that sent Tubbs crashing to the canvas for a ten count. The winner improves to 12-5 [11] and say's he wants to be a two time world champion. Tubbs drops to 8-8-1 [2].

Former contender Greg Page got back on the winning track after being blasted out in one round in his previous outing against Bruce Seldon, when he won a comfortable eight rounds unanimous decision over perrennial loser Jody Ballard. Scores were 80-70 [x2], and 79-71. Ballard was down twice in the sixth. Page improves to 12-6 [8] and could be a major player in the heavyweight division as long as he stays focused.

Trevor Berbick made short work of John Tate, knocking him out at 2.44 of the second round following an uppercut. Tate's right eye was swollen and he also had a gash under his left eye.

Former world title challenger Tony 'TNT' Tucker entered the ring against Michael 'Dynamite' Dokes seriously overweight. However it didn't seem to matter as he knocked Dokes out at 2.50 of the second following a good opening round from Dokes.

Young heavyweight hope George Foreman made it three wins out of three when he knocked out fellow undefeated heavyweight R.T. Davis with two seconds left of the fight. It was an eight rounder and it didn't go all 'Big' George's way, as he tasted the canvas for the first time in his short career in the sixth round.He'd put Davis down in the previous round and also put him down twice in the eighth before putting him away. Foreman improves to 3-0 [2]. Davis drops to 1-1.

07-14-2006, 06:14 PM	#270 (permalink)
Ian Lord All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coventry, England. Posts: 1,671 Thanks: 270 Thanked 29x in 29 posts	26th - Las Vegas, NV. Caesar's Palace hosted the re-match between world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe and number one contender Larry Holmes after they fought to a twelve round bore draw in April. There were no fireworks in that bout and the crowd were hoping they would witness more action this time. More importantly though, whatever happened this bout would go down in history as being the first fifteen round title fight in GBA history. A lot of experts predicted that the winner would be the one with the most stamina over the championship rounds [13-15] as both men seemed equally matched. If that was the case then it didn't bode well for champion Bowe, as he has been accused of cutting corners during his preparations in the past and being ill-disciplined when it came to food. At the opening bell Holmes came out and went to work with his jab, arguably the best in the business. Bowe's no slouch when it comes to the jab either, but looked a bit off in the opening round and it went to Holmes. Bowe had a good second round, his best of the fight, and won it comfortably, but it went downhill from hereon-in for the champ. Holmes peppered Bowe with the jab for the next nine rounds with Bowe looking a bit sluggish, although the seventh round was even. His left eye started to swell up as a result of the jab. It all came to an end in the twelfth when, halfway through the round Holmes opened up. He was landing shot after shot with Bowe on queer street when referee Mills Lane stepped in and saved the now former champ from further punishment at the 2.58 mark. Holmes was ahed 109-101 on all three cards at the time of the stoppage. The new champ was jubilant and improved to 12-1-1 [8], whilst a disconsolate Bowe dropped to 8-2-1 [4] and must now face up to life as a former champion. Holmes, who went into the bout as North American champ, has now relinquished that title and it will be contested for by the mandatory challenger James 'Buster' Douglas, and an as yet unnamed opponent. The chief support in this all heavyweight bill saw former world kingpin 'Iron' Mike Tyson, New York, get his previous form back when he met Cincinnatti, Ohio's Tony 'TNT' Tubbs. The opening round saw Tyson come out looking for an early finish with Tubbs looking to survive by boxing on the retreat and trying to tie TYson up when he came in close. Tyson won the round by landing the better shots, with Tubbs being a bit negative. The second round was closer with Tubbs putting on some neat boxing skills and Tyson again looking to land the big shots. It was close. However, the end came after 45 seconds of the third when Tyson connected with a hook to the head out of the blue that sent Tubbs crashing to the canvas for a ten count. The winner improves to 12-5 [11] and say's he wants to be a two time world champion. Tubbs drops to 8-8-1 [2]. Former contender Greg Page got back on the winning track after being blasted out in one round in his previous outing against Bruce Seldon, when he won a comfortable eight rounds unanimous decision over perrennial loser Jody Ballard. Scores were 80-70 [x2], and 79-71. Ballard was down twice in the sixth. Page improves to 12-6 [8] and could be a major player in the heavyweight division as long as he stays focused. Trevor Berbick made short work of John Tate, knocking him out at 2.44 of the second round following an uppercut. Tate's right eye was swollen and he also had a gash under his left eye. Former world title challenger Tony 'TNT' Tucker entered the ring against Michael 'Dynamite' Dokes seriously overweight. However it didn't seem to matter as he knocked Dokes out at 2.50 of the second following a good opening round from Dokes. Young heavyweight hope George Foreman made it three wins out of three when he knocked out fellow undefeated heavyweight R.T. Davis with two seconds left of the fight. It was an eight rounder and it didn't go all 'Big' George's way, as he tasted the canvas for the first time in his short career in the sixth round.He'd put Davis down in the previous round and also put him down twice in the eighth before putting him away. Foreman improves to 3-0 [2]. Davis drops to 1-1. Last edited by Ian Lord; 07-14-2006 at 06:32 PM.