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kenyan_cheena · 12-07-2006, 06:31 PM

NO BLUES FOR JEANNETTE:
JERSEY'S HERO STAYS PERFECT IN BILOXI

Wednesday 12 June 2002

New Jersey's Joe Jeannette has maintained his perfect record with a tough majority decision victory over California's Clarence Henry at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Having turned back the serious challenge of San Francisco's Charles Horn in a split decision win last month, Jeannette scored his second consecutive win over a golden state opponent, taking the decision by scores of 58-57, 57-57 and 59-56.

In doing so, the North Bergen native has become the seventh World Championship tournament #1 seed to improve to 5-0, joining Gene Tunney, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Peter Jackson, Sam McVey and Sam Langford with that distinction.

Henry came into tonight having KO'd his previous two opponents, his 3-1(2) record placing him in a tie for 2nd in Group Eleven. A win would see him move above his 11th-seeded opponent into at least a tie for 1st. He gave Jeannette all he could handle, taking the opening round convincingly thanks to an aggressive disposition. Round two saw the combatants engage from in close, bumping shoulders and landing shots from point blank range before the bout erupted in round three, the best of the fight. Both men had their moments, but Jeannette stamped his name on the round when he landed a trio of impressive, damaging combinations late in the piece.

The Los Angeles-born Henry continued to test his man in the fourth but looked to be all out of fight in the fifth, which Jeannette took with relative ease. The final stanza offered little, but strangely it was Henry who was the hungrier and busier of the two. Nonetheless, when the verdict was revealed it confirmed that Jeannette had been the better man, but not by much. The Jersey slugger landed 113 of 292 punches (38.7%), while Henry connected on 93 of 268 (34.7%).

(to be continued)

12-07-2006, 06:31 PM	#928 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 4,574	NO BLUES FOR JEANNETTE: JERSEY'S HERO STAYS PERFECT IN BILOXI Wednesday 12 June 2002 New Jersey's Joe Jeannette has maintained his perfect record with a tough majority decision victory over California's Clarence Henry at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Having turned back the serious challenge of San Francisco's Charles Horn in a split decision win last month, Jeannette scored his second consecutive win over a golden state opponent, taking the decision by scores of 58-57, 57-57 and 59-56. In doing so, the North Bergen native has become the seventh World Championship tournament #1 seed to improve to 5-0, joining Gene Tunney, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Peter Jackson, Sam McVey and Sam Langford with that distinction. Henry came into tonight having KO'd his previous two opponents, his 3-1(2) record placing him in a tie for 2nd in Group Eleven. A win would see him move above his 11th-seeded opponent into at least a tie for 1st. He gave Jeannette all he could handle, taking the opening round convincingly thanks to an aggressive disposition. Round two saw the combatants engage from in close, bumping shoulders and landing shots from point blank range before the bout erupted in round three, the best of the fight. Both men had their moments, but Jeannette stamped his name on the round when he landed a trio of impressive, damaging combinations late in the piece. The Los Angeles-born Henry continued to test his man in the fourth but looked to be all out of fight in the fifth, which Jeannette took with relative ease. The final stanza offered little, but strangely it was Henry who was the hungrier and busier of the two. Nonetheless, when the verdict was revealed it confirmed that Jeannette had been the better man, but not by much. The Jersey slugger landed 113 of 292 punches (38.7%), while Henry connected on 93 of 268 (34.7%). (to be continued) __________________ MLB: 1958 and Beyond... The Greatest Prize in Sports Last edited by kenyan_cheena : 12-08-2006 at 01:05 AM.