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ESPN - Friday Night Fights
Rampage wins debut, Beastman issues challenge.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, USA, Pro Debut vs. Jihad Abdulaziz, USA, Pro Debut
Jackson is making his professional boxing debut here on ESPN. We have a special guest with us, Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman, who will access Jackson’s first attempt at boxing. Eastman is also a former Mixed Martial Artist who has also taken up professional boxing. Both fighters are coming into this fight in excellent shape. Rampage looks like the much bigger fighter. There’s the bell…and Jackson comes out winging punches. Abdulaziz absorbs a three-punch combo followed by a right and then a left hook. Abdulaziz is down with 1:07 left in the 1st. Abdulaziz is up but looks like he is out on his feet. Oh, another straight right and Abdulaziz looks like Chuck Liddell, “Iced!” Rampage Jackson makes a huge splash in his first boxing bout and stops Abdulaziz here (KO1) at the 2:48 mark. Well, Marvin, I guess we wont have the time to talk about this fight in depth but what is your opinion of Jackson’s debut? “Well, I can see that Muckboys Promotions did a really good job of picking a scrub to fight so that their boy could start his career padding his record. I wonder how many stiffs are going to be lined up for their guy. I would love a shot at ending this farce. I know that he stopped me in his last MMA fight before Liddell, but this is stand-up boxing and I am much more skilled at this then him. Rampage is just trying to make a buck banking off his 15-minutes of fame from his win over Liddell. We’ll see how serious he is if he gives me a chance to knock his ass out!” Wow, we have controversy here on the first night of Jackson’s career. Personally, I like Jackson’s chance of moving up in the heavyweight division if he can continue to work on developing his boxing skills.
Last edited by btown32; 06-03-2007 at 10:50 AM.
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