[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

Holy crap, I was looking forward to this match thinking it be a great hard fought match and yeah I was horribly wrong about that. Ketchel looked scary good man I can't wait for him and Zale to match up that will be a total war. Also, I like Stanley's choice in entrance music.

KETCHEL = BADASS

(continuation of post #284)

"I'm happy we got this over with quickly," said an excited Ketchel during an interview with HBO's Mike Davison. "The hotel we're stayin' at's playin' a Seinfeld marathon all night long and all day tomorrow so we might be able to get back there before it starts. You look a little like George yourself, Mr. Davison. Say somethin' like George would, man. Say "Jerry! Jerry!" Come on, man."

Davison, who actually does resemble Jason Alexander, was quite bemused by Ketchel's words and opted for asking him how he managed to destroy O'Dowd so easily.

"Don't ask me that, man," replied Ketchel dismissively. "You saw it, dude. You wanna see it again, watch your videotape. It'll give you all the answers you need."

Ketchel and his team had left the ring soon after, the young slugger in an animated mood as he made his way out of the arena. In a fight that was expected to be a real competitive struggle, Ketchel had simply blown his opponent away. In less than two rounds of work he landed 78 of 218 punches (35.7%), O'Down just 12 of 86 (13.9%)...

Co-Feature

On this night where anticipation was the theme, the debut of Wisconsin native Jake Morrison had finally arrived. Since making one helluva impression at June's Indianapolis trials with his hostile, anti-social disposition the 19 year-old wrecking machine has been regarded as one of the most hardcore, uncompromising entrants into these IBL tournaments. Morrison only added to that dangerous aura when he left a pair of Chippewa Falls locals who tried to assault him while on his morning run battered and bruised back at the end of July. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident but had spoken of his frustration in regards to the attitude that some in his hometown have towards him.

"This ain't the first time it's happened," Morrison had said. "Been a couple of times when I was at the bar where guys have been full o' liquor and thought they could slug it out with me. Think some of these guys are jealous 'cause they ain't made much of their lives so they gotta try and take some o' mine. But this is my home and I ain't goin' anywhere, so if these %&*$#@! wanna keep on steppin' up to the plate, I'll keep on droppin' them on their asses!"

Since that publicised event Morrison has done his best to stay out of trouble, a task that included a temporary move to Minneapolis for training purposes. Obviously, this contradicted his words where he said he "ain't goin' anywhere" but Morrison had confirmed in recent days that it really helped his training regime.

"No one there knew who I was," he said. "Made training a whole lot easier."

(to be continued)