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RAISING KANE:
ORLANDO NATIVE MAKES
STUNNING HBF DEBUT IN ARGENTINA
Thursday 29 August 2002
The first series of the Heavyweight Boxing Federation's Qualifying League reached its conclusion tonight with the Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina hosting what was a fascinating fight card. Without a doubt, the highlight was the performance of a 19 year-old from Orlando, Florida named David Kane. In his professional boxing debut Kane stopped New York's Tim Carlisle in the 2nd round, showing that he'll certainly be one to keep an eye on as the QL tournament progresses.
Discovered at the federation's Miami auditions Kane was looked upon as a young man with a bunch of potential, although very underdeveloped. Described as lacking maturity, hot-headed and emotional, Kane had everyone's attention when he broke the jaws of two fellow auditioners early in the week but was also shown up by Florida Alliance member Romy Alvarez when the two went at each other. Even so, the federation could see they had a possible superstar on their hands and knew that with the right assistance Kane could develop into a fierce competitor.
Against Carlisle he came out wearing a black Orlando Magic basketball jersey and cap, a thick gold chain like the kind that old school hip hoppers Run-DMC used to wear hanging from his neck. His trunks and boots were solid black. Kane stands just 5'9" but he's a broad-shouldered ball of highly-charged muscle and what he did at the start of the bout was as good an introduction as he could have possibly made for himself. Stalking Carlisle from the bell he offered a couple of probing jabs before, just nineteen seconds into the fight, unleashing a wicked right hook to the body. The shot had Carlisle down on one knee and although he was up quickly he wore a pained expression. Kane spent the rest of the round hunting the New Yorker down, a left-right salvo rattling him soon after the knockdown before a smashing left hook at the midpoint and another hard hook to the body had Carlisle on the backfoot. Kane was like a man possessed, throwing a number of wild punches in his all-out attempt to destroy his opponent.
The onslaught continued in round two, a pair of flush right hooks staggering Carlisle within a minute of the bell, before a vicious uppercut put him on his back near the two minute mark. The New York native beat the count but looked completely petrified as he distanced himself from Kane. They exchanged a flurry of shots, Carlisle's punches coming out of absolute fear, a pair of them landing. Kane unloaded with a crushing right uppercut, snapping Carlisle's head back, rubberising his legs and prompting referee Elmo Adolph to step in and call an end to the slaughter. Kane was declared the winner at the 2:32 mark.
The audience was in awe of his efforts and they applauded in appreciation, Kane snatching his chain from his cornerman, putting it around his neck and mounting each cornerpost, showing a ferocious, furious countenance. He pounded his chest and flexed his biceps, shaved head covered in sweat. He made the throat-slitting gesture on three seperate occasions, some at ringside later confirming that he'd shouted "Alvarez!" before each one.
Punch totals
David Kane: 65/208 (31.3%)
Tim Carlisle: 6/23 (26.1%)
"I'm out after all of 'em, y'all!" exclaimed Kane, spitting into the interviewer's microphone in rapid fire speak. "Ain't nobody gonna tame me, man. Ain't no one gonna be able t' handle this," pointing to his right bicep. "That motherf^*%er Alvarez jus' first on my mind, y'all! He be wishin' he ain't stepped up to Kane once we get it on fo' real, no doubt see. 'Ventually they all gonna fall, all them mofos just be linin' up to feel the pain, to feel the Kane!"
Kane then literally grabbed the microphone and slammed it down on the canvas before departing the ring, throwing both his cap and jersey into the crowd, letting loose a bellow as he made his way backstage, fists clenched near his crotch. He moved up the ramp with wide-legged strides, moving from one side to the other, shaking the hands of some audience members. It was one of the more extraordinary debuts the HBF has seen and if this is just the beginning of what we can expect from David Kane, it's going to be a wild ride...
(Still to come: the rest of the Luna Park card)
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