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kenyan_cheena · 04-06-2009, 10:40 PM

The Daily Telegraph

MONDAY 10 JULY 2006

Fenech floors Park four times,
wins by TKO

Story by John Brown

Sydney boxer Jeff Fenech scored a fantastic TKO victory in the main event of an International Boxing League fight card at Seoul's Jangchung Gymnasium last night. Competing in stage one of the league's Bantamweight Challenger's tournament Fenech dominated hometown favourite and #2 seed Chan-Yong Park through the first five rounds before sending him to the canvas four times in the final stanza. The Olympic flyweight bronze medallist overwhelmed Park with his aggression and workrate, silencing the parochial crowd. After an even opening frame Fenech assumed control in round two, catching Park with an assortment of blows from both fists. It only got worse for Park in the 3rd but an admirable rally in an action-packed 4th gave him the briefest glimmer of hope before Fenech snuffed it out with some punishing work in the 5th. Park's right eye was showing some major swelling as he returned to his corner, bruised and beaten.

Thirty seconds into the 6th a four-punch combo dropped Park for the first time. Back up at three he tried to stay out of trouble but was down again from a single flush left hook midway through the round. Unwisely, he was quick to his feet. Referee Malcolm Bulner allowed him to continue and with fifty seconds remaining in the fight Fenech sent him to the canvas for a third time, this one coming from a jolting right cross. Park pushed himself up at four, Fenech regarding Bulner with bemusement as he signalled for them to continue fighting. He stepped in and planted Park on his backside with a left-right-left salvo thirty seconds from the bell, shouting at Bulner to call it off. Amazingly, Park was given one last chance to last the distance but when Fenech chased him into a neutral corner the Korean literally crumbled to the canvas from exhaustion, his legs unable to keep him upright, at which point Bulner finally called the fight off at the 2:43 mark.

Fenech spat some unhappy words towards the official before returning to his corner to celebrate with his support team. The win improved his perfect record to 16-0(14), Park falling to 25-5(18). Fenech landed 204 of 454 punches (44.9%), Park 96 of 227 (42.3%). Despite being happy with the victory Fenech questioned both Bulner and some of the ringside IBL officials over the lateness of the stoppage, telling them in no uncertain terms that if Park had suffered a serious injury it'd be on their heads. The victory completed a perfect start for Fenech and his fellow New South Welshman Les Darcy (middleweight) and Peter Jackson (heavyweight) in their IBL campaigns, the trio having made the joint decision to sign with the organisation in April. Both Darcy and Jackson had made the walk to the ring with Fenech and, naturally, had joined him in celebrating after his win.

Earlier on the card Brisbane native Nathan Sting was not as fortunate as Fenech, eliminated from the tournament after losing by unanimous decision to the Irishman Freddie Gilroy. Sting was sent to the mat in round three and was never really in the contest, each judge favouring Gilroy with a 58-54 verdict. Fenech is scheduled to face the tough 7th-seeded Mexican Jesus Pimentel in the quarter-finals. Pimentel produced a performance every bit as impressive as Fenech's in subduing and then stopping his compatriot Victor Rabanales inside of five rounds. Park was regarded as Fenech's biggest test to date but in Pimentel (24-2(16)) he'll face an even sterner challenge, without a doubt.

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Results

(#8) Martinez UD6 (#9) Cornelis
(#7) Pimentel TKO5 (#10) Rabanales
(#6) Gilroy UD6 (#11) Sting
(#5) Pinder D6 (#12) Konadu
(#13) Halami KO1 (#4) Machado
(#3) Pintor TKO5 (#14) Castillo
(#1) Miranda UD6 (#16) Kawabata
(#15) Fenech TKO6 (#2) Park

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04-06-2009, 10:40 PM	#259 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 7,598 Thanks: 81 Thanked 143x in 125 posts	The Daily Telegraph MONDAY 10 JULY 2006 Fenech floors Park four times, wins by TKO Story by John Brown Sydney boxer Jeff Fenech scored a fantastic TKO victory in the main event of an International Boxing League fight card at Seoul's Jangchung Gymnasium last night. Competing in stage one of the league's Bantamweight Challenger's tournament Fenech dominated hometown favourite and #2 seed Chan-Yong Park through the first five rounds before sending him to the canvas four times in the final stanza. The Olympic flyweight bronze medallist overwhelmed Park with his aggression and workrate, silencing the parochial crowd. After an even opening frame Fenech assumed control in round two, catching Park with an assortment of blows from both fists. It only got worse for Park in the 3rd but an admirable rally in an action-packed 4th gave him the briefest glimmer of hope before Fenech snuffed it out with some punishing work in the 5th. Park's right eye was showing some major swelling as he returned to his corner, bruised and beaten. Thirty seconds into the 6th a four-punch combo dropped Park for the first time. Back up at three he tried to stay out of trouble but was down again from a single flush left hook midway through the round. Unwisely, he was quick to his feet. Referee Malcolm Bulner allowed him to continue and with fifty seconds remaining in the fight Fenech sent him to the canvas for a third time, this one coming from a jolting right cross. Park pushed himself up at four, Fenech regarding Bulner with bemusement as he signalled for them to continue fighting. He stepped in and planted Park on his backside with a left-right-left salvo thirty seconds from the bell, shouting at Bulner to call it off. Amazingly, Park was given one last chance to last the distance but when Fenech chased him into a neutral corner the Korean literally crumbled to the canvas from exhaustion, his legs unable to keep him upright, at which point Bulner finally called the fight off at the 2:43 mark. Fenech spat some unhappy words towards the official before returning to his corner to celebrate with his support team. The win improved his perfect record to 16-0(14), Park falling to 25-5(18). Fenech landed 204 of 454 punches (44.9%), Park 96 of 227 (42.3%). Despite being happy with the victory Fenech questioned both Bulner and some of the ringside IBL officials over the lateness of the stoppage, telling them in no uncertain terms that if Park had suffered a serious injury it'd be on their heads. The victory completed a perfect start for Fenech and his fellow New South Welshman Les Darcy (middleweight) and Peter Jackson (heavyweight) in their IBL campaigns, the trio having made the joint decision to sign with the organisation in April. Both Darcy and Jackson had made the walk to the ring with Fenech and, naturally, had joined him in celebrating after his win. Earlier on the card Brisbane native Nathan Sting was not as fortunate as Fenech, eliminated from the tournament after losing by unanimous decision to the Irishman Freddie Gilroy. Sting was sent to the mat in round three and was never really in the contest, each judge favouring Gilroy with a 58-54 verdict. Fenech is scheduled to face the tough 7th-seeded Mexican Jesus Pimentel in the quarter-finals. Pimentel produced a performance every bit as impressive as Fenech's in subduing and then stopping his compatriot Victor Rabanales inside of five rounds. Park was regarded as Fenech's biggest test to date but in Pimentel (24-2(16)) he'll face an even sterner challenge, without a doubt. --- Results (#8) Martinez UD6 (#9) Cornelis (#7) Pimentel TKO5 (#10) Rabanales (#6) Gilroy UD6 (#11) Sting (#5) Pinder D6 (#12) Konadu (#13) Halami KO1 (#4) Machado (#3) Pintor TKO5 (#14) Castillo (#1) Miranda UD6 (#16) Kawabata (#15) Fenech TKO6 (#2) Park --- __________________ The Greatest Prize in Sports (a TBCB Dynasty) The Greatest Prize in Sports: Almanac kenyan_cheena's NBA 2K11 Off Topic Dynasty Major League Baseball: 1990 and Beyond... (an OOTP11 Dynasty) Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 04-06-2009 at 10:41 PM.