[Crimson]

Saturday, December 19th, 1992
The Mirage; Las Vegas, NV
1# Orlando Canizales 35-1-2 (27) Texas IBF WBA
vs.
2# Junior Jones 28-0-2 (17) New York WBC WBO
15 Rounds for the
BANTAM WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHP

AND
3# Bones Adams 26-1-1 (16) Kentucky
vs.
5# Eddie Cook 17-1 (15) Nevada
12 Rounds Bantam World Championship Eliminator and NABF title
After 4# contender Miguel Lora passed on the opportunity to fight Bone Adams in an eliminator, Eddie Cook (ranked 5#) was offered the opportunity and gladly accepted. Thrown into the mix was the vacant NABF title. The winner was guaranteed a fight for the Bantam Weight World Championship as some point in 1993.
Fight notes:
- Bones Adams was listed as a 3-2 favorite.
- The right eye of Adams began to swell in the 4th round.
- After 5 rounds Ringside Expert Mark Somogyi had 48-48.
- Adams after 5 rounds had out landed Cook 102 to 91.
- Adams was hurt in round 9 and was having trouble seeing punches out of his ½ shut right eye (14).
- Adams was dropped by a combination for the count of 8 in round 10 and then again in round 12.
- Ringside Expert Mark Somogyi had it for Cook 117-111.
- Punches landed favored Adams 249 to 242.
- The official judges had it unanimously 116-111, 116-112, and 117-111 for the new NABF champ…..
EDDIE COOK!
Eddie Cook Wu12 Bones Adams (wins NABF title)



Pre-fight:
- Las Vegas odds listed Junior Jones as a slight 3-2 favorite.
- Canizales focused on his conditioning in particular during training, and was reportedly in the best shape of his career.
- Both fighters entered the ring in peak condition.
- The referee was Mills Lane, the judges were from South Africa, USA, and England.

Ring introductions: Both fighters appeared anxious to get things started. After Mill’s famous line, “Let’s get it on!” the fighters touched gloves and returned to their corners waiting for the bell.

Round 1: Canizales went at Jones, but was met with solid counters. Jones looked good and easily evaded the charging Canizales, stunning him with a left-right combo (14-4 Jones).

Round 2: A much better round for Canizales. The facial expression of Jones reflected the discomfort Canizales body shots were causing (15-6 Canizales).

Round 3: After a Jones flurry Canizales face had blood flowing down it from a pretty bad cut under his right eye. Canizales showed no sign of being fazed by the cut and continued to trade with Jones at every opportunity. The crowd stood in appreciation of the battle that was starting to unfold (13-11 Canizales).

Round 4: The cutman for Canizales, Jim Strickland, managed to stop
the bleeding prior to the start of the round. Following the instructions of his trainer, Joey Fariello, Junior Jones boxed more aggressively in the fourth. It was a slam bam round. It was the kind of round that Canizales wanted. However, it was Jones who landed the more effective punches (Jones 16-12). After 4 rounds Ringside Expert Andreas Raht had it 39-38 for Jones. HBO’s Harold Lederman had it EVEN 38-38. Punches landed favored Jones 106 to 86.

Round 5: Jones was boxing superbly and a hook midway into the round stunned Canizales. The Texan displayed why he is one of the best fighters in the world and replied with hard punches of his own. To Jones’ credit he was able to take the blows well (Jones 14-12). For the second time in the fight the crowd was on their feet cheering at the bell.

Round 6: Jones continued to box extremely well and appeared to be getting the best of Canizales. The Texan though was unrelenting with his pressure infighting and one had to wonder how long Jones would be able to keep up with the pace Canizales was setting. Jones was breathing with his mouth open toward the end of the round. Except for his now closed cut, Canizales seemed as fresh as he had for the first round. Mills Lane issued Canizales a warning for a very low blow (Jones 12-10).

Round 7: Less than 20 seconds into the round the heads of Canizales and Jones collided. Referee Mills Lane ruled that the head butt was intentional and took the obviously hurt Jones to the ringside doctor. Jones was given several minutes to see if he could continue. With his trainer yelling that he could not continue. The doctor then informed the referee that Jones was not fit to continue. Since the head butt had been ruled as an “Intentional Foul”, Mills Lane had no choice other than to disqualify Orlando Canizales!

Junior Jones Wdq7 Orlando Canizales
(wins Bantam Weight World Championship IBF WBA titles and defends WBC WBO titles)

Post-fight: The crowd stood and booed in disbelief and disappointment for several minutes. Orlando Canizales, Jesse Reid, and the rest of the Canizales team argued vehemently, stating that the head butt was “NOT!” intentional.
Ringside Expert Andreas Raht had it 59-56 for Junior Jones after 6 rounds. HBO’s Harold Lederman had it 58-56 for Junior Jones. The HBO announcing team debated if Junior Jones really was or was not unable to continue? Was Junior Jones aware he’d win by DQ if he couldn’t continue on? What would have happened if he had continued? Replays seemed to indicate that it was an “Intentional” head butt by Canizales, and had been in retaliation to a head butt from Junior Jones, delivered a moment earlier.

Final punches landed numbers favored Junior Jones 159 to 144. The South African and English judges both had it 58-56 for Canizales, while the USA judge had it EVEN 57-57.

Junior Jones has until 12-31-93 to make his mandatory defense against the new 1# contender Eddie Cook.

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