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kenyan_cheena · 10-24-2009, 04:10 PM

The Star-Ledger

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2006

Krug keeps on chuggin'

Story by Michael Rossetto

Fighting in the main event of last night's International Boxing League fight card at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino & Resort, Newark bantamweight Jimmy Krug maintained his perfect record with a six-round unanimous decision win over Panama's Rafael Pedroza (59-55, 60-55, 59-56). Krug established control from the opening round, punishing the overmatched Pedroza with a piston-like left jab and some blinding combinations. His aggression made it impossible for Pedroza to mount any sort of retort, Krug throwing an average of 110 punches per round and connecting with them at 42%. Some swelling was already noticeable under Pedroza's right eye before the end of the 1st round.

It was only in round two where the South American came close to competing with the 20 year-old, but from the 3rd onwards it was more of the same with Krug sweeping the final four rounds on two scorecards. In particular Krug gave Pedroza an awful beating during the 5th, after which he questioned referee Kevin Champion in regards to stopping the contest. But Pedroza was allowed to last the distance and fall to his first career defeat. Clearly he'd been nursed along by his management before joining the IBL because despite bringing a 6-0-1(3) record into the evening he was completely out of his depth. Krug is now 7-0(3).

Earlier in the evening Canada's Athens bronze medallist George Dixon continued an untroubled start to his professional career, improving to 5-0(2) with a unanimous decision victory against the tough Filipino Leo Espinosa (58-56 on all three cards). New York's Tommy Kelly climbed off the canvas in round two to score a 6th round knockout of Ghana's Steve Dotse. He's now 8-1-1(5). Krug, Kelly and Dixon will be ranked 56th, 57th and 58th respectively when the IBL releases their initial bantamweight rankings in January. Last night's card brought to a conclusion the IBL's series of world ranking cards. The finals of their various tournaments kick-off tomorrow in Germany with the inaugural Inter-Continental welterweight champion to be crowned. It's a moment fight fans have been waiting keenly for since the semi-finals ended seven weeks ago.

10-24-2009, 04:10 PM	#589 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 7,599 Thanks: 83 Thanked 143x in 125 posts	*The Star-Ledger* SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2006 Krug keeps on chuggin' Story by Michael Rossetto Fighting in the main event of last night's International Boxing League fight card at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino & Resort, Newark bantamweight Jimmy Krug maintained his perfect record with a six-round unanimous decision win over Panama's Rafael Pedroza (59-55, 60-55, 59-56). Krug established control from the opening round, punishing the overmatched Pedroza with a piston-like left jab and some blinding combinations. His aggression made it impossible for Pedroza to mount any sort of retort, Krug throwing an average of 110 punches per round and connecting with them at 42%. Some swelling was already noticeable under Pedroza's right eye before the end of the 1st round. It was only in round two where the South American came close to competing with the 20 year-old, but from the 3rd onwards it was more of the same with Krug sweeping the final four rounds on two scorecards. In particular Krug gave Pedroza an awful beating during the 5th, after which he questioned referee Kevin Champion in regards to stopping the contest. But Pedroza was allowed to last the distance and fall to his first career defeat. Clearly he'd been nursed along by his management before joining the IBL because despite bringing a 6-0-1(3) record into the evening he was completely out of his depth. Krug is now 7-0(3). Earlier in the evening Canada's Athens bronze medallist George Dixon continued an untroubled start to his professional career, improving to 5-0(2) with a unanimous decision victory against the tough Filipino Leo Espinosa (58-56 on all three cards). New York's Tommy Kelly climbed off the canvas in round two to score a 6th round knockout of Ghana's Steve Dotse. He's now 8-1-1(5). Krug, Kelly and Dixon will be ranked 56th, 57th and 58th respectively when the IBL releases their initial bantamweight rankings in January. Last night's card brought to a conclusion the IBL's series of world ranking cards. The finals of their various tournaments kick-off tomorrow in Germany with the inaugural Inter-Continental welterweight champion to be crowned. It's a moment fight fans have been waiting keenly for since the semi-finals ended seven weeks ago. __________________ 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)