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Ian Lord · 12-04-2004, 05:36 PM

Date: May 22nd, 2004

Venue: Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, OH

In the main event, Tony 'TNT' Tubbs boxed Michael 'Dynamite' Dokes. Judging by their nicknames you would have thought there would have been a lot of explosive action in this bout. There wasn't. Both men showed good boxing skills for the first six rounds, at which the fight was even, then both fighters ran out of gas. It turned into a bit of a stinker from there on in. Dokes seemed to have a bit more left in the tank, winning the seventh, eight, and ninth, whereas Tubbs mainly wanted to clinch. Tubbs rallied in the last round, winning it, but by then it was two late. Dokes won by scores of 97-93, and 96-94, and Tubbs, surprisingly, got 96-94 on one judges card, giving the bout to Michael Dokes by split decision. Dokes will now face James 'Buster' Douglas over ten rounds for the vacant Ohio belt.

James 'Buster' Douglas beat Mike 'Hercules' Weaver in the co-feature by unanimous decision, all three judges scoring 96-93.Weaver dropped Douglas in the second with a punishing bodyshot, then in the fourth Douglas put Weaver on the canvas from a barrage of punches. The match was close, with Douglas having a tendency to clinch. If he had been boxing outside of Ohio, that wouldn't have gone down well with the judges.

Undercard Action:

Larry Holmes got his second win on the trot when he stopped Trevor Berbick in the third round. Holmes took the first two rounds, Dropping Berbick in the second with a wild overhand right. Holmes finished Berbick ni the next round after dropping his foe foe with a vicous uppercut. Berbick struggled to his feet at the count of nine, but was unable to defend himself and Holmes finished him off at the 2:47 mark.

James 'Bonecrusher' Smith won a unanimous decision against Derek Amos, losing only the fifth round. Smith, who gave us such excitement in his first bout with Tyson, has since turned into a dull, boring boxer to watch.

'Terrible' Tim Witherspoon destroyed Jody Ballard inside two rounds. He dropped his opponent in the opening stanza with a vicous combination of punches to the head and body, then finished him of for good in the second with a debilitating bodyshot, that put Ballard down for the count.

In the opening bout, 'Big' John Tate beat the game but limited Derek Banks by unanimous decision. It looked like it would all be over in the first round when Tate dropped Banks, but Banks got up, banged his gloves together, gritted his teeth, and saw it uot to the final bell.

12-04-2004, 05:36 PM	#22 (permalink)
Ian Lord All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coventry, England. Posts: 1,668 Thanks: 266 Thanked 29x in 29 posts	Date: May 22nd, 2004 Venue: Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, OH In the main event, Tony 'TNT' Tubbs boxed Michael 'Dynamite' Dokes. Judging by their nicknames you would have thought there would have been a lot of explosive action in this bout. There wasn't. Both men showed good boxing skills for the first six rounds, at which the fight was even, then both fighters ran out of gas. It turned into a bit of a stinker from there on in. Dokes seemed to have a bit more left in the tank, winning the seventh, eight, and ninth, whereas Tubbs mainly wanted to clinch. Tubbs rallied in the last round, winning it, but by then it was two late. Dokes won by scores of 97-93, and 96-94, and Tubbs, surprisingly, got 96-94 on one judges card, giving the bout to Michael Dokes by split decision. Dokes will now face James 'Buster' Douglas over ten rounds for the vacant Ohio belt. James 'Buster' Douglas beat Mike 'Hercules' Weaver in the co-feature by unanimous decision, all three judges scoring 96-93.Weaver dropped Douglas in the second with a punishing bodyshot, then in the fourth Douglas put Weaver on the canvas from a barrage of punches. The match was close, with Douglas having a tendency to clinch. If he had been boxing outside of Ohio, that wouldn't have gone down well with the judges. Undercard Action: Larry Holmes got his second win on the trot when he stopped Trevor Berbick in the third round. Holmes took the first two rounds, Dropping Berbick in the second with a wild overhand right. Holmes finished Berbick ni the next round after dropping his foe foe with a vicous uppercut. Berbick struggled to his feet at the count of nine, but was unable to defend himself and Holmes finished him off at the 2:47 mark. James 'Bonecrusher' Smith won a unanimous decision against Derek Amos, losing only the fifth round. Smith, who gave us such excitement in his first bout with Tyson, has since turned into a dull, boring boxer to watch. 'Terrible' Tim Witherspoon destroyed Jody Ballard inside two rounds. He dropped his opponent in the opening stanza with a vicous combination of punches to the head and body, then finished him of for good in the second with a debilitating bodyshot, that put Ballard down for the count. In the opening bout, 'Big' John Tate beat the game but limited Derek Banks by unanimous decision. It looked like it would all be over in the first round when Tate dropped Banks, but Banks got up, banged his gloves together, gritted his teeth, and saw it uot to the final bell.