BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com
LVEN REPORTER GARY TURNER CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY.
SO WHAT IS THIS.....?
SIMPLY A DON KING BOXING PRODUCTION....THIS WITH THE USUAL CLEVER TITLE AND HISTORIC COLORFUL PROMOTER LEADING THE PARADE AS USUAL.....WE HAVE NOT WITNESSED ONE OF THESE IN MANY YEARS AND IT MAY BE THE LAST AND IT WAS REFRESHING AND ENTERTAINING TO SEE DON AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND RUNNING THE PROMOTION LIKE HE DID IN THE OLD DAYS.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE LIKE A VEGAS SHOW ITSELF WITH DON EXPOUNDING ON LIFE...HISTORY...BOXING AND DAMN NEAR EVERYTHING ELSE....I REALLY ENJOYED IT FOR ENTERTAINMENT VALUE ALONE....IT ALSO HAD HISTORICAL INFORMATION I THURST FOR !
THIS ALL AT THE TREASURE ISLAND LAS VEGAS STRIP.
YES THERE WAS BOXING ......
DECADES AGO DON KING THE PENULTIMATE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH MAKER...EVIDENTALLY THE DAYS OF HEAVYWEIGHTS...ESPECIALLY AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHTS...ARE LONG GONE.
ON THE DREAM CARD....LIGHTWEIGHTS......UNKNOWNS BEFORE AND AFTER, BUT THEY PRODUCED AN INTERESTING MAIN EVENT MATCH. BAHODIR "BABA" MAMADJONOV 12-1 KNOCKED OUT ANGELO "LA COBRA" SANTANA 14-1 AT 51 SECONDS OF THE NINTH ROUND. SANTANA WAS 180-3 AS AN AMATEUR IN CUBA....TWO TIME CUBAN OLYMPIAN AND DOMINANT I THOUGHT FOR 6 ROUNDS INCLUDING A SECOND ROUND KNOCKDOWN.....HE WAS NOT DOMINANT TO THREE JUDGES WHO ALL HAD IT 66-66 AFTER SEVEN AND NOT DOMINANT TO MAMADJONOV WHO KNOCKED HIM DOWN IN THE EIGHTH AND TWICE MORE IN THE NINTH AND THEN OUT. I HAVE NOT SCORED IN AWHILE AND DID NOT COMPARE WELL TO THE JUDGES IN THIS ONE....I THOUGHT SANTANA DOMINATED IN THE CENTER OF THE RING FOR SEVEN ROUNDS....HE LOOKED IN CONTROL AND THEN AT THE END OF EIGHTH HIS DEFENSE WENT SOUTH AND HE WENT OUT IN THE NINTH.
CO MAIN....LOOKED LIKE TWINS FIGHTING.....DIDN'T FIGHT LIKE TWINS ...AMIR "YOUNG MASTER" IMAN 9-0 SECOND ROUND KNOCKOUT OVER JEREMY BRYAN 16-3.
FEATURED MATCH ....MARCUS OLIVEIRA 25-0-1 ....11TH ROUND KNOCKOUT OVER RYAN COYNE 21-1....COYNES FIRST LOSS....COMPETITIVE FOR 8 AND THEN OLIVEIRA BEATUP COYNE....REF JAY NADY AND COYNE'S CORNER BOTH WITH AND OPPORTUNITY TO END THE PUNCHING ON COYNE'S FACE BUT DID NOT AND IT CONTINUED TOO LONG.
MARCUS WILIS 13-2-2 MAJORITY DECISION IN EIGHT OVER JAMES DE LA ROSA 21-2 ..77-75, 78-74 AND 76-76...
IN THE OPENER QUASI HEAVYWEIGHTS WADDLED AROUND FOR SIX WITH TREVOR BRYAN 7-0 TAKING THE 6 ROUNDER OVER ALVARO MORALES 6-13-6...WHAT DOES HIS RECORD TELL YOU.
THANKS TO DON KING....DK PRODUCTIONS AND ALAN HOPPER FOR THEIR HELP IN COVERING THIS EVENT .....YOU ARE ALL WELCOME IN LAS VEGAS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR YOUR CLASS ANY TIME.
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