On Nov 8, 10:10=A0pm, frank4...@... (Frank Jasonia) wrote:
> http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=3Dap-austin-golota&prov=3Dap&type=
=3Dlgns
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> Austin stops Golota after 1 round in China
> Nov 7, 11:11 am EST
>
> CHENGDU, China (AP)=97Ray Austin of the United States earned a victory
> over Andrew Golota on Friday when the Polish fighter declined to come
> out for the second round of their non-title WBC heavyweight bout.
>
> Austin knocked down Golota only 10 seconds into the bout between
> former title contenders promoted by Don King. Golota hit the deck a
> second time in the round, but referee Mike ... ruled it a slip.
>
> Golota complained of an injury to his left biceps apparently from the
> first round, officials said.
>
> =93It feels great to redeem myself,=94 said Austin, who lost a heavyweigh=
t
> title fight last year to Vladimir Klitschko. =93I didn=92t get to show al=
l
> that I wanted, but I=92m happy I won.=94
>
> There were three other fights on the card.
>
> In a WBC strawweight title fight, Juan Palacios of Nicaragua won a
> seventh-round TKO over Teruo Misawa of Japan when the referee stopped
> the fight 2:28 in the round.
>
> Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico Sammy Ventura of Mexico on a
> fourth-round TKO of their lightweight fight and Devon Alexander of the
> United States improved to 16-0 with a fourth-round TKO over Lee
> Sun-haeng of South Korea.
>
> Alexander is the WBC=92s No. 1 title contender at super lightweight and
> is in line for a title fight with Timothy Bradley.
>
> The fight card in Chengdu coincided with a World Boxing Council
> convention being held in the city.
Golata will be in the record books as 'Mr Most Contoversial'
forever and ever. |
