TURNING BACK THE CLOCK

Forget Obama’s Birth Certificate Check Jones Jr’s

Lacy Leaves Hook in Gloves, Green Keeps Up His End,

Litzau Delivers Fireworks as Promised, Flores Stays Unbeaten

 By: Coach “K”

AUGUST 16th, 2009

Gulf Coast Arena, Biloxi, Mississippi: The “Hook City” show co promoted by Roy Jones, Square Ring and Jeff Lacy’s Left Hook Productions brought us a night of action packed entertaining boxing.

 Saint Paul, Minnesota’s lightweight Jason “The American Boy” Litzau, 25-2, 21Ko’s delivered on his promise of fireworks winning the vacant NABF lightweight title stripped from Anthony Peterson this past May firing up and knocking down then stopping Verquan “The Show” Kimbrough.

 Litzau looking very determined, sharp and strong blasting out Alaquippa, PA.’s Verquan “The Show” Kimbrough    21-2-2, 7Ko’s in three. The Minnesota native started fast using his five inch height advantage shooting a stinging jab to set up crushing right hands. “The All American Boy” scored with a big right hand early and “The Show” for practical purposes was closed. Kimbrough ate several hard rights and lefts hitting the canvas several times in round two finishing the round cut over his right eye.

 Litzau went right back to work scoring a big right and four straight lefts strangely receiving an eight count after it was announced there would be none. Litzau battered Kimbrough around the ring teeing off now dropping “The Show” again. The fight could have and should have been stopped any time during the third round prompting the ringside doctor to call it after three. The win Litzau’s second since being stopped by Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero February 2008 should put him back in the main stream at lightweight.

 Cruiserweight, BJ. “El Peligroso” Flores remained undefeated moving to 24-0-1, 15Ko’s using his superior boxing skills and an educated jab to control most of the action until Colombia’s Epifanio “Diamante” Mendoza 29-8-1,25Ko’s appeared to hurt his left shoulder and was forced to quit claiming an injured shoulder. The fight was officially stopped at 1:19 of round four. Mendoza’s claim to fame was going the distance with Jeff Lacy.

 Australia’s light heavyweight Danny “Green Machine” Green, 27-3, 24Ko’s worked very deliberate behind a heavy thumping jab dropping Argentina’s “La Furia” Julio Cesar Dominguez, 20-5-1, 14Ko’s in the opening round. Green would go on to breakdown the rugged Argetinian dropping him with a short left hook finishing him with a volley of power shots causing referee Freddie Steinwinder III to stop the action at 2:53 of round five of their scheduled twelve rounder completing his part of a possible showdown with Jones down under later this year..

The main event of "Hook City" was sold as the battle of the two best hook in boxing, well only one showed up and it belonged to forty year old future Hall of Famer, Roy “Captain Hook” Jones Jr; 53-5, 39Ko’s. His opponent Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy, 25-2, 17Ko’s must have left his in the other set of gloves in the locker room. The battle of “Hookers” was held up due to some confusion on the type of gloves to be worn by the fighters with Jones starting with Grant gloves only to change to Everlast to comply with Mississippi rules and let Lacy have his choice.

Not one to usually compare sports and politics but the republicans should forget about President Obama’s birth certificate and check Roy Jones Jr’s. He demanded, commanded and handled all that Lacy could muster dominating and pounding the former champion, making him miss countering him inside, outside, under, over and straight down the pipe all while dancing, smiling winking and talking to the crowd, just having a good ole time like a teenager out on a Saturday night.

Lacy’s lame attempt to pressure the eight time champion was met by a modified rope a dope interrupted by rapid fire combinations almost all hitting their target. Jones was just too quick, too agile and very focused.

JONES BELTED LACY WITH THE HOOK ALL NIGHT LONG

For some unexplained reason team Lacy never made any adjustments in their fight plan. Lacy would follow Jones to the ropes only to find himself on the receiving end of most of “Captain Hook’s” punches taking double, triple and even four consecutive hooks resulting in two small cuts around his right eye. The former Super Middleweight champion was eating uppercuts from both hands leaving both eyes swollen, the left almost closed. Lacy’s corner realized they had a better chance of Jones being struck by lightning then surviving the next two rounds stopping the fight following round ten.

Watching Jones boxing exhibition and the skill and ease at which he performed I could not help but flash back to Muhammad Ali both just appearing to have a good time while engaged in sports second most brutal sport.

Speaking of brutal sports whatever happened to the proposed bout between Jones and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. I guess it will be off to Australia to take on Danny Green while thirty four year old Silva waits to get finish his UFC contract.

 Green showing his more deliberate style and heavy punching should prove to be a tougher test for newly crowned “Captain Hook” keeping in mind that so far the Aussies have been pretty successful battling those Somali pirates. But then again they can’t hook.

 "K"