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Feb 24, 2013 Sports
By Michael Benjamin
When Kwesi ‘Lightening Struck Assassin’ Jones enters the ‘square jungle’ tonight against Barbados knockout artist, Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox, he will be carrying a huge responsibility of avenging a second round knockout suffered by his countryman, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite at the hands of the Barbadian late last year.
That encounter is highly anticipated and gives Jones an opportunity to back his scathing attack on the Barbadian after the fight was aborted last month. When Jones last entered the ring, more than 12 months ago, he had brutally disposed of Cleveland Fraser thus silencing his critics. In the meantime, Cox had engaged Denis Lebedev and was knocked out early in the 2nd round in his interim WBA 200-pound title clash in Russia. Cox has not fought since and Jones will be comforted that he (COX) has also been a mite inactive.
The two pugilists will square off tonight in the main supporting bout in a 10 rounds non title affair when Elton Dharry, in collaboration with Pearl Vodka presents ‘Night of Champions 2’ at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this evening.
In the main attraction, Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry steps into the ring against Jamaican pugilist,
Rudolph Hedge and the Guyanese pugilist will be cognizant that the World Boxing Union (WBU) bantamweight title will be the ultimate stake; he will be only too anxious to add that accolade to his Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) belt. Dexter Marques will have to reorganize his fight plan after his original opponent, Dean Bad Newz’ Burrell opted out of their bantamweight bout and the Guyanese will now oppose Selwyn Lett over 8 rounds. Rudolph Fraser opposes Richard Williamson in a 6 round jnr/welterweight return encounter shortly before the night’s opener which will see Patrick Boston up against debutant Mahmood ‘The Extractor’ Loul over 4 rounds.
Few could forget the crunching left hook delivered by Cox that dropped Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite for the full count and despite Jones’ boasts that he will ‘take his man into the deep and drown him’ the pundits are cognizant that Cox’s wallop that could be decisive.
Jones has also demonstrated immense power when he catapulted Fraser into dreamland compliments of a left hook. The possibility of his landing a similar blow against Cox is high because the Barbadian is not very quick on his legs. Jones has also demonstrated some boxing ability and if he could dance around and evade Cox’s bombs while landing his, he might just be able to pull off a victory.
Both boxers have crunching power and the fight is hardly likely to last the full ten rounds. The burning question of which fighter will smell the canvass cannot be immediately answered. What is for sure is that the bout is hardly likely to last its full duration. Fans should aspire to be present from the first gong.
Dharry is perhaps the smartest, most complete boxer on the local front. He has mastered the art of quartering the ring and he packs a terrific punch. He is the more experienced of the two but Hedge is no slouch. He has compiled 10 fights, winning seven while the other 3 all ended in draws.
In Dharry’s last fight he had disposed of Barbadian, Ricardo Blackman while Hedge had earlier registered a unanimous verdict over the Bajan. As a matter of fact, Hedge said that he has fought 4 times in Barbados and came out victorious in all of them. He also won a fight in the Bahamas but registered a draw in another bout, also in the Bahamas.
Dharry, a resident of the USA has had more than his fair share of international fights; contrastingly, Hedge is still to win any major title but has fought in several countries and is spewing confidence in procuring the top prize.
Of average height Hedge, a native of Negril Jamaica, says that he is unfazed by Dharry’s reputation and is confident of winning tonight’s bout. His coach, Wayne Sharpe, summed up their intention in terse Jamaican dialect, “We nah come yah fo play games; is fiah from the first bell.” Hedge nodded affirmatively in support of his coach’s predictions.
Loul is a Syrian dentist and is on attachment at the Cheddi Jagan Dental School. This is his debut boxing match but he has had a productive career as a kick boxer.
Tonight he will be required to shelve his kick boxing proclivities but he has promised to enter the ring with those of his professional trade in dentistry and extract a few of Boston’s cavities. Boston smiled broadly after learning of ‘The Dentist’s ambitions while promising to turn back the challenge.
Otherwise, Fraser has said that he has learned his lesson after being complacent in the first fight against Williamson. He has promised to come out with blazing fists to avenge the loss.
Williamson is a classy boxer but has already paid a heavy price for complacency when the referee halted, and awarded his contest against Charlton Skeete to the latter fighter. Williamson has rebounded nicely with the Fraser win and will be out to prove that it was no fluke.
The battle lines are drawn and the boxers are ready to turn in top performances. Appreciative fans should flock the venue in anticipation of the classy duels. Admission prices vary; fans pay $10,000 for VIP seats, which include drinks and snacks while a ringside seat costs $4000. Those seated in the stands will pay $2,000. The first bell sounds at 20:00hrs.
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