Sunday, October 02, 2005

Campbell

Lightweight Nate Campbell (27-4-1, 23 KOs) scored an upset tenth round round TKO over previously unbeaten Almazbek Raiymkulov (20-1-1, 12 KOs) a.k.a. Kid Diamond. Campbell was in control all the way and finally dropped Diamond in the tenth. The bout was stopped at 2:26. In a rematch of ESPN's 2004 Heavyweight Fight of the Year, Brian Minto (21-1-0, 12 KOs), 212.5 lbs, demonstrated a clinic of brutality stopping Vinny Maddalone (25-3-0, 18 KOs) in round seven. Minto ended the bout with an exclamation mark, landing an unheard-of fourteen straight left hooks to the head of Maddalone forcing Referee James Warring to step in and call the action to a halt at 1:21.In the second televised bout, United States Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (6-0-0, 4 KOs), 160 lbs, annihilated "Caveman" Glenn LaPlante (9-3-1, 6 KOs) in just 0:59 of the first round.