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Rocco Del Sesto · 01-05-2005, 10:29 PM

Only the 2nd and last fight for this Thursday with a quick heavyweight fight that ends in a very surprising fashion at least for this boxing fan!

No new fighters to present here. We've seen both of this gentlemen presented here in TBCB.

01/19/67 Thursday
Sports Palace, Bologna, Italy
Dante Cane – HW (14-1-2) vs. Memphis Al Jones – HW (2-9-2)
Our second of two fights here this day at the Sports Palace in Bologna. Dante Cane is a rising star in the heavyweight-boxing world here in Italy. In 1966, Cane has fought and won 5 times and had 1 8 round draw against Jo Juvillier. He defeated Juvillier in his most recent fight in October. Other victims included Benito Penna, Buddy Turman and Giuseppe Migliari. They’re saying soon Cane will probably be considered a contender for the Italian Heavyweight crown. For Memphis Al, the early start of his career has not been a good one. He was KO’d a little more then a week ago here in our 67 replay in the 1st round by Jerry Quarry. His only wins have been against a Bobby Joe Rapier and Ed Hurley. His losses though have been against some pretty decent opponents including Lou Bailey (busy HW at least), Ron Marsh twice, Bill Nielsen, Jerry Quarry in an earlier fight in May 1966, Joe Frazier, and Orville Qualls. The actual fight in 1967 ended in a disqualification of Jones in the 4th round, reason unknown.
For our replay, we scheduled a 10 rounder. The outcome of this fight was totally unexpected. I guess I was expecting a win here for Cane, but, Jones ends up shocking the crowd here in Bologna. The fight starts out in Cane’s favor as he lands a quick combination 20 seconds into the fight that stuns Jones. But, Jones regroups quickly, lands himself a good right hand punch that quickly stops Cane from gaining any immediate momentum with that early combination of his. The two then work the rest of the round pretty evenly exchanging punches the does not grow any advantage for either. The judges though in the end give a slight 10-9 early advantage to Cane. The second round starts with Cane charging in, but Jones avoids the rush. They then come into a clinch before Cane then slides towards a neutral corner. The 37 seconds into the round, Jones rockets an uppercut in that catches Cane with as clean and hard a shot as any fighter could land. It came out of nowhere! Cane drops to the canvas. 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10!! That’s it, the locals are jolted into an almost horrified silence as they see their local boy and heavyweight contender stopped in the 2nd round by the American from Memphis!!

01-05-2005, 10:29 PM	#809
Rocco Del Sesto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Watkinsville, Georgia Posts: 2,194	1967 Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Replay Only the 2nd and last fight for this Thursday with a quick heavyweight fight that ends in a very surprising fashion at least for this boxing fan! No new fighters to present here. We've seen both of this gentlemen presented here in TBCB. 01/19/67 Thursday Sports Palace, Bologna, Italy Dante Cane – HW (14-1-2) vs. Memphis Al Jones – HW (2-9-2) Our second of two fights here this day at the Sports Palace in Bologna. Dante Cane is a rising star in the heavyweight-boxing world here in Italy. In 1966, Cane has fought and won 5 times and had 1 8 round draw against Jo Juvillier. He defeated Juvillier in his most recent fight in October. Other victims included Benito Penna, Buddy Turman and Giuseppe Migliari. They’re saying soon Cane will probably be considered a contender for the Italian Heavyweight crown. For Memphis Al, the early start of his career has not been a good one. He was KO’d a little more then a week ago here in our 67 replay in the 1st round by Jerry Quarry. His only wins have been against a Bobby Joe Rapier and Ed Hurley. His losses though have been against some pretty decent opponents including Lou Bailey (busy HW at least), Ron Marsh twice, Bill Nielsen, Jerry Quarry in an earlier fight in May 1966, Joe Frazier, and Orville Qualls. The actual fight in 1967 ended in a disqualification of Jones in the 4th round, reason unknown. For our replay, we scheduled a 10 rounder. The outcome of this fight was totally unexpected. I guess I was expecting a win here for Cane, but, Jones ends up shocking the crowd here in Bologna. The fight starts out in Cane’s favor as he lands a quick combination 20 seconds into the fight that stuns Jones. But, Jones regroups quickly, lands himself a good right hand punch that quickly stops Cane from gaining any immediate momentum with that early combination of his. The two then work the rest of the round pretty evenly exchanging punches the does not grow any advantage for either. The judges though in the end give a slight 10-9 early advantage to Cane. The second round starts with Cane charging in, but Jones avoids the rush. They then come into a clinch before Cane then slides towards a neutral corner. The 37 seconds into the round, Jones rockets an uppercut in that catches Cane with as clean and hard a shot as any fighter could land. It came out of nowhere! Cane drops to the canvas. 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10!! That’s it, the locals are jolted into an almost horrified silence as they see their local boy and heavyweight contender stopped in the 2nd round by the American from Memphis!!