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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Amato's entrance music is Mike Tyson Post-Fight Interview with Jim Gray. A fine choice. Michael D Amato has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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233 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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287 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael D Amato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Magnus Cross!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross scores with a body shot.
Cross pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
D Amato looks to score with a jab to the body but Cross is just out of range.
Cross swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by D Amato.
Cross scores with a hook to the body. D Amato takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
D Amato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
D Amato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cross uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cross lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Cross misses the target.
D Amato throws a jab when Cross was well out of range.
D Amato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cross throws out a loose jab but D Amato uses good head movement to avoid it.
D Amato throws a body shot but no joy.
Cross tests D Amato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Michael D Amato has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D Amato lands a nice shot that snaps Cross's head back.
Cross misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross defending well as D Amato loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by D Amato.
Cross looks to throw the jab but D Amato is out of range.
D Amato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
D Amato lands a body shot.
Cross throws an overhand right that lands on D Amato's shoulder, as D Amato tries to avoid the shot.
D Amato looks to score with a jab to the body but Cross is just out of range.
Cross defending well as D Amato loads up on a big left hand.
D Amato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cross moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
D Amato slips under a jab.
Cross bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of D Amato's head.
Cross defending well as D Amato loads up on a big left hand.
D Amato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cross throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Cross. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cross uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cross misses the shot to the body.
D Amato looks to land a left hand but Cross moved out of range nicely.
Cross is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cross scores with a jab. D Amato acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cross avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cross looks to land a left hand but D Amato moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the liver by Cross. Beautiful body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Cross there.
Cross closes the distance and catches D Amato with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! D Amato is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and D Amato is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! D Amato is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Cross takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Magnus Cross!
After the fight, Magnus Cross was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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