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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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232 lbs
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277 lbs
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ken Norton!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Norton misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz clobbers Norton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wolfschanze in the buildup to the fight.
Norton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cruz finds it's way round the side to connect with Norton's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cruz cracks Norton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Norton manages to avoid it.
Norton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cruz.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norton misses the jab.
Norton looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norton.
Norton looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Norton looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Cruz lands a jab.
Cruz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Norton misses with a wild combination.
Norton looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a double jab.
Norton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Norton swings widly with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a big uppercut that nearly lifts Norton off his feet! Norton crashes to the mat in all kinds of trouble! The referee starts the count but I'm not sure it's necessary - Norton isn't going to make it! The count reaches 10 and this fight is all over! Cruz screams and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmmm spit, everywhere. Lovely.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jorge Cruz!
Jorge Cruz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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