Parr climbs off the canvas to win
By Paul Upham: Australian middleweight champion “John” Wayne Parr, 9-1 (9), got off the canvas to win the Oceania Boxing Association junior middleweight title with a fifth round TKO over NSW middleweight champion Abdul Rasheed, 4-2 (2), at the Southport Sharks AFL Football Club on the Gold Coast on Friday.
On the Jamie Myer promotion, the 25 year-old Parr, a former Muay-Thai kickboxing world champion, again showed why he is one of the most exciting boxers in the country with an amazing effort to come back from a brutal second round knockdown.
Parr signalled his intentions early in the first round, standing toe-to-toe with Rasheed who came off second best after tasting Parr’s power, switching from orthodox to southpaw to confuse the power hitter.
The Pakistani 2000 Olympian floored Parr early in the second round with a huge right hand high to the temple. Badly hurt, Parr struggled up and beat the referee’s count and then sustained a powerful barrage from Rasheed.
With a cut above his left eye, Parr looked on the verge of being beaten before willing his way back and stunning Rasheed with some of his own solid lefts and rights. After receiving a warning from the referee for pushing his opponent down, Parr fought back to batter Rasheed who punched himself out and was very tired by the end of the round.
Rasheed was still tired with his hands down and fighting in a southpaw stance in the third round, as Parr became busier and appeared to have recovered from the knockdown.
Parr was very active in the fourth and fifth rounds as Rasheed was trying to land with looping punches. Parr stunned Rasheed with a left hook early in the fourth round and hit him with a right hand on the ropes at end of the round.
The end of the fight was sudden at the end of the fifth round with Rasheed complaining of a broken right hand and his corner stopping the fight.
“He dropped me in the second round and I had my jelly legs on. Luckily I got back up and he gave me a good fight. It wasn’t easy. I wasn’t expecting a TKO, I was expecting a good twelve rounds. But all credit to him,” said Parr.
In the main support, 10 tough furious rounds with plenty of excitement ended with a split points decision to Laurie Cant, 6-2-1 (3), over Darren Hepburn, 3-2-1 (1), in a very close fight for the Queensland welterweight title. The judges scored the fight 97-95 Cant, 96-94 Hepburn and 98-92 Cant.
“He was very strong and pushed me around a lot. He kept me moving and kept me swinging. A very strong opponent,” said Cant.
The 23 year-old Simitar Dipaculang, 2-0, won his second fight in three days with a four round points decision over 36-year-old Jay Washington, 2-6-2 (2), at junior middleweight.
Dipaculang took tonight’s bout on two hours notice, while Washington was returning after a 12-year absence. Using his height and reach advantage, Dipaculang hurt Washington with a number a solid punches with the judges awarding him the contest 40-36, 40-36 and 40-36.
Dale Hawke, 4-0-1 (4), won the Queensland junior welterweight title with a fourth round TKO win over Robbie Sbeghan, 2-14 (1). It was an explosive first round from Hawke who came up throwing bombs early. Just as Sbeghan looked out on his feet, he came back landing some good punches in the second round making an entertaining clash.
Sbeghan lost one point for holding in the second round, but both fighters were willing to stand and trade big punches in the third round. Hawke regained control in the fourth round with the two knockdowns leading to a 2.39 minute TKO stoppage by referee Cyril Cairns.
Danny Wilson, 1-2, won the Queensland lightweight title with a TKO10 win over Johnny Green, 2-15-1 (2), in another entertaining fight. Green always fights with tremendous heart and struggled with a badly swollen and cut left eye before referee Alan Simpson stepped in and stopped the fight.
In an entertaining opening bout between two boxers both making their professional debut, 26 year-old Simon Noble, 1-0, won on points over four rounds against Peter Nisbett, 40-38, 40-36 and 40-37 at junior welterweight.
In an off television bout, Pauline O’Hello won the Queensland women’s bantamweight title against Nicole Cavillio.
An excellent entertaining card from promoter Jamie Myer, who showed that well-matched boxers will always provide exciting contests regardless of their records. The action was televised live around Australia by Fox Sports with ringside commentary by John Casey and ANBF secretary Brad Vocale.
Paul Upham
Contributing Editor
On the Jamie Myer promotion, the 25 year-old Parr, a former Muay-Thai kickboxing world champion, again showed why he is one of the most exciting boxers in the country with an amazing effort to come back from a brutal second round knockdown.
Parr signalled his intentions early in the first round, standing toe-to-toe with Rasheed who came off second best after tasting Parr’s power, switching from orthodox to southpaw to confuse the power hitter.
The Pakistani 2000 Olympian floored Parr early in the second round with a huge right hand high to the temple. Badly hurt, Parr struggled up and beat the referee’s count and then sustained a powerful barrage from Rasheed.
With a cut above his left eye, Parr looked on the verge of being beaten before willing his way back and stunning Rasheed with some of his own solid lefts and rights. After receiving a warning from the referee for pushing his opponent down, Parr fought back to batter Rasheed who punched himself out and was very tired by the end of the round.
Rasheed was still tired with his hands down and fighting in a southpaw stance in the third round, as Parr became busier and appeared to have recovered from the knockdown.
Parr was very active in the fourth and fifth rounds as Rasheed was trying to land with looping punches. Parr stunned Rasheed with a left hook early in the fourth round and hit him with a right hand on the ropes at end of the round.
The end of the fight was sudden at the end of the fifth round with Rasheed complaining of a broken right hand and his corner stopping the fight.
“He dropped me in the second round and I had my jelly legs on. Luckily I got back up and he gave me a good fight. It wasn’t easy. I wasn’t expecting a TKO, I was expecting a good twelve rounds. But all credit to him,” said Parr.
In the main support, 10 tough furious rounds with plenty of excitement ended with a split points decision to Laurie Cant, 6-2-1 (3), over Darren Hepburn, 3-2-1 (1), in a very close fight for the Queensland welterweight title. The judges scored the fight 97-95 Cant, 96-94 Hepburn and 98-92 Cant.
“He was very strong and pushed me around a lot. He kept me moving and kept me swinging. A very strong opponent,” said Cant.
The 23 year-old Simitar Dipaculang, 2-0, won his second fight in three days with a four round points decision over 36-year-old Jay Washington, 2-6-2 (2), at junior middleweight.
Dipaculang took tonight’s bout on two hours notice, while Washington was returning after a 12-year absence. Using his height and reach advantage, Dipaculang hurt Washington with a number a solid punches with the judges awarding him the contest 40-36, 40-36 and 40-36.
Dale Hawke, 4-0-1 (4), won the Queensland junior welterweight title with a fourth round TKO win over Robbie Sbeghan, 2-14 (1). It was an explosive first round from Hawke who came up throwing bombs early. Just as Sbeghan looked out on his feet, he came back landing some good punches in the second round making an entertaining clash.
Sbeghan lost one point for holding in the second round, but both fighters were willing to stand and trade big punches in the third round. Hawke regained control in the fourth round with the two knockdowns leading to a 2.39 minute TKO stoppage by referee Cyril Cairns.
Danny Wilson, 1-2, won the Queensland lightweight title with a TKO10 win over Johnny Green, 2-15-1 (2), in another entertaining fight. Green always fights with tremendous heart and struggled with a badly swollen and cut left eye before referee Alan Simpson stepped in and stopped the fight.
In an entertaining opening bout between two boxers both making their professional debut, 26 year-old Simon Noble, 1-0, won on points over four rounds against Peter Nisbett, 40-38, 40-36 and 40-37 at junior welterweight.
In an off television bout, Pauline O’Hello won the Queensland women’s bantamweight title against Nicole Cavillio.
An excellent entertaining card from promoter Jamie Myer, who showed that well-matched boxers will always provide exciting contests regardless of their records. The action was televised live around Australia by Fox Sports with ringside commentary by John Casey and ANBF secretary Brad Vocale.
Paul Upham
Contributing Editor
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