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Chazz vs Yul
Witherspoon
January 2005
GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- Heavyweight
Chazz Witherspoon ran his professional record to
2-0 Thursday night, stopping Yul Witherspoon at
1:26 of the second round in a scheduled
four-round bout.
After working the body for much of the fight,
Chazz Witherspoon staggered his opponent with an
overhead right, then followed with an array of
punches before referee Bill Holmes halted the
fight.
Yul Witherspoon, a 36-year-old from Lake
Charles, La., fell to 1-1.
Chazz Witherspoon, 23, hopes to follow the path
of his second cousin, Tim, a former two-time
heavyweight champion who went 55-13-1 before
retiring in 2001.
"It was definitely a learning experience," Chazz
said. "I planned to keep going to the body; I
wanted to go for the knockout later in the
fight."
Yul Witherspoon opened the bout as the
aggressor, landing several strong right hands
while wrapping his left arm around his foe's
waist.
"I learned that hitting hit with the headgear
off is not much different than getting hit with
it on," Chazz Witherspoon said.
But the 260-pound Yul Witherspoon quickly tired,
and toward the latter stage of the round Chazz
Witherspoon began to take charge with several
solid blows into the middle of Yul Witherspoon's
formidable belly.
"He came out ready to fight. I didn't want to
rush it," Chazz Witherspoon said. "I saw him
moving his head, so I went to the body. I was
just trying to take what he gave me."
Chazz Witherspoon went 26-6 as an amateur, won
the 2004 National Golden Gloves championship and
served as an alternate on the U.S. Olympic team
before launching his pro career in December by
stopping James Daniels in the opening round.
"Tonight Chazz had a real big guy, next time
we'll try to get someone quicker," said his
promoter, Gary Shaw. "He really doesn't know his
own talent yet."
In another bout, 21-year-old bronze Olympic
medalist Andre Dirrell of Flint, Mich., stopped
Carlos Jones (3-5-0) with 10 seconds left in
their a four-round super middleweight fight.
Dirrell was cautious for much of the first
round, then used his powerful left hand to
weaken Jones in the second. He scored a
knockdown in the third round and staggered Jones
with a left uppercut in the fourth soon before
referee John Gradowski ended it.
Dirrell's younger brother, Anthony, also enjoyed
a successful pro debut, stopping Henry Dukes
(0-5) at 1:20 of the first round in a super
middleweight bout. Anthony Dirrell attacked at
the opening bell and hammered his opponent from
all angles before Duke's corner threw in the
towel.
He celebrated the victory with a back-flip in
the centre of the ring.
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