"Freight Train" Hits McKinney!

Heavyweight Steve "Freight Train" Collins of Houston took on the journeyman Dennis McKinney of Columbia, South Carolina.

 Collins weighed in at a bruising 270 lbs to 206 for McKinney. Collins came in at 19-1 with 15 KO's, last notching off a 1st round TKO of Clinton Boldridge in Stafford, Texas in April.

McKinney brought a freakish record of 28-48-1 with 14 KO's, that's right, about 80 pro fights, at the age of 36. McKinney had lost his last four fights, although most of his losses appear to be against fighters with very good records.

McKinney tried to stick and move, but Collins landed the more solid shots and was generally dominant over the entire six rounds.

See Rd. 3 below! 

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Two judges scored the bout 60-54, while the third had it 59-55, all for Collins, giving him the unanimous decision!

Steve Collins is 20-1 with 15 KO's!          

Tyner Slays "Beast"!

Light Welterweight Lanardo Pain Server" Tyner of Houston easily dispatched Rohan "The Beast" Nanton of Brooklyn, New York!

Tyner brought a record of 20-2 with 12 KO's to 20-11-2 with 12 KO's. Tyner was coming off a second round KO over Ivan Ledon on May 1st, after having lost a ten-round unanimous decision to Lamont Peterson for the N.A.B.F. title in Las Vegas in November of 2008. Nanton, apparently a late replacement, had a record of 7-23-1 with 6 KO's, although he had won three of his last four fights.  

Tyner hammered away at the body early while Nanton tried to stick and move, but could not withstand Tyner's power.

 See video of round two below

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Hill Turns Page!

    Heavyweight "Mean" Eugene Hill of Dickinson, Texas received a stunning gift from the judges in coming away with a split decision over Zach Page! 

 See video of round one below!

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      Hill came in at 255 lbs. to 202 for the 36 year old Page, from Warren, Ohio. Page brought a record of 18-23-2 with 6 KO's, and he had won a six-round majority decision over Hill on April 24th at Bar Rio in Houston. Since defeating Hill, Page was on the verge of reviving his career, having scored a third round KO over then 8-0 Kasim Howard in Westbury, New York on June 5th. 

But while Page clearly outpointed Hill in the match, according to this reporter and several knowledgeable ringside observers, somehow two out of three judges scored the bout for the hometown favorite.

Page would stick and move with the clear advantage through the first five rounds. He was executing his corner's plan, to "touch and turn" the larger and more powerful fighter.

Hill stalked Page but landed far fewer punches, rarely threw any combinations and   attempted just a couple of body shots for the first five rounds. He was obviously looking for a single big knockout punch.

  See video of round four below.

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Page began to slow some in round five but still landed more punches.

A left hook from Hill continued to slow Page in round six and Page stood and traded so here is where Hill started to become more successful in applying pressure.     

In round seven Hill was closing the gap and may have won the round, as well as the final round.

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One judge scored the bout 77-75 for Hill, while another had the same score for Page, and Barry Yeats amazingly scored it 79-73 for Hill. At this point the writer of this article is compelled to offer an extremely rare commentary on the questionable nature of this decision. It is not mean to impugn the character nor integrity of anyone involved. I understand that judging a boxing match is a subjective matter, and one could in fact make an honest mistake. But the reality is that there are multiple adjectives that come to mind to describe this occurrence on this night. They would include outrageous, embarrassing and sad. The reason for this is that my allegiance in pursuing this website is not to any fighter or promoter, or even the city of Houston, but to you the fan, the truth, and to the sport of boxing as a whole. This type of decision does nothing to enhance boxing, and in fact can only hurt the sport in the long run.

See the post fight interviews below.   

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Junot, Connor Draw!! Light Welterweight Tiffany Junot of New Orleans faced Kimberly Connor of Little Rock, Arkansas.  Junot brought a record of 6-2 with 4 KO's. coming off a 1st round stoppage of Nikita McCargo in Houston on July 11th. Connor came in at 4-1 with 2 KO's, having defeated Crystal "Choo Choo" Delgado in a four round unanimous decision in Humble in June after a four-year layoff, and most recently scoring a 2nd round TKO over Dora Baptiste in Mississippi in July.   See round two below!  .. The six-round contest was spectacular and brutal, with each woman landing and taking several hard shots. Junot brought big power for a lightweight but Conner, who showed she is a serious fighter now back on the scene, brought a mean Southern attitude, to go with her counterpunching skills and her conditioning. Round 6 Below! .. This was a fight that could legitimately have been called either way and which screams "rematch"!.

Hernandez Gets Wagendlasted! Chris "Hollywood" Hernandez of Houston (3-0, 3 KO's) (left, below) took on Mike Wagendlast, who was making his pro debut.  The southpaw Hernandez landed his right hook a few times early in round one, while Wagendlast remained persistent in advancing, while firing his own right hand. Wagendlast landed a couple of rights to the body early in round two, while Hernandez landed a right that seemed to wobble Wagendlast. With just seconds to go in the second round, Wagendlast drilled Hernandez with a right hand that completely floored him and when Hernandez got up he was very hurt. Hernandez barely survived the final seconds of the round but the referee did not allow Hernandez to answer the next bell and called the match at :10 seconds of the third round.