BOXING\Jones knocks out Weaver in fourth round at Marriott.Byline: Eric Branch Special to the Daily News Floyd Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical fought his typical fight, so Rodney Jones sat back and waited for the inevitable opening. After three spirited rounds by Weaver, Jones (11-2) caught his tiring tir·ing n. See cerclage. opponent with a left uppercut at 2:09 of the fourth round Wednesday night at the Warner Center Marriott. The punch knocked Weaver (13-5-2) cold and signaled an end to the junior middleweight junior middleweight n. In both senses also called super welterweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 154 pounds (69.3 kilograms), between welterweight and middleweight. 2. fight scheduled for six rounds. In the main event heavyweight heavyweight - High-overhead; baroque; code-intensive; featureful, but costly. Especially used of communication protocols, language designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane Justin Fortune (12-3-1) was scheduled to fight Cesar Rendon (8-4-1) in another 12-rounder. Featherweight Jose Luis Nayola (15-0-1) was scheduled to fight Antonio Ramirez (15-13-1) in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds. While the fight was typical for Weaver, who has shown a propensity for starting quickly before tiring, the fourth round knockout was a first of sorts for the 26-year-old Jones. "That was the first time I've knocked a guy cold," said Jones after his sixth career knockout. "I've had refs count guys out before, but this was a little sweeter."The fight actually began sourly for Jones who buckled after several body punches by Weaver in the earlier rounds. In the third round, Weaver had a point deducted de·duct v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts v.tr. 1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract. 2. To derive by deduction; deduce. v.intr. for a series of low blows. "He caught me a few times but I knew his style," Jones said. "If you can survive his initial flurry Flurry A drastic volume increase in a specific security. he usually tires. At the end I was just waiting for him to give me an opening." |
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