Baltimore heavyweight Jed "The Punisher" Phipps was disqualified in his bout against undefeated Leo Nolan last night in Pompano Beach, FL.
According to my Fightnews.com colleague Randy Hammonds(who also has a similar website to this one -- Floridaboxingnews.com --) Nolan won by disqualification at 2:07 of the eighth round after referee Dennis DeBon disqualified Phipps for spitting out his mouthpiece too often. That happened five times in the fight, including twice in the eighth and final round. Nolan improved to 26-0 (11 KOs) and won the vacant USBO Heavyweight championship in the process. Phipps dropped to 17-5 (10 KOs). This was his second straight loss.
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Honestly, Considering the general opinion of Phipp's chin, this was not a bad showing. Nolan is a top 25 heavweight and for Phipps to go 8 rounds with him at least means there is hope in his chin. Was the fight competitive?
Nolan is a 34 year old heavyweight who began as a cruiserweight with only 10KOs in 26 wins, so he has no punch. Citing an 8 round TKO loss to Nolan as showing hope for Phipps' chin is really grasping at straws. Phipps has proven that when he steps in with someone who can hit, he gets hurt. Hopefully his handlers will keep him far away from anyone with a punch, or even better far away from any other fight. He trained hard, had some fun wins, got the crowd behind him, but now is his time to let that all go.
True, being a bit optomistic considering I highly doubt he'll retire.
Jed has always been a glass joe they thought they had the next white hope and who is cruiserweight he has a lot to talk about did he every fight because he's always talking smack
Thank you Brother Chin for the first person account! It is much appreciated!
anyone and everyone can say what they want iam the one in the ring get the scorecards from Florida with one point taking i was ahead going into the 9th and i dont have a glass jaw it does not take much in the heavweights every time i got caught my hands wear to my elbows my hands beeing down has been a problem in the past!you and anyone that reads this who has seen me fight knows that i do not giveup i fight Oct 7th see you then next time you guys talk about my chin remember i allways getup have you ever been hit up side the head if so it don't take much
jed is one of the greatest fighters ive ever seen. he never gives up and the stupid stuff disqualified him
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