DC heavyweight Tony "The Tiger" Thompson won his 25th straight bout by winning a 10th round unanimous decision over Timor Ibragimov at The Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.
Thompson took control of the bout in the middle rounds and won the bout by scores of 97-93 (twice) and 99-91. Thompson is now 29-1, 17 KO's. Ibragimov is 21-2-1, 13 KO's.
Also on the card, DC lightweight Ty Barnette scored a first-round TKO over Marcus Brashears of Amarillo, TX. Barnette remains undefeated and is now 9-0-1, seven KO's. Brashears is 4-5-1, two KO's.
By the way, the weights for tonight's card at Suitland Senior High School can be found in the comments section of the previous post.
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Great wins !!!!!!!!!!! for both of you Pitbull
awesome win but some comments on the Thompson fight...
THE MISSING SHOES... will ultimately play out to be a positive in opportunities for spare parts by creating an interesting buzz, no matter how ridiculous the circumstances or results
THE BROADCAST... misidentified barry hunter as nate peake and had some generally ignorent comments from Ibrigamov's trainer. Who was the bigger stronger faster sparring partner?
THE LACK of KNOCKOUT... will keep tony hungry and dissatisfied with his performance. Boxing should be summed as an endless pursuit of perfection. As long as Tony knows he can keep improving, he will, and he will keep gaining momentum
THE LACK of COMPARISON... Tony said he likes basketball and football more than boxing... but failed to mention he was a cross country runner. He goes the distance. I would compare him to an old school heavyweight who back in the day, when they went 20, 30, 40+ rounds, would have been the last man standing. The catch 22 of boxing's safety improvements over the last few decades to shorter rounds in title fights, and fights in general is that boxers need to produce knockouts to be recognized. UFC and MMA have become too engrained in the 18-25 year old demographic. The art of boxing is lost to the general purchasing public, but tony is one of the few remaining craftsmen who is consistant and dependable... round after round after round... tony is clearly a person who if fights were 20 rounds, would have a knockout every fight. but his ability to adjust to what it is today is what will define him for years to come, i look forward to watching him adjust
The sad thing is, Digital, Tony will probably never get a title fight even though there are several of them out there. Ok, he will probably get a title fight, but AFTER he starts losing and going downhill. No champion will want to fight this very crafty, methodical and focused southpaw. And he's not a big enough name to ever move into position for a mandatory. Who fights for Tony Thompson? Still, no matter how you cut it, this wonderful, good-natured fighter has crafted a marvelous career for himself, keeping his eye on the ball through so much promotional garbage and blackballing it's unbelievable (and typical). Somebody give this guy a BIG break. Tony, if you're reading, it was all those days riding stationary bike at Aspen Hill Club that got you to the top!
Best,
John Scheinman
Big Luke: Great assessment of the card. Thank you!
John, what you said is sad but probably true. A lot depends on how Goossen Tutor wants to handle this situation. If they want to, they can push Thompson into a title fight. But the politics might be too much to fight against.
Thompson's problem is that from day one he never had a true boxing manager to champion his cause, pay to keep him busy when there were no fights, and to make a deal with a promoter early enough in the process that there was a force behind him with the sanctioning bodies and the networks. The fighter himself was too much of a gentleman when his career was in permanent stall to make the sort of nasty switch that could have improved his odds of getting his shot faster. That is a very very rare thing in the sport. He was loyal even though it damaged and in the long run may have ruined his opportunity to become champ and hold on to it long enough to make some serious dough. One hopes that in the end he will not regret the choices that he made, that the community will hold him in higher respect for having done the right thing and that he will earn enough money to live comfortably.
john Scheinman, Big luck, ToMlineaux very good assessment's you can tell that you guys know your boxing an its a pleasure to read your comments, an to see that you all big fans of toney the tiger, an have been following his career, u guys made very good points but iam here to tell u as part of his team along with Barry Hunter, Tom Browner, JERRY Vines, Greg McCrormick, Jeff Fried, STEVE Francis, Ben Fried an Sharmba Mitchell an others we are willing an are going to get toney his championship opportunity,last week jeff fried had meeting with HBO an SHOWTIME NETWORKS on tony behalf, so i will be in New York this week to continue these talks an to find out what they thought about fridays fight, that we thought was a very good fight, also remember we were able too get Sharmba on both networks numerous times an they are aware that tony is avery good heavyweight,but we an all of D.C,M.D,V.A,know that if these so called CHAMPIONS stop ducking toney we will have next GREAT HEAV WEIGHTCHAMPION of the world,an i hope to meet you guys at one of the fights, we are also in the process of trying to bring a fight to the area thanks for your support. Nate Peake
my comments where to Big Luke, Tom Molineaux,John Scheinman,sorry for the miss spelling not use to typing. nate peake
Good posts everyone. I thought all in all it was a good showing for Tony. I think the MMA commentator (don't remember his name) was too critical. His arrogance was apparent and I question his his knowledge of boxing. Tony fought a smart fight... period.
Well guys...I'm going to give him a C+ on this one. Why not a straight 'C'? Well, he got the 'W' (I had it 7-3) he was fighting a very awkward opponent, and he of course had a couple of 'distractions' he overcame; the shoes, and the 'scenery!
By the way, I kind of enjoy those Fox Sports guys somewhat when they are doing their usual thing, but lord almighty do they ever leave alot to be desired on a Boxing telecast. The guy who you were referring to Skinny Scott was I believe Rob Dibble, who was a baseball pitcher. He also dabbles around with some martial arts, and is somewhat of a boxing fan. I actually thought that there was indeed a bit of truth to the one comment he made, however - like yourself - I immediatly cringed and sensed the same thing you did. I think Rich Marotta may have done the same (who along with the always solid Barry Tompkins kind of made up for 'hodgepodge crew') as he immediatly interjected and and said that is just not Tony's style particuarly. Anyways, that bunch is just about as 'awkward' as a 'monkey-humping-a-basketball' when it comes to covering Boxing...
* Sidenote - You know, I think they are kind of blowing it a bit on that 'series' (once every few months) when it comes to the matchmaking/choices of fights. (And yeah, no matter how poor the production is, it is indeed nice to Boxing on regular cable) Anyways, what I mean by that is simply this: Obviously, they are trying to kind of appeal more to the 'casual fan' in these telecasts (which is more or less fine with me) so why put a matchup like Tony Thompson-Timor Ibragimov on as your headliner??? This is really nothing against Tony, but due to the styles, this didn't exactly have 'potential barn burner/action fight written all over it beforehand. I can remember a few others the same way. So what you end up with often, is a long and somewhat tepid/dull fight (esp in the eyes of the more casual fan's) and a bunch of silly jackasses in the studio talking and yapping!For the 'core audience' of that show--I think a Wilson-Davis type fight would be a much better and wiser fit.
BTW- That was a good post "BigLuke".
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* I will say that he had a much better week than another 35 yr.old hvy out there -- AUDLEY HARRISON! (LOL)
I think Tony "The Tiger" Thompson is the best heavyweight in the world today, hands down! I'm not saying that just because he's a local guy, I'm saying it because it's the truth! He'll beat every single one of the beltholders out there, no doubt in mind mind. Everyone knew that Tony would easily defeat Ibragimov. I mean, that guy couldn't even beat Calvin Brock, how's he going to beat Tony? Tony will beat Briggs, he'll beat Klitschko (either of them), he'll beat Maskaev, he'll beat Valuev, he'll beat Peter. Tony's a guy that if you just size him up, you think, "He's nothing special. Looks like he ought to be taking jump shots or something." He doesn't look like a big time bruiser in there. Which tells you it doesn't matter what a guy looks like, it's the skill set he has. A lot of so called "experts" would watch Tony fight and not see anything special in him. That's because they couldn't get past the wrapping paper to see the present inside. Tony's obviously got the height and the reach and his left handed stance. But he also has under rated power and good defensive ability. He's smooth and relaxed in there and he keeps up a nice work rate in the ring. Leave it up to an "expert" like Scheinman to say "after he starts losing" and think he's being complimentary. He probably didn't mean anything by that, maybe Scheinman's a southpaw like Tony. (Get it? Left handed compliment)But that's my point entirely, people look at Tony and because of his physical appearance, they just can't believe how good this guy really is. To appreciate Tony, you have to really know boxing. I know there are a lot of people who know the real deal about Tony, but there are still a lot of non-believers out there too. I just hope he gets one of these beltholders in the next few years because if he does, he'll do to them exactly what he did to Ibragimov, Guinn, and on down the line. He'll beat 'em all!
Hmm...well, I do agree on this much: Tony is indeed a good hvy and a bit 'underrated/underappreciated', he has certainly 'paid his dues', and I WOULD give him a VERY good chance against Maskaev, Briggs, and Valuev. And I would in fact at least give him a reasonable chance against Vlad as well. But with all due respect, I haven't seen anything from him yet that tells me he is THAT good, or the best hvy in the world. (Although this is admittedly a very poor and shallow field as a whole...)
Peace...
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