It took heart, guts and ability, but Great Falls, VA junior middleweight Jimmy Lange won the vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight title with an eighth-round TKO over Fontaine Cabell in front of a very excited crowd at the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA.
This was a solid performance by Lange, who came out aggressive from the opening bell. Cabell also deserves a lot of credit for trying to match Lange's aggressiveness. Cabell gave as good as he took for the first six rounds, but Lange eventually wore him down.
The end actually started in the seventh round when Lange dropped Cabell with a vicious right hand with 10 seconds to go in the round. Cabell survived but succumbed 55 seconds into the eighth round thanks to the Lange pressure.
Lange is now 28-3-2, 20 KO's while Cabell is 22-7-2, 17 KO's.
The co-feature was a picture of domination for Damian Fuller of Detroit, MI. Fuller decimated Dean "Pitbull" White scoring a third-round TKO.
Fuller caught White with a devastating counter right hand that dropped White in the third. Later in the round, Fuller's accuracy proved to be too much and the bout was stopped at 2:20 of the round.
Fuller is now 28-4-1, 13 KO's while White is 14-7-1, seven KO's.
Other bouts on the card:
Damon Antoine of Akron, OH scored a second-round TKO over previously undefeated "Irish" Mike Carrigan of Vienna, VA.
In a battle of debuting Northern Virginia middleweights, Tracey Brewer of Arlington won a four-round unanimous decision war over Tim Scache of Alexandria.
Bayan Jargal of Arlington won by first-round TKO over Shane Gierke. Jargal is 2-0, two KO's, both knockouts have come in the first round.
Philadelphia, PA junior welterweight Lenny "The Hitman" DeVictoria won a six-round unanimous decision over Jason Jordan of Akron, OH.
Former IBF Light Heavyweight champion William Guthrie battled "Gentleman" James Johnson to a six-round draw.
Here is the complete Gabcast Post-Fight Wrapup which includes an interview with the new WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight champion.
Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #55
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Fun night.
-Bayan Jargal: I like what I see from him: good defense, and used the body shot more than most boxers (a good thing). However (and Digital, correct me if I'm wrong), he seemed to be a little TOO conservative at times.
-Brewer-Scache: the 2 came out swingint; the right decision, but is it me or did Brewer seem to lack some power?
-Carrigan vs. Antoine: not even close
-the 2 non-beltway fights: no real opinion either way
-White vs. Fuller: was this an off night for Dean, or is Fuller just REALLY good?
-Lange vs. Cabell: AWESOME fight, fight of the night (and, IMO anyway, early contender [pardon the pun] for fight of the year). The two are evenly matched, and Lange can take some punishment! As you said, the knockdown in Round 7 was the turning point.
Did your hear that Chop Chop got stopped last night by a unknown Nicaraguan
How was Angelo Dundee?
The Lange-Cabell fight was like something out of a Hollywood boxing movie. Both were hit with blows that seemed so exaggerated; I mean, their heads were flying around. Jimmy Lange carries his gloves very low, for some reason, and this is a very dangerous way to box, especially if you wind up in the ring with fast-handed, murderous punchers. Cabell does not have that kind of reputation, but he was really giving it to Lange good, but while Lange may be open to criticism, no one should ever question his heart. He clearly appeared woozy in a few of those early rounds, reeling under the volume of head shots, but this guy does not give up. He knew there was paydirt in the right to the body. He knew the work downstairs would allow him to send in whistling overhand rights. He knew to just keep plugging, pressuring, staying focused and rely on what was clearly superior cardiovascular conditioning and his opportunity would come. Lange pays a big price, a sacrifice, for what he accomplishes, but the trade-off never appears to be in question, and that is the definition of a warrior.
-- John Scheinman
p.s. -- To respond to ACW: Fuller's last loss came to Diego Corrales in 2003, when that unfortunate dude was still at the very top of his game. Against White, certainly a tough customer, Fuller looked like he belonged in the world title picture. At fight's end, Dean looked like he couldn't believe how hard he had just been hit. Very impressive.
Where are the pics posted Eddy, damn you?!
Mike Sawyer
Congrats Jimmy!!!
Does anyone answer questions on this blog or just run off at the gutter mouth? I asked a legit question about Angelo Dundee the greatest trainer ever.
Angelo was fine. He looks good and still gets around good. He is a true class act.
Mike: If you are talking to me Eddy P, you can find them here..http://jimmylange.com/newsinfo/wp-content/plugins/fgallery/fim_photos.php?album=jimmy-lange-vs-fontaine-cabell-rematch
Those would be just Jimmy/Fontaine match, I will be adding a gallery of the other boxing matches soon.
Take care,
Eddy
Does anyone answer questions on this blog or just run off at the gutter mouth? I asked a legit question about Angelo Dundee the greatest trainer ever.
Dundee was in fine form. Forget about having that much energy when I'm 85, I want that much energy now. I'm looking forward to reading the book he wrote with Bert Sugar, coming out this Fall.
There was an interview with Dundee in the program for last Saturday's fight, where he talked about Jimmy Lange, among other boxing topics. Send me your name and email address, and I'll shoot you a copy of that piece. cpnich@aol.com
You know something? Jimmy Lange is tough as hell and he's in great cardiovascular shape. Those are his positives. But man, he does have a lot of negatives. With all of those great names in the corner, can't one of them teach him how to throw a jab and a right hand? He raises his elbow when he jabs and his right hand is thrown at an arc, never straight. He's slow and man, is he easy to hit. But there was a guy like him who had a similar style who made millions by the name of Arturo Gatti. That's a fight I'd like to see, Gatti and Lange! But truthfully, I don't think Lange could beat Jesse Nicklow at this point. The only way would be on conditioning and experience and if Nicklow got tired, but other than that Jesse beats Lange. I know they were talking about Sharmba Mitchell and Lange, but Sharmba even for being way over rated in his career, is still on a higher level than Lange. If they made any money on this last fight, my advice would be to keep matching Lange safe.
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