ON a night where the left hand reigned supreme, Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen and Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore were kings when they clinically dispatched their opponents en route to their championship titles at the ‘Final Execution’ boxing card on Saturday night.
 Bombs Away! ‘Too Sharp’ Allen prepares to unleash one of his bombs to the head of ‘The Lion’ Gilkes on Saturday night | |
Amidst an extremely vocal crowd that had their appetites whet from the fights passed, Allen and Gilkes entered the ring and from the sound of the first bell it was evident who the better boxer was. Allen looked more circumspect and he punched with authority which put Gilkes on the defensive.
The precision and speed of Allen resulted in Gilkes tasting the canvas in the first round from a left hand that connected to the head. Subsequently, he became target practice for Allen’s head snapping jabs and stiff body digs that he used with careless abundance.
At the end of the first round Gilkes walked back to his corner disheveled and beaten. The onslaught continued in the second round with Gilkes trying to muster a comeback with some wild swings that were useless against the elusive Allen. However, 30 seconds in the round a left hook rocketed to the button of the Gilkes and he went down for the final time.
A dazed Gilkes did not recover from the punch when referee Ean Thompson waved the fight over after the eight count. Allen’s performance prompted a chllenge from middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman.
After the fight Allen stated Gilkes was predictable before the fight and result is what he was envisioning all along. “He said I couldn’t knock him out in four rounds but look I knocked him out in two”, Allen repeated.
In the main supporting bout the champion Marques seemed intimated by Moore who was more active. Marques hardly threw any punches which allowed Moore to get into his rhythm and took control of the fight. Moore worked the jab against the defence-less Marques.
There were some sprouts of activity from the champ but nothing of significance to faze the experienced and well conditioned Moore who landed with relative ease. In round two Moore worked the body but it was the left hand uppercut that knocked him out and handed him his first professional loss in five fights.
In a post fight interview Moore said that has nothing more to prove because he has beaten all the local and Caribbean opponents and now his next step will be to fight for a world title.
In the first bout of the night heavyweight Shelly Gibson lost a majority decision to Pauline London of the four round encounter. The low quality fight saw the two heavyweights struggle to get a string of punches together to hurt each other.
The lethargic fight however was easy to score due to the more active London who had earlier stated that when she wins she wants a shot at the heavyweight title against Pamela London.
Middleweights Kwesi ‘Go;den Mama’s Boy’ Jones and Edmond De Clou fought a spirited four rounder but De Clou came out on top with a unanimous decision. De Clou, who had the crowd behind him after the first round, beat Jones, the favourite going into the fight, in every department.
Caption: Visiting ‘Port Canvas’! Dexter Marques is dropped by Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore as referee Ean Jardine gives the mandatory eight count.
