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Concrete' Moncriffe Tames 'Iron Dog' Raye
Published: Friday | April 26, 20130 Comments
Moncriffe
Leroy Brown, Gleaner Writer
Miguel 'Iron Dog' Raye turned out to be a much better salesman and talker than a boxer, and amid excitement not seen at any other Wray & Nephew Contender show at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, he lost by way of technicalknockout (TKO) at 2 minutes and 30 seconds of round two to the top seed, Devon 'Concrete' Moncriffe.
The colourful Raye talked up a storm before the show and entered the ring in dramatic fashion. He was put on a collar and leash by his trainer Car l Grant, and had to be restrained during the pre-fight announcements. The collar and leash were only taken off when the referee called them to the centre of the ring. This was unadulterated showmanship, and the bumper crowd present enjoyed every minute of it.
CAUTIOUS START
While all the excitement was taking place around him, Moncriffe held his composure and had a smile on his face when Raye was finally released from his collar and leash, and came out to do battle with him. When the bell for the start was sounded, both men were cautious and no punch was thrown in the early stages.
After a minute stalking each other, a few tentative jabs were thrown by Moncriffe that did not land and Raye, in the meantime, threw some vicious right hooks that sailed over Moncriffe's head.
There was only limited engagement for the remainder of the round, with Moncriffe scoring with a few jabs. Raye did land a solid right hook to Moncriffe's head, and if any of the punches that he subsequently missed with had landed on the mark, it could have been curtains for Moncriffe.
The second round saw both men engaging each other and it became obvious that Moncriffe was not going to take any more chances. He started to land with the jab and as he got close to Raye, he exploded with a two-fisted attack. Raye was as tough as nails, however. Going into the third minute of the second round, Moncriffe attacked his opponent relentlessly. One series of punches got Raye in trouble and he tried to back away to regroup, but Moncriffe did not let him off the hook. He kept throwing punches, primarily to the head and a combination of six successive unanswered blows rocked Raye, and referee Ransford Burton stepped in and called a halt to the fight. Spectators cheered wildly, and there was unbridled excitement throughout the auditorium as Raye took his defeat in stride and congratulated his opponent.
In the amateur bouts, Tony Mitchell from Sugar Olympic defeated George Fearon from Heavy Metal gym and Allystair Walsh from G.C. Foster gym defeated Bruising gym's Oshane Forbes. The card was promoted by MJK Productions with the approval of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control. Sponsors are Wray & Nephew, Foska Oats and TVJ.
Concrete' Moncriffe Tames 'Iron Dog' Raye
Published: Friday | April 26, 20130 Comments
Moncriffe
Leroy Brown, Gleaner Writer
Miguel 'Iron Dog' Raye turned out to be a much better salesman and talker than a boxer, and amid excitement not seen at any other Wray & Nephew Contender show at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, he lost by way of technicalknockout (TKO) at 2 minutes and 30 seconds of round two to the top seed, Devon 'Concrete' Moncriffe.
The colourful Raye talked up a storm before the show and entered the ring in dramatic fashion. He was put on a collar and leash by his trainer Car l Grant, and had to be restrained during the pre-fight announcements. The collar and leash were only taken off when the referee called them to the centre of the ring. This was unadulterated showmanship, and the bumper crowd present enjoyed every minute of it.
CAUTIOUS START
While all the excitement was taking place around him, Moncriffe held his composure and had a smile on his face when Raye was finally released from his collar and leash, and came out to do battle with him. When the bell for the start was sounded, both men were cautious and no punch was thrown in the early stages.
After a minute stalking each other, a few tentative jabs were thrown by Moncriffe that did not land and Raye, in the meantime, threw some vicious right hooks that sailed over Moncriffe's head.
There was only limited engagement for the remainder of the round, with Moncriffe scoring with a few jabs. Raye did land a solid right hook to Moncriffe's head, and if any of the punches that he subsequently missed with had landed on the mark, it could have been curtains for Moncriffe.
The second round saw both men engaging each other and it became obvious that Moncriffe was not going to take any more chances. He started to land with the jab and as he got close to Raye, he exploded with a two-fisted attack. Raye was as tough as nails, however. Going into the third minute of the second round, Moncriffe attacked his opponent relentlessly. One series of punches got Raye in trouble and he tried to back away to regroup, but Moncriffe did not let him off the hook. He kept throwing punches, primarily to the head and a combination of six successive unanswered blows rocked Raye, and referee Ransford Burton stepped in and called a halt to the fight. Spectators cheered wildly, and there was unbridled excitement throughout the auditorium as Raye took his defeat in stride and congratulated his opponent.
In the amateur bouts, Tony Mitchell from Sugar Olympic defeated George Fearon from Heavy Metal gym and Allystair Walsh from G.C. Foster gym defeated Bruising gym's Oshane Forbes. The card was promoted by MJK Productions with the approval of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control. Sponsors are Wray & Nephew, Foska Oats and TVJ.