Tyson Fury stops Vinny Maddalone in the 5th!
By: Peter Mann – RCM’s UK Boxing and Freelance Sports Writer
Fury Dominates to take title
By Peter Mann; RCM’s UK Boxing and Freelance Sports Writer
It would a little over four rounds for Tyson Fury to extend his unbeaten streak with a dominating performance of American Vinny Maddalone. Referee, Ian John Lewis stopping the fight with a minute and a half left in the fifth, Fury notching a TKO5 to claim the vacant WBO Intercontinental Heavy weight title.
But amidst all the hype, and Fury’s post fight hype, the big fights are still some time away. Fury after what was a strong, dominating victory told Channel 5 that “I’m ready to take on anyone in the world; the Klitschko’s, Americans, bring it on.
“Come across and fight a real man like me,” he aimed at the heavyweight competition.
His promoter Mick Hennessey though was more to down to earth and said “he will go into the Klitschko’s when he’s ready to do so.
Adding that “we will look to take the step up and move one step closer to a Klitschko fight.”
“I’m seventeen and a half stone and fit as a fiddle,” Fury imitated.
People questioned Fury prior to this bout. Whether he needed it or was, to a point, running scared of those in the upper echelons of the heavyweight division. Victory here proved that he was ready to take that step after Fury came out from the off and took the bout to his opponent, weathered the storm and won comfortably.
The opening round would see Maddalone start the stronger, but only just as both fighters start by feeling each other out. Two minutes in though and Fury was landing rights, lefts and uppercuts as Maddalone was, in all honesty, kept at arms’ length and survived the first.
The second would see Maddalone landing a few shots but they were not, in any form, troubling Fury who returned with stronger, offensive motions of his own. Although Maddalone was trying, as he did throughout, he couldn’t stave off the power and speed of Fury.
During the third round and Fury now had the measure of Maddalone and was distancing himself, constantly catching the American on the hop with numerous jabs and body shots. Maddalone tried charging tactics late in the round but made no difference as Fury finished with combination shots to both face and body with a number of left jabs being thrown.
Maddalone was absorbed constant attacks in the fourth as Fury started to rain in the body shots. The American even tried a big swing which missed completely and, with fifty seconds left in the round Fury caught Maddalone, opening up the left eye which started to gush as the round came to its conclusion, Maddalone still showing a lot of fight and heart.
In the final, deciding fifth, Fury exploded out of his corner, the crowd in full support as he looked to finish off his opponent. Fury even resorted to switch-hitting tactics which threw Maddalone. What was a dominating and punch-perfect performance was stopped by the referee with around ninety seconds remaining in the fifth.
On the undercard Chris Eubank Jnr extended his winning streak with a PTS6 victory over Terry Carruthers in what was a hard fight for the young protégé; and the vacant European Bantamweight belt went the distance, going all twelve rounds before Bristol’s Lee Haskins outfought Darlington’s Stuart Hall in what was an accomplished performance by both fighters; Haskins taking the bout via unanimous decision.
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