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Heavyweight contender Lance "Mount" Whitaker faces David Dixon on Showtime Boxing
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00:00All right let's get to it we close in on our first bout a couple of L.A. fighters WBC number 12 ranked heavyweight contender Mount Whitaker goes against unrated David Dixon scheduled for 10 and when last we saw David Dixon he was 277 pounds and fighting former champ Tony Tucker in the sweltering 120 degree heat of Indio California that was 96 Dixon coming out in wild fashion got
00:29back deck twice en route to an embarrassing first round KO he was so depressed he left the game for four years now he wants to redeem himself a survivor very tough childhood left on a doorstep as a kid lived in foster homes on the streets of downtown L.A. wandered into a gym and began boxing was being built up as the guy of the L.A. forum despite no amateur experience showed great potential but it's been an up and down career Bobby inactivity in and out of shape he says he's read that
00:59you know he's a pretty big guy himself but how can he offset Whitaker's height and reach advantage Steve the only way he can do it is he has to crowd Whitaker has to get inside but when he gets inside he has to do it carefully not take a lot of punishment on the way in once he gets inside he can not only neutralize the height reach but he can turn to his advantage with good solid efficient in fighting and body work that's his only chance
01:21and the towering Mount Whitaker out of Granada Hills California very laid back very funny too may have a career in standup comedy looming be the tallest standup comic in the world good amateur career won numerous titles when his first 18 is a pro before losing a disputed split decision to a guy named Lou Savarese who recently lasted but 38 seconds with Mike Tyson won the WBC Continental America's belt over Monty Barrett last August then retained the title on a second round KO
01:51is it simply the unusual height that garners this guy most to the attention or is he a legitimate talent well Steve I think it's not only the height but the nickname Mount Whitaker I mean he looks like a walking mountain he's got a good physique he's intimidating to look at but he doesn't hold wins over any of the big names the top 10 heavyweights he's not ranked in the top 10
02:09he's not ranked in the top 10 heavyweights he's not ranked in the top 10 heavyweights but what he really needs to do is step up his level of competition test some people and then he'll therefore be tested and we find out if he's for real or not
02:18we want to see also how aggressive and how powerful he really is at that size let's check the numbers Whitaker at 28 is four years younger than Dixon four and a half inch height advantage for the 6 8 Whitaker huge 84 inch reach gives mount a 6 inch advantage there at the weigh-in two days ago Whitaker gave away 16 pounds
02:38and the key rules for this non-title bout in the talent challenged heavyweight division there is no standing eight count no three knockdown rule a fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round if an accidental headbutt occurs before the end of the fourth round it's ruled a no contest after the end of the fourth we go to the scorecard all right so here at the grand ballroom at the region in Las Vegas getting ready for Lance Mount Whitaker versus David Dixon the formal introductions from our ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr
03:08and gentlemen gentlemen a very good evening to you and we welcome you to the beautiful Regent Las Vegas as we have a big night of action coming your way and it's all brought to you courtesy of America presents in association with showtime championship boxing and Budweiser the undisputed king of beers at this time we present the big boys of boxing a heavyweight special attraction scheduled
03:38we have the Nevada state athletic commission our physicians at ringside Dr. Flip Lamansky and Dr. Margaret Goodman timekeepers at the bell also keeping count of the knockdowns we have Jane Broadfoot and Mike Lachella introducing our three judges all from Las Vegas Nevada
04:08here we go introducing to you first on my left fighting out of the blue corner entering the ring wearing white trunks with black trim fighting out of South Central Los Angeles California he weighed in at 264 and one half pounds with a record of 21 wins three losses and two draws he has 19 wins coming by way of knockout introducing a dangerous David
04:36David Dixon
04:38and his opponent across the ring ready to fight on my right out of the red corn in this 10 round non-title attraction he is wearing white trunks with black trim fighting out of Granada Hills California he weighed in at 248 and one half pounds his fine record stands at 20 wins only one defeat with 17 big wins
05:06coming by way of knockout ladies and gentlemen please welcome the WBC continental america's heavyweight champion known as the eighth wonder of the world introducing Mount Whitaker
05:21once again Richard Steele as our referee in charge now to give instructions
05:28and now to give instructions okay you guys I gave you both instructions in the dress room I'm crushing again obey my commands at all times any question shake hands good luck
05:40Bobby your keys to victory for Whitaker versus Dixon
05:47all right Steve we'll start David Dixon certainly the shorter fighter he has got to get in
05:53I'm sorry Whitaker short of the taller man utilize his height and reach establish the jab
05:58and you know what that straight right hand is wicked he sets it up behind a beautiful jab
06:02David Dixon has to crowd Whitaker take away that height and reach also work on the inside especially to the body and then the overhand right
06:09David Dixon has to crowd Whitaker take away that height and reach also work on the inside especially to the body and then the overhand right
06:13Whitaker's shown some susceptibility to it and they get right at it here round one scheduled for ten these are big heavyweights Whitaker pounding away with his back against the ropes well he's certainly crowding Whitaker as Dixon I mean this is what he has to do he has to stay in here it's his best chance
06:31he has to stay in here it's his best chance
06:34Whitaker though more effective fighting off the ropes Dixon claims he dropped Whitaker with a jab in a fairly recent sparring session as Whitaker was preparing for his last fight with Tom Williams Whitaker says it was a slip not a punch that sent him down nevertheless there is apparent bad blood between the two you know the fact that they've sparred together many times lets them both have a little bit of insight to each other prior to the fight sometimes that's good and sometimes it's bad we'll see who made the adjustments
07:01here for the fight here for the fight as opposed to sparring well Whitaker's size Bobby you would figure him to be the aggressor this one although David Dixon coming out very aggressively but Whitaker does tend to start slowly now Richard Steele has to get in because of a low blow there by Dixon telling to keep those punches up now a low blow by Whitaker
07:21a low blow by about Whitaker and Dixon takes a knee you know I tell you what I don't think Richard Steele saw that that blow is low and it's going to count as a two point round for Whitaker it's not even being addressed
07:39so a little cat and mouse going on here first Dixon with a low blow and then Whitaker retaliated with a low blow Whitaker's appeared to be a lot worse
07:50Whitaker's face a little red here too there's been a lot of roughhousing on the inside by Dixon it's a smart move I think
07:56to get Whitaker to flush Gary hit him with a low blow again oh it's getting awfully dirty here right at the outset
08:02it's your second one second warning to Dixon okay come on time
08:13Whitaker is I mean he's just looking time Dixon on the way in there he hit on the left hook Dixon takes a knee
08:21let's go let's go let's go Whitaker wants to stay on the outside at time Dixon on the win Dixon's charging in
08:26very ineffectively and a cut around the left eye about Whitaker opening up with 40 seconds left on
08:33the opening round lots of activity here in round one you have to wonder with that charge your head
08:38might not have flashed with Whitaker that was not a knockdown that was a slip Dixon just tripping as he
08:44as he threw and then calling it a knockdown that was that was a trip a slip by David Dixon you hear the
08:52crowd reaction they do not agree with Richard Steele's assessment
08:58oh look at Whitaker just wailing away at the head of Dixon Dixon landed another one way south of the
09:05border he's stopping the fight he's disqualifying Dixon he's stopping the fight is it a DQ
09:15again you hear the crowd response he's deliberately good yep he says that Dixon deliberately filed Whitaker
09:22and he disqualifies Dixon well I'll tell you I couldn't I couldn't look in the eyes of Dixon from
09:28here I guess Richard Steele saw something that we couldn't see Steve but I don't know how you can call
09:33that automatic attention Richard Steele once again fighting himself in the center of controversy
09:39and you can see the disgust on the face of David Dixon who is disqualified for repeated fouling here in
09:50the very first round this one doesn't get out of the first round
09:57you hear Whitaker saying is it a bad cut but he was hitting me low too but I try to hit him low to the body
10:03look at Brooke
10:04look at Brooke
10:04look at Brooke
10:08well you heard the words of David Dixon our microphones great audio able to pick that up
10:13you know part of the problem you put your head down in charge is you can't always gauge where you're going to land
10:18I think he needed Dixon needed to pay a little more attention to what he was doing he was just flailing
10:22somewhat wildly looking to keep the pressure on make a street fight out of this which was probably to
10:27his benefit but not the way he did
10:30he said that Whitaker was doing the same thing to him issuing low blows and every time we see this guy
10:37never gets past the first round that would lead for an early night on a regular basis 1996 indio
10:43California with Tony Tucker when he came out in frenetic fashion similarly wild and I think there too is a
10:50low blower to warning there what and you know in the meeting with him yesterday he told us he wasn't
10:55not going to do that he was going to come out in very calm relaxed fashion but not in the case
11:06the disgust and exasperation
11:09all over the face of Vickson
11:11we'll take a look at that first low blow and that is very low and very clean that was a clearly low shot
11:17that was a right hand by Whitaker to the groin of Dixon and then Dixon retaliating right back to low blow
11:32I gotta pose the question to you Bobby was this a rash decision by referee Richard Steele just maybe should have taken a point away from Dixon to let the fight continue or do you think it was a warranted judgment by the referee
11:45well he said it was intentional I'm not sure how we could call that there was no indication verbally that Dixon said yeah I meant to do it so I don't know how he gets to be an intentional foul
12:07well on repeated supposedly intentional fouls the fight is stopped on a DQ here comes a knockdown which isn't really a knockdown Dixon swinging wildly and there he just slips he misses Whitaker Whitaker steps under and around him and it's called a knockdown I think that Richard Steele had a bad day today he missed a couple of low blows by Whitaker Whitaker never got a warning there was at least two or three he did hit Dixon low
12:34Dixon's were much more blatant and much more powerful and the knockdown was not a knockdown at all I agree with you wholeheartedly let's get it up to Jimmy Leonard Jr. for the official time
12:46ladies and gentlemen we have the time of two minutes 51 seconds in round number one a referee in charge stops the contest after three warnings of low blows therefore the winner by way of
13:04disqualification the eighth wonder of the world Mount Whitaker well this is really unfortunate because we never really got to see Mount Whitaker in action not really wanted to see if he could turn it on and fight aggressively and for six foot eight his inside fighting was better than I thought it would be but we never really got to see an actual fight a wrestling match sort of broke out very controversial
13:34a decision by the referee you can hear the crowd reaction they do not agree with Richard Steele coming up next our main event number one IVF and WBC heavyweight contender David Tua meets former WBA Cruiserweight champ Robert Daniels for to his IVF Intercontinental and USBA heavyweight titles
13:54and was long ago when Tony Page interviewed this man and here he is again in the dressing room David Tua who learned from his lone defeat versus Aika Bayabuchi in 97 to start fast work fast get the job done as soon as possible we certainly saw that with Obed Sullivan in his last fight his fastest KO and I know John Ruiz hates to hear this 19 seconds against the current number one WBA contender that was back in
14:24he was the first fight reaction from our opening bout once again to Tony Page in the ring thanks very much Steve Lance what happened both of you guys were going low you got looked like you got cut a headbutt tell me what happened I think my train to do a business represents and showtime the guy was looking for a way out body hit me and hit me down below the belt a couple of times and you went low also retaliation no I didn't go low I went to the body he was never worn for a low blow never won for a low blow that was a knockdown that was a knockdown
14:54so he was looking for a way out of the fight so he was looking for a way out of the fight and in the previous fights with Lionel Beller you know look for a way out you think the fight should have been stopped well yeah he kept hitting me below the belt a third time he's been did you say anything to Richard Steele no I just you know I wasn't looking for a way out I wanted to hurt the guy really bad and I couldn't get a chance to and he kept trying to hit me below the belt he got cut over the left eye how'd you get that he came in with his head he was the
15:24looking for any excuse to try to you know come in with his head hit me low blow the one to one low and then one to the head excuse me yeah yeah headshot with his head and low to the to the under the belt quite a few times but it didn't bother me at all but you know it's just you know not cool you know were you surprised when he came out and tried to swarm you right off the bat um no not really I knew he was going to come out for a couple rounds doing that but I just take my time keep my hands on my defense and take care of the lose see I went to the body a couple of times you can
15:54and take it so he went down on one knee all right Mount thanks a lot a matter of time all right let's go to the uh man who was disqualified David Dixon David
16:02uh tell me what happened well you know um I'd like to thank Showtime for the opportunity the guy you know
16:10I cut him I seen blood I went for blood you know he said you hit him with a headbutt you know what me and him was in there fighting he can call it what he want to call it I'm willing to fight him again
16:20the tables were stacked against me from the get-go you know um I love to fight the guy again the guy
16:26wiggle his way out you know of course you know um he ain't what he think he is you know and I love to
16:31fight him again I'll fight him for less money or whatever you know what was the game plan it seemed
16:35like you were going to swarm all over well you know what that well we came to you know we came to execute
16:39him you know we trained real hard for this fight yeah I came to attack the guy because um you know I know
16:44he's not a fighter and uh the guy just wiggled out of there man you know uh the tables was odds
16:49were stacked against me and that's the way it went you know what did uh Richard Steele tell you
16:54Richard Steele told me um he warned me but this guy hit me low too I wasn't trying to hit him low
17:02intentionally and Richard Steele just disqualified me you know he did his job I came to do mine of course
17:07you see what way the guy took to get out the tables were stacked against me from the get-go so
17:12if I did not come out I didn't have a chance to win no way
17:15all right David that's the story up up here let's go down the ringside plus
17:20I like to say the knocks downs was unnecessarily you know I slipped he didn't knock me down
17:24officially and you know I'm willing to fight a guy again hopefully you know we'll clash down the
17:28road if he's still around you know I got you let's go down the ringside and Steve Albert
17:33All right Tony this is not the first time this has happened to Dixon who's been disqualified before for this
17:38against a fighter named Lionel Butler so Lance Mount Whitaker in controversial fashion ups his record to
17:46twenty one and one now three and oh since his lone defeat to Lou Savarese in March of 99
17:51meantime David Dixon who's disqualified drops to twenty one four and two let's go back to Tony Page with the head man here in Nevada
18:00Mark Ratner Tony thanks very much Steve I'm here with Mark Ratner the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission
18:05first of all you happy with the stoppage by your referee yes he he told me that he had warned him hard twice he said one more low blow
18:13I'm gonna disqualify you and he did it again and he disqualified him let's take a look at the table what happened at the end of the fight
18:18okay
18:21there you see both guys going at it Whitaker's landing up top
18:28he's still coming forward and there's a low blow just a dramatic low blow you can't get any lower than that and he'd already warned him twice and that's it
18:36now in a situation like this I I need another look at the at the stoppage but as he started to get hit he came forward you had no problem with Richard Steele's call
18:45no I mean that's why we have a referee in there
18:48I wouldn't want to do it on the first one but he had warned him twice and this is the third low blow the first round he took action and that's it
18:55now I know after every one of these fights you critique your referees and you critique your judges any chance in the future that we might get to critique some of your referees
19:03absolutely no what we'll do tonight is we'll discuss this I will get the film from Showtime on this and Richard and I will go in into my office and look at it in slow motion and see if we could have done anything different maybe in the future we can get Richard Steele
19:16my policy is that the officials don't talk after the fight just you all right let's go back down the ringside and Steve Albert see I think that's unfortunate I really like Mark Ratner but I think it just promotes more controversy when you can't get it straight from the referee Mark is not the one who is the third man of the ring Mark is not the one who was making the calls Mark's not the one calling the shots there under very heated situations it's the third man of the ring in this case Richard Steele you want to hear what Richard Steele
19:46it's a political move Steve it's a political well it's a cooling off period since the Tyson fight I have to say I'm sure because of all the controversy not just surrounding Mike Tyson but a lot of different calls we see how Richard Steele gets booed from the Meldrick Taylor Chavez fight so many centuries ago it seems like they consistently hold against him that he made one controversial call and it was a very difficult call to make at the time if people were to watch the tape but this was not the best case of refereeing he's ever done since the Chavez Meldrick Taylor fight I haven't had a problem with anything he's done a little bit of trouble today
20:15well I still would love to hear what Richard Steele had to say even if you don't agree just to get his opinion the man that makes the call the man that does the job needs to be accountable and be heard yeah they're just they're hiding these guys anyway Showtime Championship Boxing continues the hottest summer in boxing next week and another exciting world title affair next week it's the hard hitting cost Jesus versus the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez
20:45so cost Jesus taking on Julio Cesar Chavez next week Saturday July 29th at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific don't forget now also on the card macho time Hector Camacho Jr. and Philip Holliday and Zapp Jutta defends his title from the champion in recess to Ron Millett Saturday August the fifth also the up and coming Juan Lascano takes on former world champ Jesse James Leha and finally we finish up our four consecutive weekends with a double
21:15double dip on Friday August 11th at 11 30 Eastern the undefeated IVF bantamweight champion Tim Austin the Cincinnati kid takes on number two contender Arthur Johnson in a special one fight presentation and on the following night Saturday August 12th it's the real deal Evander Holyfield attempting to recapture the vacant WBA heavyweight title as he takes on number one contender John the Quiet Man Ruiz
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