April 21, 1989. Newcastle, England
JJ's second opponent was brought over from France. A decent opponent, Gourdan had 39 wins and only 2 defeats from 43 fights, although he'd never really boxed in the top echelons of the heavyweight division. 20 of Gourdan's had been early, so he could inflict punishment, and he seemed to be able to take a punch as well, so we could expect a decent test of our man's desire to succeed. Back in his hometown, Newcastle, Jowls would have to step up and make good this time.
Round 1. Nobody seemed to want to take too many risks. Jowls did enough to win a low scoring round, but his home crowd expected more of their boy.
Round 2. Gourdan opted for defence and counterattack and it worked. After some early shoving and clinching he landed successive right and left hooks. More clinching and spoiling from Jowls before Gourdan opened up with a 2-fisted attack. Still nothing from jowls and a late left cross caught the Geordie on the head. A clear round for the Frenchman.
Round 3. Jowls fared little better as Gourdan caught him with a straight left to the head, then another left cross found the target. With Gourdan still opting for the counter, he got Jowls with a good left hook inside late on. I made that another round to Gourdan.
Round 4. Wow! After the spoiling of the first half of this fight, both fighters opened up in round four. Jowls had the best of the early exchanges in the round and then caught Gourdan with a left hook to the head. Gourdan clung on to survive and even got in a good left hook of his own towards the end. A clear win in this round though for JJ and I had the fight even with two to go.
Round 5. Gourdan kept up the pressure in the 5th. This was a complete turnaround from earlier in the fight, with Jowls the one looking to sneak in a counter. In the first minute he did just that with a right hook to Gourdan's head that saw his knees buckle but somehow he stayed up. Still trying to come forward, Gourdan landed a right uppercut but then was struck by a hammering left swing into his body that put him on his back on the canvas. Gourdan was up on 7, but he still looked unsteady and the ref stepped in to stop the fight after 2:00 minutes of the 5th round.
JJ pulled out the big round when it was needed. The ref had the score 39-39 after four and Jowls could so easily have lost on points for the second time but he somehow found the two big punches that had Gourdan reeling. So his record goes to 1[1]-0-1. The purse was only £2,000 and his share took his earnings to £4,800.
JJ's second opponent was brought over from France. A decent opponent, Gourdan had 39 wins and only 2 defeats from 43 fights, although he'd never really boxed in the top echelons of the heavyweight division. 20 of Gourdan's had been early, so he could inflict punishment, and he seemed to be able to take a punch as well, so we could expect a decent test of our man's desire to succeed. Back in his hometown, Newcastle, Jowls would have to step up and make good this time.
Round 1. Nobody seemed to want to take too many risks. Jowls did enough to win a low scoring round, but his home crowd expected more of their boy.
Round 2. Gourdan opted for defence and counterattack and it worked. After some early shoving and clinching he landed successive right and left hooks. More clinching and spoiling from Jowls before Gourdan opened up with a 2-fisted attack. Still nothing from jowls and a late left cross caught the Geordie on the head. A clear round for the Frenchman.
Round 3. Jowls fared little better as Gourdan caught him with a straight left to the head, then another left cross found the target. With Gourdan still opting for the counter, he got Jowls with a good left hook inside late on. I made that another round to Gourdan.
Round 4. Wow! After the spoiling of the first half of this fight, both fighters opened up in round four. Jowls had the best of the early exchanges in the round and then caught Gourdan with a left hook to the head. Gourdan clung on to survive and even got in a good left hook of his own towards the end. A clear win in this round though for JJ and I had the fight even with two to go.
Round 5. Gourdan kept up the pressure in the 5th. This was a complete turnaround from earlier in the fight, with Jowls the one looking to sneak in a counter. In the first minute he did just that with a right hook to Gourdan's head that saw his knees buckle but somehow he stayed up. Still trying to come forward, Gourdan landed a right uppercut but then was struck by a hammering left swing into his body that put him on his back on the canvas. Gourdan was up on 7, but he still looked unsteady and the ref stepped in to stop the fight after 2:00 minutes of the 5th round.
JJ pulled out the big round when it was needed. The ref had the score 39-39 after four and Jowls could so easily have lost on points for the second time but he somehow found the two big punches that had Gourdan reeling. So his record goes to 1[1]-0-1. The purse was only £2,000 and his share took his earnings to £4,800.
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