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'Upset Special #26'

Tuesday ~ April 9, 1974

Sportatorium ~ Dallas, Texas
Capacity.... 4500

Promoter; Pat O'Grady

Boone Kirkman ~ 32-2-0 {23 KO's} ~ 6' 1" ~ 208 lbs.
vs.
'Memphis' Al Jones ~ 6-21-2 {5 KO's} ~ 6' 2" ~ 218 lbs.
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'The Skinny'

Boone 'Boom Boom' Kirkman >
{Age; 29 years, 3 months} was the #8 WBA-ranked Heavyweight.

The Renton, Washington Heavyweight had just come off an 'upset' 10-Round Split-Decision
win over former WBA Champion Jimmy Ellis on December 12, 1973.

Manager - Jack 'Deacon' Hurley was looking for an easy 'tune-up' bout for his fighter, as
there were several big-money offers waiting, including one with former Heavyweight
Champion - Smokin' Joe Frazier, and also one with Kenny Norton.

'Memphis' Al Jones >
{Age; 31 years, 6 months}, from Memphis, Tennessee was the consequential 'opponent'.

'Memphis' Al was coming into this bout, by suffering '12' Knockouts in his '21-losses'. Jones
was labeled as a typical 'come-to-lose' cannon-fodder/record-padder.

In his 9-year career, 'Memphis' had scored one big upset win, a {KO 2} over Tony 'Kid' Longoria
back on March 17, 1969.

'Memphis' also scored '2' Knockdowns on Jerry Quarry back on January 11, 1967, only to get stopped
{L KO 5}.

Common-opponent > Jones lost a recent bout {L KO 7} to Jimmy Ellis on October 23, 1973.
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'The Bout'

In the Opening Round, Boone smartly boxed for the first 2-Minutes, as Jones was content
to let him dictate the pace.

Then Boone barreled in, and slammed several hard-punches to Jones' body that appeared to
hurt him.

Then Boone slammed in '2' right-hands to the head, and dropped Jones at the {2:17 Mark}.
Jones was up at the '2-Count' and ready to continue.

Boone came in charging, and slammed several solid punches to the head, as Jones backed
away to the Ropes. Boone then fired in a barrage of body-punches, and Jones went down
again at the {2:42 Mark}. Jones was up at the '6-Count', and was ready to go on.

With only a few seconds to go in the 1st-Round, Boone did not attack and let Jones escape.

In Round 2, Boone used a 'slow-and-steady' attack in pressuring Jones, who did his best to
stay in close and prevent Boone from unloading his heavy-punches.

But at the {1:55 Mark}, Boone caught Jones with a short left-hook to the chin, and Jones
went down again. Jones took the 'Mandatory 8-Count', and was ready to continue.

Boone slowly moved in, and continued with his body-attack, as Jones was on the receiving
end of a pounding for the next 30-Seconds. Then at the {2:40 Mark}, Jones took a knee.

Jones took the 'Mandatory 8-Count', and wanted to continue. Boone slowly moved in, and
had Jones ready to go, but he failed to deliver a good punch over the last 10-Seconds.

Al Jones appreared out-of-it after suffering '4-Knockdowns' over the first 2-Rounds.

Coming out for Round 3, Boone moved in with his hands low, and looking to unload the
finisher. Al Jones stepped out his corner to meet Boone at Center-Ring, but was slowly
backed up to his Corner.

Boone then swung with a wide left-hook, and Jones ducked under the punch. Then
'Memphis Al' countered with a powerful right-hook that caught Boone 'on-the-button'.

Boone went down 'like-a-rock' at the {0:15 Mark}, and was counted out.

Boone was laid out for 5-Minutes on the canvas.

'Ring Magazine' awarded 'Memphis' Al Jones the {Upset of the Month}.



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~ Jones Wins KO Upset ~

Bill I'm surprised at how jones was able to come back from those four knockdowns over the first two rounds how was he able to duck under that punch then come back with his own ko punch?