Jimmy DuPree vs. Vicente Rondon ~ 'vacant' WBA Light-Heavyweight Championship

[Bill Paxtom]

~ The Bout ~

Round 1

Jimmy DuPree came out looking confiendt, and went right aftert the tall Venezuelan.

During the 'first-exchange', Jimmy nailed Vicente with a good 'right-left' to the chin, and
Rondon backed away in fear.

Jimmy then pursued, and slung hard left-hands into Vicente's body. By the {1:00 Mark}
a nervous Rondon was backing away fast.

DuPree contined to press, and jarred the 6' 3" Rondon with solid '3-Punch' combinations.
Rondon looked both nervous and tight, and was completely over-matched.

Jimmy clearly dominated Round 1,and won by a {10-9} score.
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Round 2

A replay of Round 1, as the American continued to press-and-punch, while the home-country
Venezuelan was retreating.

Rondon could not cope with Dupree's strength, and was reluctant to counter, despite having a
3" Height and 5" Reach advantage.

DuPree again caught Rondon with 'sharp' punches, and by the {2:00 Mark} he had the
Venezuelan 'groggy' as he over-whelmed him with '2-Punch' combinations.

Jimmy kept up the pressure on Round, and at the {2:40 Mark} he caught the Venezuelan
'flush-on-the-chin' with a right-hook and left-hook, and dropped him.

Rondon was up at the '3-Count', but was groggy and in bad-shape.

After the Count, Jimmy tore into the Venezuelan, and ripped him with left-hooks for the
last 10-Seconds of the Round.

Rondon was literally saved-by-the-Bell.

Jimmy DuPree dominated, and won Round 2 by a {10-8} score.
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Round 3

Jimmy Dupree came out looking to end it, and started 'swinging' with wide-punches. But
Vicente Rondon was smartly moving, and rolling with the incoming bombs.

Jimmy did land '2' good left-hooks at the {1:20 Mark}, but the power in the punches was
not the same as in Rounds 1 and 2.

By the {2:00 Mark}, Jimmy was starting to miss with his swings, and Vicente was gaining
confidence.

Then like hitting-the-wall, DuPree started to slow down significanlty. As Jimmy slowed down,
the Venezuelan started to punch back with left-jabs, and one-two's. By the {2:30 Mark} Vicente
was doing the leading and Jimmy was on the defensive.

Round 3 was scored 'Even'.