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WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT A SELL OUT

14 Mar 2007 14:41       hits 3786 Print version

The rematch between world cruiserweight champion O’Neil “Supernova” Bell and former world champion Jean-Marc Mormeck on Saturday at the Palais des Sports Michel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris, has sold out. Both fighters arrived on Sunday to make last-minute preparations. Bell (26-1-1, 24 KOs), trained in Big Bear, Calif., while Mormeck (32-3, 22 KOs) trained in the south of his native France. “I knocked out Mormeck in the tenth round in our first fight last year,” Bell said, “but I still feel I have something to prove. He caught me a few times in the early rounds before I came back to win it. I want to show I can dominate him from the beginning.” In their first meeting, a little more than a year ago, Mormeck started strong and had Bell in serious trouble on several occasions. Bell avoided being knocked down during a withering assault by the Frenchman in the early rounds amd then miraculously found a second wind in the middle rounds. The two men traded power shots in a seesaw seventh round, leaving the Garden crowd on its feet. Going into round ten, Mormeck still held the lead on one of the judges’ scorecards (86-85) but was tiring. In the waning seconds, after a relentless assault from Bell, Mormeck finally hit the deck for a ten count. This time, Mormeck has brought in veteran trainer Richie Giachetti to join his team. Giachetti said, “If Jean-Marc follows the game plan we’re confident he wins the fight. We beefed up his training regimen so he can remain strong if the fight goes into the later rounds.”


Source: boxingtalk.com

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