Porter Cruises Over Bryan at Knox Arena! (8/6/07)
By: Bill Calogero, Ringside

Olive Branch, MS – Terry Porter cruised to a unanimous eight-round decision over Lloyd “Jabba” Bryan in their Main Event Cruiserweight bout on Saturday night from the Knox Arena. Knockout Promotions promoted the show.

The first round was a feel out round for both fighters. During the second round, Porter began using his jab to set up his left. He was able to land his left effectively to the head of Lloyd Bryan, who seemed to have a very hard time keeping his balance.

During rounds three, four and five, Terry Porter battered Lloyd Bryan to the head and body seemly at will. Bryan was stumbling around the ring trying to maintain his balance while throwing punches that were just not landing.

The final three rounds all went the same way. Porter was able to use his jab to set up his left hand. He was able to throw multi-punch combinations to pound on Bryan. Lloyd’s timing was way off and his unstable legs made it impossible to defend himself, let alone make any attempt at stopping or even slowing down Porter’s attack.

All three judges at ringside saw the fight at 79-73 in favor of Terry Porter. TheDailySports.com scored the fight 80-72 also in favor of Terry Porter. With his victory, Porter has earned the right to fight Kenny “The Raven” Craven for the vacant NAMA Cruiserweight Title in September.

Lloyd Bryan drops to 22-17 (10 KO) and should consider retirement. He did not display the ability to continue boxing on a professional level.

In the co-featured bout, Joe “Bazooka” Linenfelser used his superior hand speed and overall talent to stop Jonathon Bruce in the third round of their scheduled six round Middleweight contest.

Linenfelser used an effective jab throughout the fight. He was able to land it flush on the face of Bruce, which at times seemed to freeze the journeyman fighter. After five or six solid jabs to the face, Bazooka landed a solid right to floor Jonathan Bruce during the second round. He was up quickly but was dropped again by a right that landed on the top of his head. Jonathan somehow survived the second round but at the close of the round, went to his corner obviously in trouble.

Joe Linenfelser began the third round coming right after the still hurt Jonathan Bruce. A left-right-left-right combination to the head of Bruce put him down again. He was up right at the count of ten and was allowed to continue by referee Randy Phillips. Seconds later a crushing right sent Bruce down, face first, onto the canvas. This time he was counted out. The official time of the KO was at 2:43 of the third round. Joe “Bazooka” Linenfelser improves to 5-0 (5 KOs) while Jonathan Bruce drops to 1-9 (1 KO).

On the under card, Rohan Nanton won a unanimous four-round decision over Tyrone Dowdy in a Middleweight bout. Nanton used a snappy jab and a powerful uppercut to control the bout. All three judges at ringside scored the fight 39-37 in favor of Nanton. TheDailySports.com also scored the fight for Nanton with the same score.

In Heavyweight action, Chuck Dillard and Leroy Hollis fought a very entertaining six round bout.
During the first two rounds, both fighters threw lots of punches. Dillard was working the body of Hollis by throwing hard shots in flurries, while Hollis was able to land effective headshots. By the time the bell sounded to end the third round, both combatants were breathing hard, but still had been standing toe to toe letting their hands go.

During the fourth round, Hollis purposely slammed Dillard’s head into the ring post, resulting in referee Randy Phillips to immediately take a point away. The sixth and final round had both fighters go all out from start to finish. All in all this was a very action packed fight, which drew much excitement from the crowd.

All three judges at ringside scored the fight 59-53 in favor of Chuck Dillard giving him the unanimous decision win. TheDailySports.com also scored the fight 59-53 in favor of Dillard. Chuck Dillard improves to 4-2 (1 KO) while Leroy Hollis drops to 3-11 (1 KO).