Rahman Stops Lawrence Late

By Scott Shaffer

15/11/2007

Rahman Stops Lawrence Late

Hasim Rahman TKO10 Zuri Lawrence... Boxing fans in Reading, Pennsylvania saw a rare occurrence when Zuri Lawrence got knocked out of the ring and onto the arena floor, but beat the twenty-count as was able to continue fighting. Lawrence's efforts did not pay off, however, as he lost a heavyweight bout to former champion Hasim Rahman via tenth-round technical knockout. The key moment of the fight came when Rahman hit Lawrence with four straight big rights and Lawrence fell through the ropes. Lawrence was hurt but made it back into the ring around the count of sixteen. The bell ended the round before action could resume, but during the seventh,  Lawrence did pretty well for himself, and it was a pretty close fight going into the final round. In the last round, Rahman landed another right that had Lawence out on his feet. The referee correctly stopped the fight. The official scorecards after nine rounds had Lawrence leading on one card, but two or more points behind on the other two. Although he didn't dominate, Rahman (44-6-2) threw over 800 punches in little more than nine rounds, so Marshall Kaufman had him in good shape. Give the Rock credit, he is out there fighting, unlike most heavyweights who sit on thir rankings and wait for a title shot. source: versus