Greene Destroys Salmon

Undefeated middleweight prospect Joe Greene (16-0, 12 KOs) quickly took out his opponent Darryl Salmon (15-2, 4 KOs) in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Greene, 21, despite being knocked down once in the opening minute of the bout, rebounded well, connecting with a pulverizing left hand shortly after to plant Salmon on the canvas where he was then quickly counted out by the referee.

Greene, a natural southpaw, blessed with extraordinary power, came out with mean intentions at the opening bell, as he was putting everything he had into every punch, causing him to be off balance after throwing them. It was during one of these occasions that Salmon connected with a hard left hand that sent Greene to the canvas. He immediately got up, however, and looked more embarrassed than actually hurt. All the same, it wasn’t the last time that Salmon connected cleanly with a left hand, showing that Greene had a got a lot of work to do on his defense side of his fight game. Though he quickly moved in and stopped Salmon a minute late, it could be a potential problem for Greene down the road when he takes on harder punching middleweights, such as Kelly Pavlik.

showed both enormous power and a completely nonexistent defense in the process of knocking out Darryl Salmon (15-2, 4 KOs) in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Greene, 21, a 2-time National Golden Gloves champion and 2004 World U-19 (under 19) champion, was knocked down early in the first round by Salmon. However, Greene immediately got up and quickly disposed of Salmon soon after with three consecutive left hand shots followed by a right hand as Salmon was falling to the floor.