Green Destroys Dominguez, Roy Jones Jr. is Next

By Boxing News - 08/17/2009 - Comments

By Jim Dower: Former WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) destroyed 32-year-old Argentinean Julio Cesar Dominguez (20-5-1, 14 KO’s) by a 5th round TKO on the undercard of Roy Jones Jr. vs. Jeff Lacy clash on Saturday night at the Coast Coliseum, in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Green, 36, making only his second fight in the past two years, dropped Dominquez three times in the fight, once in the 1st and another two times in the 5th. The bout was stopped following the second knockdown in the 5th after Dominguez’s corner stepped into the ring.

green454334After knocking Dominguez down in the 5th, Green tagged Dominguez with a hard right hand and then a big left-right combination to put Dominguez down for the final time. The bout was stopped by referee Fred Steinwinder III at 2:53 of the round. In winning the fight, Green won the little known IBO International Boxing Organization cruiserweight title.

In the 1st round, Green came out fast firing powerful right hands and a thudding jab. Dominguez took a lot of big shots in the round and tried bum rushing Green at one point, throwing a flurry of shots that mostly missed. Green came on late in the round and staggered Dominquez with a huge fight hand that sent Dominguez falling face first into the ropes.

After he righted himself, Dominquez continued to stagger around while trying to get in a fight stance. The referee Fred Steinwinder III then stepped in and stopped the action to give Dominguez a standing eight count. Dominguez should be thankful to the referee for doing that, because had he not done this, Green would have likely finished Dominguez off right then and there. The round ended after this.

Green took his time in the 2nd round, using his powerful jab to back Dominguez up. Green used to have a problem with tiring himself out by throwing too many punches earlier in his career and it looked as if he was purposely trying to pace himself to avoid that happening. Dominguez took advantage of Green’s lack of power shots by attacking him and nailing him with a huge flurry of punches late in the round.

This woke Green up, and he responded with a big left hand that hurt Dominguez. In the 3rd round, both fighters traded huge shots and the action going back and forth. Green dominated the first part of the round, but Dominguez came on late and hit Green with a number of big right hands to the head.

In the 5th round, Green mostly jabbed in early part of the round, hitting Dominquez repeatedly with his power driving jab in the face. As Dominguez was backing up, Green hit him with a short left hand that knocked the Argentinean down. Dominguez got to his feet and tried to pay Green back, but missed with four wild shots. Green, now smelling blood, fired back with a storm of shots that backed Dominguez across the round.

Green then dropped Dominguez with a hard combination. Incredibly, the badly hurt Dominguez got to his feet at the count of three and was ready to continue fighting. However, the fight was then stopped by the referee.

Green looked pretty good in the fight, showing a heavy jab and a powerful right hand. Green never really accomplished much during most of his career until beating Stipe Drews in 12 round decision to capture the WBA light heavyweight title in December 2007. Green retired following that rather than defend the title.

In hindsight, that might not have been the wisest decision because he Green might have been able to defend the title if he could have avoided fights against tough light heavyweights like Chad Dawson, Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson. Earlier in Green’s career, he had been beaten by Anthony Mundine, and twice by Markus Beyer while fighting as a super middleweight.

Next up for Green will be a fight against Roy Jones Jr. on November 21st in Sydney, Australia. While I think Green was a decent fighter five years ago, I don’t expect he’ll be able to beat Jones. And that’s not because Jones is still fighting effectively, but rather because Green never was a dominant fighter even in his prime. He was a good, serviceable type fighter with heavy hands but poor hand speed. At 36, even slower than he was earlier in his career, Green is tailor made for the 40-year-old Jones. This will make for a good old timers’ fight I must admit.



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