By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been almost a week now since former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-5-1, 24 KO’s) took a one-sided beating from the young knockout artist Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) last Friday night, but there’s still no word from the 37-year-old Woods about whether he’ll be hanging up the gloves or not.
Tavoris Cloud
Cloud-Dawson: Is It Too Soon for this Fight?
By Dave Lahr: Last Friday night, light heavyweight contender Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) defeated former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods by a 12 round decision to pick up the vacant International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title. While I thought that Cloud looked nothing short of sensational in beating Woods, I think it’s still a little early for Cloud to be thrown in with a fighter like Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KO’s).
Woods Needs to Retire
By Scott Gilfoid: It really saddened me last night to see Clinton Woods getting the stuffing beaten out of him by the young Tavoris Cloud. I kind of felt sorry for Woods when he started getting beaten to a pulp in the last four rounds of the fight. Woods was a decent British fighter, but he seemed out of his element against Cloud and was not ready for the kind of power shots that Cloud was tagging him with in the second part of the fight. Although Cloud ended up winning by a fairly close 12-round unanimous decision to capture the vacant IBF light heavyweight title, I had the fight scored much differently than the judges.
Cloud Defeats Woods, Wins vacant IBF light heavyweight title
By Dave Lahr: Former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-5-1, 24 KO’s) appears to be at the end of the road after losing a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision to undefeated Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) last night for the vacant International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida.
Cloud-Woods: Look for Clinton to take a Beating
By Scott Gilfoid: I really hate to see a fighter that is at the end of their rope. That I’m afraid is where former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (*42-4-1, 24 KO’s) is right now as he prepares to face one of the most lethal punchers in the light heavyweight division in unbeaten Tavoris Cloud (19-0, 18 KO’s) on Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida.
Cloud vs. Woods: Clinton Can’t Afford to Lose
By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-4-1, 24 KO’s) will be attempting to recapture the vacant IBF title on Friday night against unbeaten number #1 rated IBF contender Tavoris Cloud (19-0, 18 KO’s) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida.
Woods vs. Cloud: Is this the end for Clinton if he loses?
By Steven Wain: On August 28th, 37 year old Clinton Woods (42-4-24 KO’s) will fight American Tavoris Cloud (19-0-18 KO’s) for the vacant IBF light heavyweight championship. This would be the third time Woods has fought in the United States. The first time Woods fought in the States was when he challenged American legend Roy Jones JR for the:
Woods to Fight Cloud for Vacant IBF light Heavyweight title
By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-4-1, 24 KOs) will be getting a golden opportunity to try and win back the IBF title when he goes up against unbeaten knockout artist Tavoris Cloud (19-0, 18 KOs) for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title in the near future.
Cloud Stops Gonzalez
By Tim Cavender: In an outcome that didn’t surprise me in the least, number#5 ranked IBF/WBO light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud (19-0, 18 KOs) took out former WBO light heavyweight champion Julio Gonzalez (41-6, 25 KOs) in the 10th round of a scheduled 12-round IBF title eliminator on Friday night at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. Cloud, 26, who has up until this point in his career has faced nothing but the softest of opposition, allowing him to build up an impressive eighteen knockouts in his nineteen fights. Though ranked high in the light heavyweight division, he’d done nothing to earn his high ranking until tonight. After punishing the 32 year-old Gonzalez, who looked at least five years older than that, for nine mostly one-sided rounds, Cloud finally hurt Gonzalez with a big right hand in the 10th, causing him to backup to the ropes where Cloud teed-off on a badly hurt Gonzalez until the referee John O’Brien stepped in and halted the fight at 1:50 of the 10th round.
As much as I’d like to give praise to Cloud for his performance, I wasn’t all that impressed with him. He reminded me a lot of a bigger, slightly slower Jeff Lacy, who had an old opponent in front of him, just perfect for his big winging shots. His boxing skills were nowhere at all, and he was limited to these big wind up swings as he attempted to throw home run punches with every shots. It was lucky for Cloud that he was facing a fighter as old and apparently shot as Gonzalez, for I’d give him no chance of beating other top light heavyweights like Chad Dawson, Zsolt Erdei, Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver.