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Austin, Lawrence fight to a draw
Sunday February 16, 2003
LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) Veteran heavyweight Ray Austin, of
Cleveland, and Zuri Lawrence, of Wappinger Falls, New York, battled
to a draw in their nationally televised 10-round main event at the
Flamingo Laughlin Hotel and Casino on Saturday night.
There were no knockdowns in the bout and neither fighter was
hurt or in danger of going down.
Austin won by a score of 96-94 on one judge's scorecard while
the other two judges had it even 95-95. Austin weighed in at 246
pounds. The 42-year-old fighter has a 17-3-2 record with 13
knockouts.
Lawrence, 32, weighed 235 and now has a record of 18-4 with no
knockouts.
In the other main event, undefeated super welterweight prospect
Anthony Thompson of Philadelphia upped his record to 9-0 with seven
knockouts by stopping James Buggs of Oakland, Calif. by technical
knockout at 1:15 of the second round in their bout scheduled for
six rounds.
Buggs is now 3-3-1 with no knockouts.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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