FORREST WIN STUNS QUARTEY SPORTS FINAL Edition

[Ike Quartey] and [GETTY Vernon Forrest] had each fought twice since ending long layoffs. Quartey had been away from boxing for five years conducting business in Accra, Ghana. Forrest had taken off two years off with a torn rotator cuff, which required two surgeries to repair. In the first round, Fo...

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Published inDaily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Main Author TIM SMITH DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 06.08.2006
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Forrest, GETTY Vernon
Mosley, Shane
Ouma, Kassim
Quartey, Ike
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Summary:[Ike Quartey] and [GETTY Vernon Forrest] had each fought twice since ending long layoffs. Quartey had been away from boxing for five years conducting business in Accra, Ghana. Forrest had taken off two years off with a torn rotator cuff, which required two surgeries to repair. In the first round, Forrest (38-2, 28 KOs) was able to use his reach advantage to keep Quartey (37-3-1, 31 KOs) at a distance. But the jab was not enough to dissuade Quartey from advancing. And Quartey seemed intent on walking right through Forrest, using his powerful jab to push forward. Forrest did manage to sneak in a strong right uppercut in the second round that shook Quartey. But it was only a temporary slowdown to a speeding locomotive. In the eighth round Forrest picked up his assault to Quartey's body in an effort to try to slow him down. The round before, Quartey's corner could be heard asking him how his ribs felt.