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Jamaican Johnson dominates Judah in light heavyweight boxing clash
 GORDON WILLIAMS and avenge a draw against the and will to win. the ring as soon as possible
 American in 2003. "It seems like when they and with a cut it would kinda
HOLLYWOOD, Florida Fighting in the colors of get in the ring with me it's be a setback. I was a little bit
Jamaican-born Glen Johnson his homeland, Johnson, who more like a survival tactic nervous there with the colli-
k knt on track for another shot now lives in Miami, looked than anything else," said sion."


at a world title by scoring a
unanimous decision win over
Daniel Judah of the United
States in their light heavy-
weight bout at the Hard Rock
Live arena here late last
month.
 The former world champi-
on took the 10-rounder with a
commanding performance,
dominating Judah throughout
to earn a huge margin of vic-
tory on the judges' scorecards


BOISE, Idaho Caribbean
athletes came in for high
praises from Special Olympics
Caribbean Executive Director
Candilla Berment after a
claiming a cluster of medals at
the World Winter Games here
last month.
 Jamaicans won two gold
medals, a silver and two
bronze medals competing in
floor hockey and speed skat-
ing, while Trinidad and
Tobago secured a floor hock-
ey bronze medal.


decisive from the opening bell
and almost ended the fight
early with a thunderous right
hand that sent Judah tumbling
into the ropes where he was
given a standing eight count
by the referee. But Judah
refused to go down the
remainder of the way, denying
Johnson the knockout he
craved but earning criticism
from the Jamaican for failing
to show enough n--,-rL "i III


 "Our teams performed
excellent, which should not
come as a surprise," Berment
said. "We prepared well for
these games."
 She said the athletes' vic-
tories would go a long way in
creating more awareness in
the Caribbean that people
with disabilities are capable of
living productive lives and can
achieve wonders, if given the
opportunity.
 Jamaica's floor hockey
team picked up the country's


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Johnson while cooling down
in his dressing room after the
bout.
 "A lot of guys don't really
try to win and then the rest of
them kinda try to run around
and try to throw some pitty
pat shots as they're moving,
trying to create space. It's just
another way of surviving, try-
ing to not let me get close to
them to throw combinations."


first gold medal with an upset
win against Canada in the
Division Two final. Richard
Hillary captured an individual
gold for Jamaica in the 200
meters speed skating and
teammate Monique Brown
won three medals for Jamaica
in speed-skating events.
A total of 85 countries rep-
resented by over 3,000 ath-
letes competed at the World
Winter Games.
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 Photograph by Sean Young
 Johnson raises his fist to celebrate vic-
 tory over Judah.
 CLASH OF HEADS
 Yet Johnson occasionally
got too close to Judah for his
own good, resulting in the
fighters clashing heads and
raising concern in the
Jamaican's camp that he could
suffer injuries that could
endanger future fights, includ-
ing a title challenge expected
this summer.
 "The man bucked me like
a cow," Johnson said of the
head butts, one which caused
the referee to stop the fight
and allow both boxers time to


 That aside, Judah offered
little beyond clowning and
taunting. The lopsided win
was reflected in the judges'
scorecard 99-89, 99-90 and
99-90 in favor of Johnson,
the World Boxing Council's
number one contender in the
175-pound weight division.
 Johnson, nicknamed the
"Road Warrior", improved his
ring record to 49 wins, 12 loss-
es and three draws.
 Although rhe 40-year-old
former world "Fighter of the
Year" in 2004 welcomed the
win, he did not mask his dis-
appointment at not adding
Judah to his list of 33 knock-
out victims.
 "It was a successful
night," the Jamaican said.
"And I'm a little bit disap-
pointed, but more than any-
thing satisfied at the victory."

Gordon Williams is Caribbean
Today's managing editor.


ScoverJ. Johnson cover photograph by
 "I was just more in fear of Sean Young
getting cut than anything else,
because I wanna get back in

 Windies take cricket honors

 from England in February


KINGSTON, Jamaica The
West Indies scored a com-
manding win over England to
take a 1-0 lead in the home
cricket Test series, then fought
doggedly to secure that advan-
tage going into the final match
this month
and ensure it
would not
lose the series
to its higher
ranking, tradi-
tional rivals.
 The
Caribbean
team opened
the series Sarwan
impressively
last month at Sabina Park
here, ripping into England on
a dramatic fourth day to regis-
ter a massive innings and 23
runs victory.
 Batting first, England
made 318 all out, with star
batsman Kevin Peterson get-
ting 97 runs. The West Indies,
led by centuries from captain
Chris Gayle (104) and
Ramnaresh Sarwan (107),
replied with 392 all out.
 However, England crum-
bled under an impressive com-
bination of spin and pace to be
bowled out for 51 runs, the vis-
itors' third lowest Test total of
all time. Fast bowler Jerome
Taylor finished the second
innings with figures of five


wickets for 11 runs. Spinner
Sulieman Benn picked up four
for 31.

REVERSAL
 Gayle commended his
players for a r,,ll, really
brilliant" performance and
hinted that the result could
reverse the Caribbean team's
struggling fortunes of late.
 "It's definitely a turning
point," said Gayle. "...We
combined together. It was
tremendous."
 The euphoria did not last
long. The second Test at Sir
Vivian Richards Stadium in
Antigua was abandoned dur-
ing the second over, when
umpires ruled the outfield
unfit for play.
 The teams moved to the
Antigua Recreation Ground
for the third Test, where the
West Indies held on for a
draw.
 The final Test in February,
played in Barbados, also
ended in a draw.
 Both teams traveled to
Trinidad for the final Test,
Mar. 6-10, with the seventh
ranked West Indies assured it
cannot lose the series to
England, rated fifth in the
world.

- Gordon Williams
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March 2009