[Skybird]

Henry Maske (inactive for ten years) beats Virgil Hill (still active)- and beats him very hard.

I admit that I did not expect this and thought that Maske would catch up a real hard beating. Instead Hill had small advantages only in the first 2 or 3 rounds, then Maske found his distance and egalized the fight and slowly turned it. It was real chess what he did, and Hill found no answer to that. After Hill suffered a huge cut from a very obviously unintentional head collision, Hill grew increasingly desperate and hectic - but was just runnimng against a wall or was held at a distance from where he could not strike.

I never liked Maske's way of boxing, but I cannot remember to ever have seen his style scoring so clearly and being so efficient like today. the recipe worked, and worked extremely well. Great fight, much blood, and an impossible dream coming true.

My apology to Henry Maske for having sentenced him in advance, and wrongly so. Tonight he was a true champion.

The scoring of the juidges also was very clear, 2x 117-110, 1x 116-113.

Hill tried his possebilities, but at no time it was ever enough.

Taken for itself, also a very good fight, independant from the names included.

Respect, Gentleman!