Allan Green Hands Tarvis Simms First Loss by Unanimous Decision

Super middleweight Allan Green fought mostly from a distance behind a long jab, and right hands -- each of which he landed judiciously to the head and body of aging, southpaw, Tarvis Simms -- to remain unbeaten with a 10-round, unanimous decision victory on Friday night as the main event of ShowBox: The New Generation.

Green rose to 29-1, with 20 knockouts, winning for the sixth consecutive time, and handing Simms (25-1-1, 11 KOs) the first loss of his career at the First Council Arena in Newkirk, Okla., near Green's hometown of Tulsa.

While Green, 30, weighed in at the contracted mark of 167.6 pounds, Simms, 38, of Norwalk, Conn., had to drop from 168.8 pounds by working out before Thursday's weigh-in -- and it manifested itself with his inactivity at times during the fight.

A last-minute replacement for Russian Victor Oganov (28-1, 28 KOs), who came down with an injury, Simms, nicknamed "Marvelous," weighed 176 pounds when he was called in as a replacement a week ago on Friday.

Standing 6-foot-1 to Simms' 5-9, Green, nicknamed "Sweetness," was the busier fighter throughout, winning, 99-91, on judge Gerald Ritter's card, 98-92 on that of Gary Ritter, and, 97-93, on that of Jerry Griffin.

FanHouse had it 99-91, for Green.

In another fight, 22-year-old Antwone "The Truth" Smith (17-1-1, nine KOs) of Miami lost the first two rounds, but swept the next seven -- ending with a ninth-round knockout of 28-year-old Henry Crawford (22-1-1, nine KOs) of Paterson, N.J. in a matchup of welterweights (147).

Their bout was scheduled for 10 rounds.

Smith, 22, won for the eighth straight time, emerging from a third-round clash of heads with a large lump over his left eye -- similar to the grotesque, subdural hematoma suffered by Hasim Rahman during a loss to Evander Holyfield in June of 2002.

Yet the injury never worsened, and, in fact, seemed to inspire Smith, who turned up the pressure and intensity with busier in-fighting and crisp, combinations over the latter stages of the third, and through the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds.

In the sixth, Smith staggered Crawford with a left hook, then floored him with a right. Crawford beat the count, but was nailed, repeatedly, while reeling around the ring.

Crawford gained a rest when his mouthpiece had to be replaced, but had no legs or energy as he managed to survive into the seventh.

But after losing the seventh, Crawford was more alive in the eighth, getting on his bicycle and landing effectively from a distance, but still lost energy and the round down the stretch.

Crawford was in the ninth round for the first time, and Smith, for only the second. But the latter floored Crawford with a right that deposited him on his butt with 17 seconds left.

Crawford beat the count and survived the round, but his corner wisely threw in the towell with Crawford on his stool.

In another supermiddleweight clash, Houston's Marcus "Too Much" Johnson (18-0, 14) scored an eight-round, unanimous decision -- winning, 80-71, on all three judges' cards -- over Victor Villereal (8-4-2, four) of Longmont, Colo.

Johnson, 23, who was looking for his sixth straight knockout, dropped the tough Villereal, 29, with a double-left hook near the end of the sixth round but couldn't finish him.

Also, super middleweight George Tahdooahnippah (21-0, 18 KOs) of Lawton, Okla. earned a unanimous decision over Brook Wellby (35-18-4, 11 KOs) of Canada over six rounds.

Allan Green vs. Tarvis Simms, round-by-round:

Round 1. Green came forward behind his hard jab, and an occasional right hand against Simms, a southpaw who, for some reason, fought from a right-hand stance. That was the pattern throughout the entire round for Green against Simms, ho was notified on short notice of the fight a week ago on Friday when he weighed 176 pounds. Simms struggled to make the weight and it showed: Simms was dry as a bone, and, possibly cold, failing to get off much in the round. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 2. Green continued to take the pace to Simms, although he pressured more, yet still did so without much offensive output. Green smothered his own attack by clinching, which Simms took advantage of by landing an occasional up-jab, and, at times short punches in close. Still, Green was busy enough to take the round. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 3. Green was back on his toes at the round's out-set, jabbing and trying to fire in an overhand right. Simms, still fighting right-handed, landed a double-left hook inside and danced away. Green answered with a double-left to the body and head. The fighters clinched. Green lands a left to the body. More clinching. A jab by Simms lands before the bell. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 4. Green's trainer, former champ, John David Jackson, tells him that he is mothering his own punches. Simms' trainer, Travis Kauffman Sr., tells him the fight is even. Green's jabs and a leaping left hook land early. Green lands a left hand to Simms' jaw during a clinch. Simms takes it well. Simms lands a right to the body, and a jab. Green lands to the body. An up-jab by Simms gets Green's attention. Green lands a thudding left hook to the body. Simms lands a couple of lefts, but Green answers with a left to the head. Simms is closing the gap and trying to turn the tide, but Green's punctuating left hook takes the round. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 5. Green's jab dictates the entire first minute and a half of the round, keeping Simms at a distance. Green lands a jab to the body, followed by a solid, overhand right to to the left side of Simms' face. Simms shakes his head, indicating that he's not hurt. Simms falls short with a right, then Green gets the best of an exchange with bout 40 seconds left in the round. Simms has Green on the ropes, but fails to land anything significant. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 6. Simms switches to his natural southpaw for the first time in the fight. Green recognizes it, but is moving to his right into Simms' power. Simms still is not ffective, missing wildly with two left hooks before finally landing two of them. Green appears thrown off by Simms' switching to leftie. Simms lands a straight left hand. Simms'round, 10-9

Round 7. Between rounds, Green asks Jackson, "what do I do, he's southpaw now?" Jackson tells him to "let his hands go, snap that jab, don't let him get crafty." Over the first nearly 40 seconds, Green goes back to snapping the jab and trying to land his right behind it. Simms lands a right and left, then, takes two solid right hands. Green retreats to the ropes, but escapes harm. Green lands a counter right hand to Simms' left jaw. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 8. Green attacks agrressively, yet again, from behind his left jab. Whether it connects or not, Green's activity level backs up Simms. Green lands a one-two out of a clinch, then knocks Simms off balance with a hard right to the body. Green attacks to the head and body from in close. Simms lands two lefts to Green's head. Simms takes a right uppercut. Simms chases Green to the ropes after landing a left hook, then lands eight straight left-right, left-right combinations. But just before the bell, Green nails Simms with a right hand that staggers the older fighter. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 9. Simms, back to fighting from a right-hand stance, still is groggy to start the ninth. Green begins to pressure behind his jab and fires an occasional right -- dictating the pace for much of the round in this fashion. Late in the round, Simms lands two left hooks, and, later chases Green to the ropes but misses several shots. Green's round, 10-9.

Round 10. Simms goes back to southpaw, and Green respects his decision, maintaing his discance. Simms lands a left that gets Green's attention. Green seems content to paw with his jab as long as Simms retreats. Not much action from either fighter, but Green, at least, has landed a couple of jabs and punctuates the round with a left before the bell. Green's round, 10-9.