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	Fres Oquendo vs. Clifford Etienne (March 23, 2001)
		Etienne was able to beat the count but the third knockdown seemingly rattled the inexperienced fighter, who seemingly couldn't believe what was happening to him.
		Etienne hit the canvas for the fifth time but he was able to regain his balance and was up on his feet at the count of five.
		For Clifford Etienne it was a brutal defeat.
	www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2001/010323oquendo_etienne.html (881 words)

	Clifford Etienne Interview - Tyson vs Etienne
		Etienne: If I did not box, I probably would have played football, but would be retired by now.
		Etienne: A guy I was incarcerated with, Terry Dominic, came up with the nickname on how I fight.
		Etienne: I know the crowd is going to be behind me. It does not really matter if they are.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /boxing-news/Clifford-Etienne-Interview.php (1130 words)

	SI.com - Boxing - Tyson knocks out Etienne in 49 seconds - Sunday February 23, 2003 07:09 PM
		Etienne was knocked flat on his back in the middle of the ring and he lay there as referee Bill Clancy counted him out and a fight that seemed destined never to happen came to a sudden end.
		Etienne has a tendency to go down -- seven times in one fight alone -- and was selected as an opponent because of his weak chin and lack of elusiveness.
		Etienne, who dropped to 24-2-1, had an altercation with a woman as he left the ring, and was agitated.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /boxing/news/2003/02/22/tyson_etienne_ap (1221 words)

	Clifford Etienne Official Bio \| Biography of the Heavyweight Boxer
		Clifford Etienne was born March 9, 1972 in Lafayette Louisiana and raised in nearby New Iberia.
		Etienne spent 10 years at the Dixon Correctional Facility in Louisiana, and it was during this time that he decided to turn things around.
		Etienne captured the IBA belt from Joey Guy, and the North American Boxing Federation heavyweight title from Cliff Couser on his return to KO Nation by knocking out both opponents in the third round of each fight.
	www.rhinotime.com /bio.html (972 words)

	Boxing News : Gerbasi : Clifford Etienne: The Return of The Rhino
		Etienne’s story has been well documented, from his days as a high school football star and his incarceration for ten years, to his amazing rise up the heavyweight ranks as one of the division’s most exciting fighters and his subsequent fall at the hands of Fres Oquendo and Tyson.
		Any first round loss is devastating, but when you're a guy like Etienne - who was a media darling in the months leading up to his first defeat at the hands of Fres Oquendo in 2001 - you would figure the backlash after the bout would have crippled the psyche of the budding contender.
		Just like Adrian telling Rocky to win the rematch against Apollo Creed from her hospital bed, Etienne, with the green light from his bride, tore back into the fight game with a passion, and he says that his three fights in two months schedule is just the beginning.
	www.maxboxing.com /Gerbasi/Gerbasi032404.asp (1288 words)

	BraggingRightsCorner.com - " Brock Stops Etienne in 3 "...by Oleg Bershadsky
		For Clifford Etienne it was about proving that his first round knockout loss to Mike Tyson was a thing of the past and not the fight that would define his career, after which he was labeled by some as having a suspect chin.
		Clifford Etienne fought like the more experienced fighter he is by mixing up his attack to both the head and the body, while also being the busier of the two fighters.
		Just as Etienne began to pick up his pace Brock came out of nowhere with a launching right hand followed by a left hook which floored the “the Black Rhino.” Brock seemingly overanxious was unable to take full advantage of the knockdown as he simply forgot to go to the body and continued the headhunting.
	www.braggingrightscorner.com /bershadskybrock012105.html (622 words)

	Clifford Etienne vs. Terrance Lewis (April 27, 2002)
		As the fighters mauled and wrestled on the inside, Etienne banged in left hook but was clipped by a clean right uppercut at the bell as the hot and cold Lewis felt like rumbling tonight.
		Pinning Lewis on the ropes, Etienne was sent to the deck from a series of low blows that drew a warning from the ref as the round concluded.
		The reluctant Etienne refused the bait and decided that discretion was the better part of valor in copping the nod.
	www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2002/020427etienne_lewis.html (1050 words)

	BraggingRightsCorner.com - " Clifford Etienne Has Been Arrested "
		Former heavyweight contender Clifford Etienne was arrested earlier today on suspicion of armed robbery of a business, car jacking a vehicle with women and her children inside, while attempting to escape from the scene and attempted murder of a police officer.
		Etienne was booked for attempted first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, and two counts each of armed robbery and second-degree kidnapping.
		Etienne's career never recovered from that loss, it seems, as he was knocked out in the first round by Mike Tyson in 2003, Calvin Brock in three rounds in January 2005, and Niclolay Valuev in the third round in May 2005.
	www.braggingrightscorner.com /etiennearrested081205.html (187 words)

	Clifford Etienne: I'm coming!
		A win against Brock would move Etienne up another rung on the heavyweight ladder and prove that the thirty-two year-old native of Louisiana still has the potential to compete in the division.
		The on-again off-again bout finally went down and Etienne was blown away in the first round with an enthusiastic Memphis crowd watching while Tyson bullied his way to another easy victory.
		Etienne returned a year later defeating club fighters here and there until he fought Talmadge Griffis, 22-4-3, to a UD win.
	www.doghouseboxing.com /Henderson/Henderson121504.htm (1256 words)

	Cyber Boxing Zone -- Boxing Chronicle
		About three seconds after the second warning, Etienne lowered his head again and while he was looking at the canvas, Oquendo again nailed him with a right that caught him on the back of the head, and he was down to his knees.
		Etienne, desperately leaping in with wild punches, eventually allowed himself to be hit behind the ear again, and fell to all-fours for the fifth knockdown in three rounds.
		Etienne was barely able to raise his hands to defend himself, and he continued to eat jabs and right hands.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxingchronicle/articles_tuaetienne.html (2848 words)

	High farce as Mike's stooge plays his part - smh.com.au
		Tyson beat Etienne to the draw with a crushing right and sent him collapsing backwards, his lower left leg pinned under his falling weight until it sprang loose and shot him straight backward onto the canvas.
		Etienne had just missed with a left and tried to strike again but Tyson rapped him straight on the jaw with the kind of shot he never came close to landing on Lennox Lewis in this same arena last June.
		Etienne collapsed and stayed down until he knew Clancy had counted him out - he was a man who could count, and one who realised he would not earn another dime for getting up.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/23/1045935275379.html (907 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| Rhino ready to roar
		In fighting Clifford Etienne, a man once floored seven times in a single fight, Tyson's camp have taken what is considered a very small risk.
		While he excelled at basketball and amateur wrestling, Etienne's choice of career became irrelevant at the age of 17 when he was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to spend 40 years in jail.
		Etienne, like many successful boxers before him, found that prison was the making of him - he converted to the Muslim religion and took up boxing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/boxing/2756759.stm (571 words)

	KFDM-TV Channel Six News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Etienne was knocked flat on his back in the middle of the ring and he lay there as referee Bill Clancy counted him out only 49 seconds into the scheduled 10-round fight.
		Etienne was picked as an opponent because he figured to give Tyson an easy target, and he didn't disappoint.
		Etienne has a tendency to go down _ seven times in one fight alone _ and was hand selected as an opponent because of his weak chin and his style of fighting right in front of an opponent.
	www.kfdm.com /engine.pl?station=kfdm&id=469&template=breakoutlocal.html (972 words)

	The Becker Sports Satire Report
		Etienne has filed a civil suit against Tyson seeking damages of two million dollars in physical damages and an additional ten million dollars for emotional distress.
		Outside the Clark County Courthouse a tearful Etienne claimed, "I mean one second we're shaking hands and then a bell goes off and he goes crazy and starts beating the crap out of me. I tried to defend myself but he wouldn't stop.
		Legal counsel for Etienne made a plea to the public, "We have it on good authority that there were several cameras in the area when my client was assaulted.
	sportssatirereport.com /Articles/065_Clifford_Etienne.htm (345 words)

	Tyson ponders a future with Lewis, and no dancing rhinos: 2/24/03
		Etienne made the mistake of trying to punch with a puncher, and as soon as Tyson landed his right, he walked away knowing it was over.
		Etienne, who was booed and harassed by some in the crowd as he left the ring, was clearly hit by a big punch.
		It was the closest Etienne came to Tyson's much-talked about tattoo, which an expert solemnly described earlier in the week as indicative of a Maori tribal warrior design.
	www.s-t.com /daily/02-03/02-24-03/c05sp097.htm (844 words)

	SI.com - Boxing - Etienne: OK, fight's on! - Wednesday February 19, 2003 05:08 PM
		Etienne agreed Wednesday to fight Tyson as planned, marking another twist in the soap operalike saga that has enveloped the heavyweight fight for days.
		Etienne had been unhappy that Tyson was dictating terms of the fight, and promised a day earlier to give up nearly $1 million and the chance of a lifetime to take on the once fearsome former heavyweight champion.
		Etienne hadn't been expected to present much of a problem for a fit Tyson.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /boxing/news/2003/02/19/tyson_etienne_ap (851 words)

	New York Daily News - Sports - Rather fight Mike than wife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		According to someone close to the promotion, Tiffany Etienne told her husband that he would be sleeping on the sofa if he didn't climb into the ring against Tyson and earn his $900,000 paycheck.
		Etienne, who arrived here on Monday, told some of his handlers that he had broken training and went out partying after Tyson announced on Monday night that he wasn't going to fight because he was still sick with the flu.
		Etienne was tapering off and Tyson was trying to gear up again after missing a week of training with everything from a bad back to a tattoo to the flu.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/61020p-57024c.html (735 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tyson will fight Etienne as planned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Clifford Etienne tattoos the other side of Tyson's face.
		If anything, Etienne figures to have a better chance at pulling off a major upset in the scheduled 10-round fight.
		Etienne, who served 10 years in prison before making a name as a fighter with an all-action style, is coming off a 10-round draw with Frans Botha, who was previously knocked out by Tyson.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2003-02-18-tyson-etienne_x.htm (509 words)

	KO Corner - Clifford Etienne
		Former heavyweight title contender Clifford Etienne has been sentenced to 150 years in prison with no chance of parole.
		Etienne was convicted of second-degree murder and a slew of other charges including attempted murder, robbery, grand theft auto, kidnapping, and much more.
		Boxers •; Clifford Etienne • General • Outside the Ring • Heavyweight
	www.kocorner.com /boxing/category/Clifford-Etienne (163 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| Etienne issues Tyson challenge
		Clifford Etienne, who fights Mike Tyson in Memphis on 22 February, told reporters on Wednesday that he was "going to shock a lot of people".
		But Etienne warned Tyson against looking past him to a rematch with Lewis that is tentatively planned for 21 June.
		Etienne, 24-1 with one draw and 17 knockouts, could do his own heavyweight prospects the power of good by beating Tyson.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/boxing/2755779.stm (273 words)

	Tyson makes short work of Etienne - theage.com.au
		Mike Tyson flattened Clifford Etienne after only 49 seconds of their heavyweight fight here on Saturday, setting the stage for a possible world title rematch against Britain's Lennox Lewis.
		Etienne, 32, fell to 24-2 with one draw.
		Etienne then threatened to pull out but the "Black Rhino" stayed for a career-best payday of $US1 million ($1.68 million).
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/23/1045935273722.html (289 words)

	Tyson Stops Etienne in 49 Seconds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Etienne has a tendency to go down — seven times in one fight alone — and was hand selected as an opponent because of his weak chin and his style of fighting right in front of an opponent.
		Etienne was carefully removing his mouthpiece as the count began--held it snugley in his gloved fist.
		Etienne might have took a good punch, but I doubt the last time he was knocked out he took out his mouth piece 2 seconds into the 10 count.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/849735/posts (2475 words)

	:: - News & Results - USA News
		Etienne then stole another vehicle that was also occupied by two children and their father.
		Etienne did manage to drive the car off with the two children still inside but crashed, upon which time police overpowered him and took him into custody.
		Etienne, who served years 10 years in prison for robbery, has been charged with two counts of armed robbery, attempted first degree murder, second degree kidnapping and attempted armed robbery.
	www.secondsout.com /USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=17134 (383 words)

	Etienne has put Tyson loss behind him (printable version)
		Etienne will take a 27-2-2 record with 19 knockouts into his fight against Griffis, who is 22-4-3 with 14 knockouts.
		Etienne’s career didn’t start with that bout with Tyson, although that’s when most casual fans discovered him and his nickname.
		Etienne then put together a five-fight winning streak before fighting a 10-round draw with Frans Botha at the New Orleans Arena in July 2002.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=73399 (394 words)

	Boxer "Black Rhino" Arrested in Baton Rouge for Attempted Murder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Clifford Etienne is in jail today after being arrested for attempted murder.
		Etienne, a former high school football star who converted to boxing while serving a prison sentence in Louisiana for armed robbery, was booked with attempted first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, and two counts each of armed robbery and second-degree kidnapping.
		Etienne, 33, who grew up near Baton Rouge, lost his shot at college football by embarking on a robbery spree with three other men when he was 18.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1461539/posts (851 words)

	ESPN.com: BOXING - According to Etienne, Tyson fight is still off
		While Tyson's mood swings are well known, Etienne had a little fit of his own, telling ESPN on Tuesday that the bout still is off.
		Bonano did say that all of Etienne's supporting crew remained in Mississippi and had not left camp, as Etienne had claimed.
		While Etienne pulled out of the bout, Tyson went to the charter terminal in Las Vegas, where he, Roach and a sparring partner were to board a private jet for Memphis.
	espn.go.com /boxing/news/2003/0218/1510668.html (1115 words)

	JS Online: Tyson Says He Needs to Train for Lewis
		Tyson's 49-second destruction of Clifford Etienne on Saturday night proved little other than he can still punch at the advanced fighting age of 36.
		Etienne had gone down seven times in one fight with soft-hitting Fres Oquendo two years ago.
		Etienne made the mistake of trying to punch with a puncher, and as soon as Tyson's right hand landed he walked away knowing it was over.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/ap/feb03/ap-box-tyson's-fut022403.asp?format=print (855 words)

	Rick Fox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Unfortunately for Etienne, he was found laying on the canvas nearly as long as stood on it.
		Earlier in the week, Etienne backed down from the fight after Tyson failed to show up on time, stating that he wasn't Tyson's Yo-Yo.
		Well Iron mike proved that Etienne was his Yo-Yo Saturday, throwing him down 49 seconds into the fight, and then pulling him back up 10 seconds later.
	www.public.coe.edu /~bdnigg/doubletake_web/dtsports_web/monk_c_etienne.htm (88 words)

	New York Daily News - Sports - Tyson future, Lewis in limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		MEMPHIS - Mike Tyson's bout against Clifford Etienne Saturday night at the Pyramid was supposed to be a tuneup for a June rematch against Lennox Lewis.
		After knocking out Etienne in just 49 seconds, Tyson discovered that he needs a complete overhaul if he expects to have a chance at beating Lewis.
		Etienne fell flat on his back, after his leg folded awkwardly underneath him on his way down from the right hand that crashed into his chin.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/62042p-57924c.html (568 words)

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