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Danny Green, the Green Machine, ran over Paul Murdoch inside two rounds of their 12 round match that saw Green blossom as a light-heavyweight in Melbourne on Sunday, January 21.

Danny from the opening bell had Murdoch's measure. Too big and strong he punched too hard for the PABA light-heavyweight champion. The fight lasted just to the fifth minute: Murdoch's father, Bobby Murdoch threw in the towel at 65 secs. of round two. Green first sat Murdoch down with a jab (he's a sinistral, left hand stronger. Such is the power and strength of Danny Green at his new weight class.

The boxer from Western Australia looked awesome: again he dropped the man from Geelong, Victoria in a flurry of blows of deadly intent. Murdoch was badly hurt and crumbled under the impact of the Green Machine.

Green looked very impressive. He is waiting to see if his connections can get him the shot at the winner in February of the WBA title fight between champion,Silvio Branco, and Stipe Drews (a Paul Briggs loser).

It is likely Justin Manolikos will seek another international workout for Danny in the meantime. But he would not readily be inquiring about the other Aussie, Paul Briggs on the WBC side.

Fresh from his win Danny Green invited Anthony Mundine to step up to light=-heavy and fight him a return. No chance of that! Anthony will have his hands full against Sam Soliman in the WBA super-middle settler.

Murdoch was game in defeat. A good Asia Pacific standard boxer

Stone lighter, winner

Daniel 'Porky'Lovett, Victoria, was signed to meet Justin Clements, NSW, at catchweights 84 kg, seven kilos above Lovett's usual. Clements even then was unable to make the agreed and came in above 85.

The fight was a one sided affair with Lovett landing punches at will. The game Clements orginally from the UK looked far past his best. He was tough, though, as Lovett pounded the belly to wrap up the points in an entertaing sixer.

Lovett is a great prospect who draws good crowds in Melbourne.

Thai? thai-phoon!

Former champion of the World Boxing Foundation, Chad Bennett, faced a Thai in another six rounder - but not the customary "Thai taxi driver."

Parkpoom Jangphonak had reportedly 80 amateur bouts, 110 kick boxing bouts, and came into the bout with a professional record of nine wins and one loss with five KOs. This Thai boxer was one talented customer Parkpoom beat Dondon Sultan over 12 to retain his PABA title. Sultan KOd Anton Solopov in Russia, Sultan also beat Aussie welterweight champ, Eddie Delic in Singapore in November. The Thai was classes above the dozens of plodders brought to Australia from Thailand in recent years.

Parkpoom Jangphonak was confident, tall and rangy. The Thai welterweight had a very good jab he was crafty, he had an 8 cm height advantage over Chad Bennett and used it to good effect all night. The Thai was an excellent counter puncher. Newcastle's Chad was out of his depth and lost nearly every round on my card. Jangphonak was just clearly too good and it showed. Unlike the talentless Thais previously imported as just another notch on an Aussie boxer's record. Actually the reverse, Bennett was a notch on his. Chad was a former WBK world champion with a record of 23 fights, 18 wins and 3 draws coming into the fight. Australians won't be inviting this Thai back in a hurry: Shannon McMahon and others will stay clear of this Asian Cowboy.

Old Games Kiwi in draw

IN another sixer Brad Milner (1-1 pro) from New Zealand, fought Matthew Paulley, former Australian champion from Queensland. The Kiwi surprise packet, a fitness instructor by profession, walked up all night.

Paulley was cut but not badly like in previous bouts where he was giving blood to the blood bank. Milner, a 1998 Commonwealth Games boxer and late-starting pro, knew his way round a boxing ring. Paulley was accurate with the left jab. I thought Paulley won, the judges saw otherwise and gave it a draw.

Tyrone toe to toe

In an entertaining bout over six, amateur graduate Tyrone Tongia (3-1-1 KO) from Qeensland outpointed Robert 'Gummy'Toomey (2-0-l KO) from Dubbo, NSW. Toomey sustained a swollen left cheek early but came on strongly. He won the second half of the toe to toe action contest on my card - but the officials chose Tyrone by three points,two points and even.

When Toomey punched him after the bell ending round four, Tongia laughed it off. In the last frame a big right hand from Tongia edged him the round, and sealed him the decision, 59-56, 58-56, even. A lot closer was the scoring by this scribe.

Tramsek to a halt

In a four rounder to open the card, West Side Melbourne hotshot, Jason The Teminator Tramsek went down on points to Anthony McCracken from NSW. McCracken kept busy, placing threes and fours to head and body. The body shots were very effective: Tramsek would throw a flurry now and then but nowhere near the work rate.

Round four both fighters were hurt at different stages; a 10/10 round in my book The official scores, 40/36 twice and 40/37, all for the NSW visitor. McCracken has won all his five in three States. Back to the depot for Tramsek, who was a kick boxing champ and stood high in Fighter Amateur Ratings. The boxer's mentor, John Sceda was absent from the bout. A curious misprint in BoxRec: they give Tramsek's world rank as 623rd out of 622 boxers at the weight.