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April 2009 - Title Tournament Fights
Jr. Flyweight - #2 Belbis Mendoza (16-1, 14 KO) vs #3 Koki Kameda (11-0, 10 KO)
No contest here. Kameda drops Mendoza twice in the second before putting him down and out in the fourth. Kameda by KO at 2:23 of round 4. He'll face Ulises Solis for the strap.
Flyweight - #1 Jimmy Wilde (13-0-1, 12 KO) vs #4 Lorenzo Parra (12-2, 12 KO)
A pair of guys with some pop here. The first round is a feeling out process, though it seems Parra gets the better of it with a late, closing flurry. Wilde controls the first half of round 2, sparking Parra to turn it up a bit. Wilde responds in kind and the action heats up in the second half, a big hook landing from Wilde in the waning moments. Wilde builds off of that, dominating the third, though Parra is able to keep his feet despite being obviously hurt. Tempo slows in the fourth, but the crowd gets to its feet when Parra lands a perfect body shot that puts Wilde down to a knee. He's up at 3 and Parra does little in the following minute, but hopes to build off the 10-8 round. No such luck. Wilde dominates the fifth and the sixth until a Parra uppercut in the closing seconds stops him in his tracks. No matter, though. Wilde pummels Parra in the 8th, dropping him before a minute of unanswered pounding forces the stoppage. Wilde by TKO at 2:47 of the 7th. He'll fight Omar Narvaez for the title.
Bantamweight: #2 Jimmy Barry (19-1, 12 KO) vs #3 Terry McGovern (11-0, 11 KO)
McGovern takes the opening round in what seems to be a fight that will be fought in a phone booth. It's no surprise, therefore, when McGovern is cut during a clinch early in round 2. Barry sees blood, literally, and begins pumping the jab at all costs. By round's end, McGovern is a mess, though he had a good round. That changes in the third, as Barry takes advantage of the lack of vision from McGovern's left eye. He clearly wins the 3rd and 4th rounds, but McGovern gamely recovers to take the 5th. The eye is patched before the round but bleeds as soon as it begins, and McGovern is trying to fight more defensively just to have a chance to continue. But Barry takes the 6th clearly, and drops McGovern for a 10-8 round in the 7th. Thirty seconds into the 8th and with McGovern essentially a one-eyed fighter, the ref and doctor decide enough is enough. Because the cut came from a butt, it goes to the cards, where Barry takes a unanimous decision 68-64, 67-65, 67-65. He'll meet Paulie Ayala for the title.
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