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Straw Fourth Round
Rosendo Alvarez 48-12-2 (27) vs (WBA) Juan Landaeta 21-1 (13)
El Buffalo continued to impress far past his #33 seed in the tourney and he dealt up a nasty beating for Landaeta. Roman floored Baby with a hook for a nine count in the second and by round seven both of his eyes were badly swollen. Early in round seven a crippling hook to the body put Juan on his hands and knees for an eight count and an uppercut dropped him again forty seconds later, he showed tremendous resolve by beating the count but two more right hands brought the ref to his rescue.
(WBC) Ricardo Lopez 42-0 (35) vs (IBF & WBO) Kermin Guardia 26-15-2 (11)
The Colombian underdog was surprisingly effective in the first four rounds, using his jab, right hand and awkward movement to keep Lopez off guard and unable to deliver his punishing body attack. In round five Finito hurt Guardia with a hook and punished him along the ropes vicious hooks to the body and head. That opened the floodgates and Ricardo ground kermin down with a ferocious assault to the body with both hands and floored him with a combo in the final seconds to culminate a tougher than expected UD, 117-110 & 116-111 x2
Leo Gamez 70-10-2 (34) vs Isaac Bustos 18-3-2 (4)
Isaac used his stiff jab to build an early lead and bust open Gamez's right eyebrow. The blood brought urgency to leo's attack and he slammed hard right hands into Bustos side and head in rounds five and six. Bustos came out for the seventh with distention on his left eye and Gamez promptly dropped him with a vicious right hand, he was up at six and by the end of the round the Mexican was fighting back and a hook reopened the nasty gash over Leo's right eye. With the fight tight on the cards, two stiff jabs exploded Gamez already bad eye and the doctor and ref decided he could not continue.
Matthew Bell 38-3-1 (22) vs Napa Kiatwanchai 16-5-1 (6)
The first four rounds were rough and tumble and featured two warnings apiece as they ground it out on the inside, Kiatwanchai staggered Bell in the second with an uppercut but Bell came back in the third with two hard right hands that drew swelling from the Thai fighters left eye.
Bell dominated the fifth with stiff jabs and hooks, one of the former opened a bad cut over Kiatwanchai's right eye and a late right hand buckled his legs. After Bell dominated round six, Napa came back in round seven and landed several clean hooks to the body. Early in round eight Zeke connected with a sizzling hook that put the Thai fighter down hard, he barely beat the count and Matthew went for broke, slamming hard lefts and rights to the head that busted open his nose and reopened the gash, Kiatwanchai survived the round but his face was a bloody and swollen mess. Bell continued to dominate and destroy his opponents face, until they finally pulled the plug in round eleven.
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