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Leo Gamez 70-11-2 (34) vs Mauricio Pastrana 33-25-3 (12)

Leo dominated the first three rounds with thunderous body shots and overhand rights. The fourth and fifth saw them both score virtually at will as pastrano countered Gamez' aggression with uppercuts and hooks on the inside. Mauricio got his jab and cross working a bit in the middle rounds but Gamez closed strong and he stunned Pastrana in a dominant closing round with two hard right hands to punctuate his MD, 98-92, 97-93 & 95-95


Melchor Cob Castro 17-3 (4) vs Paul Weir 17-22-2 (4)

Rematch: Cob Castro KO1

Weir completely turned things around from their previous encounter in the early going when he scored with speedy jabs and right hands. A sharp right in the third opened a bad cut over Castro's left eye. Cob Castro came on in round five when he stunned the Scot with an uppercut and banded away at his body over the final half minute. Paul fought brilliantly off of the ropes in the sixth round when he clipped Melchor with clean counters while the Mexican slammed hooks to the body. It took its toll on Weir and he slowed down before summoning a big effort in the final round where he dominated with clean combinations and pulled off the upset via UD, 96-93 x2 & 95-94


Luis Estaba 17-3 (8) vs Hilario Zapata 36-4-1 (10)

The Panamanian put his defensive wizardry on full display in the first six minutes, slipping shots and countering with combinations; one of which opened a cut over Estaba's left eye at the end of round two. Feeling desperate in this huge early round match up, Estaba stunned Zapata twice in the third with sharp right hands and he put in some nice body work when Hilario went to the ropes.

Estaba put forth a relentless attack in round four, rocking Hilario with an uppercut and pummeling him for the majority of the one sided stanza that sent Zapata back to his corner with a rapidly swelling right eye. Zapata came back early in the fifth with dazzling combos but Luis hurt him in the final minute with a crushing right hand and he pelted Hilario with fierce combinations to steal the round.

Fearing an early departure, Hilario dug deep and put on a masterclass in rounds six and seven when he peppered Estaba with one jab after another and avoided the Colombians in coming with deft precision. Luis rocked Zapata early in round eight with an overhand right and scored with several punishing blows before Hilario mounted a counter attack consisting of 3 and 4 punch combos while Estaba drilled him with right hands during a thrilling a round (15-16).

They traded early in round nine before zapata reopened the gash with an uppercut, Hilario fired off several combinations before the ref and doctor decided that this excellent fight had to come to an unfortunately premature end, Zapata was up 2 on 2 cards and the other was even.


(WBA) Saman Sorjaturong 20-1 (19) vs Candido Tellez 30-10-1 (22)

After two feeling out rounds, the champion exploded in the third when he floored Tellez with a vicious uppercut, he arose at eight but Saman pounded him from both wings to the head and body throughout the stanza. Tellez took advantage of his arm weary foe in round four and he repeatedly tagged him with right hands that left the Thai fighter with a nasty mouse under his left eye.

They went about in close rounds, with the exception of round six when Candido punished him with right hands, Sorjaturong took command in the ninth with a barrage of blows including several vicious uppercuts that snapped back Tellez' head. Candido took the ball back the ball in round eleven with a stream of fluent combinations and after a tight final round most thought that he had done enough to take the title. The judges disagreed and Saman escaped with a SD, 114-112, 113-114 & 114-113