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Dodie Boy Penalosa 30-8-3 (8) vs Andy Tabanas 12-9 (6)

Penalosa dominated early with speedy footwork and combinations while tabanas struggled to score. The middle rounds got closer as Andy started dialing in with right hands and Penalosa's constant movement slowed down. Tabanas dropped him with a right hand in round eight for a six count and carrying round nine with several clean right hands before Dodie Boy took the tenth with clean combination punching and advanced via UD. 97-93, 96-93 & 95-94


Muangchai Kittikasem 34-7 (23) vs Bert Batawang 17-3-1 (5)

There were spirited exchanges here and there, but Kittikasem always landed harder and a brutal body attack wore Batawang down until J-Okay dropped him in the ninth and tenth with hard right hands and the referee stepped in with Muangchai punishing him along the ropes with ten seconds left in the bout.


Gerardo Verde 16-5 (8) vs (IBO) Joma Gamboa 33-9-2 (8)

Gamboa boxed very well early with clean right hands swelling up Verde's left eye. Gerardo dropped the champion with an uppercut in round three and continued to press the pace in the next few rounds with punishing hooks and uppercuts on the inside that had both of Joma's eyes showing distention after six rounds.

The Filipino showed his championship heart in the seventh, meeting Verde in the middle of the ring and exchanging heavy leather until a right hand dropped Gerardo for a five count and Joma peppered him with one-two's over the final minute while the Manila crowd went wild. After a solid eighth from Gamboa, Verde backed him up and pasted him with vicious body work and uppercuts over the final four rounds, only to have it taken away from him when the judges gave Gamboa the MD, 115-112, 114-112 & 113-113


Alejandro Montiel 29-9-3 (14) vs Fahlan Sakkreerin 27-15-3 (3)

Rematch: Montiel UD12

Montiel repeated his victory in even greater fashion. He dominated the first two rounds before staggering Fahlan early in the third with a right hand and he battered him along the ropes with vicious shots until the referee stepped in and called it a halt.


Rematch:

Ivan Calderon 43-2-2 (10) vs Joey Herbst 17-3-2 (4)

Calderon was in much finer form the second time around with sharp left hands that opened a gash over Herbst right eye in round three. Joey got some right hands in over the next two rounds but Ivan continued to box brilliantly and he swept the closing rounds to take the UD. 99-93 & 98-93 x2