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(IBF,WBA,WBC & WBO) Ricardo Lopez 50-0 (39) vs Yoko Gushiken 24-0 (18)

They sized each other up and inside of the opening minute Gushiken floored his rival with a vicious combo for a count of five, he spent the remainder of the round stalking Finito and hammering him with hooks to the body and uppercuts to the head in a thoroughly dominant stanza. The Fierce Eagle dominated the second round with hard body shots and violent uppercuts to the head. In round three Finito started to score with jabs and right hands and he met Gushiken's aggression on equal terms, late in the frame they clashed heads and Yoko came away with a terrible gash over his left eye.

They traded liberally during an action packed, and dead even, fourth round with neither man taking a backward step or gaining even a slight edge. Early in the fifth Lopez dropped Yoko with a three punch combo and he barely beat the count; perhaps overanxious to avenge his defeat in the first Nerd tournament semi-final Lopez got wild and was unable to capitalize while the Japanese warrior buckled the Mexicans legs late in the round with a brutal left hand. Ricardo staggered his foe with a hook in the sixth and Yoko fired back with an onslaught of hooks and uppercuts that Lopez met with several clean combinations. At the end of the vicious round, Lopez had swelling on his right eye and Gushiken's cut was reopened.

Gushiken absorbed a nasty hook in round seven, but he slipped a right hand and delivered a devastating left hand counter that floored Lopez for a count of two, Gushiken unloaded his arsenal but a clear headed Lopez defended brilliantly and avoided further damage. Finito responded in round eight and outfought Gushiken in a fast paced round with hard hooks to the body and head while he absorbed several punishing counters from The Fierce Eagle.

The battle turned a bit one-sided from there as Gushiken nearly closed Lopez' eye with uppercuts and powerful left hands while his pressure wilted the offensive output of the mexican. It was much closer than last time, but once again Gushiken sent Lopez home with a hard fought UD. 117-110 x2 & 115-110


(IBO) Humberto Gonzalez 22-2 (19) vs Jung-Koo Chang 42-2 (16)

Chang took the fight to his foe in the opening round, scoring with clean combinations to the body and head while his hometown Seoul crowd roared. After a tight second frame, Gonzalez exploded in round three; buckling Chang's legs with a straight left and immediately dropping him with a nasty uppercut and short hook to the head. Jung-Koo was up at five, but Humberto hammered him the rest of the round with fierce combinations to the head.

They traded evenly over the next few rounds with both men scoring well in close. Early in the seventh Gonzalez hurt Chang with a hook to the body and he poured it on, punishing Jung with vicious hooks to the body and uppercuts and hooks to the head that pinned him in the corner until Gonzalez ripped off a dazzling four punch combination that crumpled Chang in a heap where he took the ten count.