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Bantamweights Third Round
(IBF) Fighting Harada 62-3 (34) vs Nipper Pat Daly 17-5 (3)
Rematch: Harada UD10
Harada was just too strong for the kid, following up crisp jabs with booming hooks and right hands that had his left eye closing and his right eye spurting blood when the referee stopped the one sided contest during the seventh round.
Alan Rudkin 18-4-1 (2) vs Jose Medel 18-4 (7)
Medel opened strong with powerful right hands and uppercuts that garnered him the first three rounds and left the Brit with a busted lip and swollen left eye. Rudkin started working his one-twos and incorporating some movement that threw off the Mexicans offense. In round five Rudkin staggered with a right hand two minutes in and battered Medel along the ropes with a flurry of blows to close the round. They traded heavily in the sixth and Medel stunned Rudkin with a right hand early on only to have the favor returned when the Englishman connected with a beautiful double hook late in the action packed round.
Rudkin's jabs and hooks dominated the seventh round and a searing hook opened a nasty gash over Medel's right eye just before the bell. Jose turned it around with a murderous right hand in the eighth and they fought tightly down the stretch leading to what seemed like a pretty fair draw. 115-113, 113-115 & 114-114
Daorung Chuvatana 19-3 (8) vs Koki Kameda 60-7-1 (37)
I don't know if there was a let down from the big win over Nonito Donaire or if it was just a style thing, but Chuvatana had nothing for Kameda. Koki fought brilliantly, using nice footwork and powerful lead right hands to dominate Daorung early, shrug off a brief mid-round rally, and hammer him down the stretch with power shots for the impressive UD. 117-110 x3
Franco Zurlo 14-7-1 (4) vs Agustin Senin 17-3-2 (8)
This was a very tight, technical, battle of European fighters that didn't have many momentum switches. Senin momentarily stunned Franco with a n uppercut in round four and Zurlo dominated the eighth with combination punching. Other than that there was a lot of jabs and difficult rounds to score. When the judges convened, Zurlo had consolidated his upset over Jimmy Barry with another one via SD. 116-112, 113-115 & 115-113
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