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(IBF) Fighting Harada 63-3 (35) vs (WBA) Guadalupe Pintor 36-4-2 (27)

Harada used sharp two and three punch combos to carry the opening round, but a late hook from the Mexican opened a cut outside of his right eyebrow. Fighting continued to box brilliantly but his cut was reopened in the second and fifth rounds and Lupe closed the distance better in the fourth and fifth and started getting off his trademark hooks to the body.

They went toe to toe in an even sixth round that saw Harada's jabs create a slight mouse under Guadalupe's right eye but Pintor stunned him in the closing seconds with two wicked body shots and a right hand flush on the chin. Lupe jumped on Harada early in the seventh and he battered him about the ring with savage hooks to the head and body during the most dominant round of the fight. The Japanese legend rebounded in the eighth but in the closing seconds he was caught with an uppercut that dropped him for a four count. Harada stormed out with purpose in round nine and he tattooed Lupe with jabs and hooks over the next six minutes that brought significantly more damage to his right eye.

After another big round in the eleventh from harada, Pintor got a second wind in the twelfth and they traded violently with two searing hooks buckling Fighting's legs in the final twenty seconds. That was Pintor's last stand and Harada swept the final three rounds with swift movement and hard one-twos to take the well earned UD. 145-140 x2 & 143-142


Alan Rudkin 19-4-2 (3) vs Charley Phil Rosenberg 17-5-1 (4)

This was tepid affair with both relying more on their defensive skills, Rosenberg was the more effective of the two and he landed some sharp hooks and uppercuts to take a surprisingly split decision. 117-112, 113-116 & 116-113


Koki Kameda 61-7-1 (37) vs Terry McGovern 38-4 (26)

Kameda peppered Terry with jabs and right hands that ballooned his right eye and split open his left eye, but McGovern pounded the body to slow him down and late in the fight he repeatedly rocked Kameda with clubbing right hands on the way to the UD. 117-111 x2 & 116-113


Franco Zurlo 15-7-1 (4) vs Charles LeDoux 18-3-2 (12)

Zurlo looked like he was going to add LeDoux to his list of upsets that already includes Jimmy Barry & Agustin Senin when he boxed brilliantly over the first three rounds and frustrated Charles with stiff jabs and superior defense. The Frenchman scored better in the fifth with his right hand but he was well behind in the seventh when a hook to the body set up an uppercut that landed flush on the chin and abruptly flattened Zurlo for the ten count.