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(WBA) Salvador Sanchez 24-0 (21) vs Yuriorkis Gamboa 36-8 (23)

Gamboa's incredible speed enabled him to land 2 and 3 punch combos in the first three rounds that left distension around both of the champions eyes. Sal dug in during the fourth and fifth rounds with punishing counters and he had Yuriorkis badly hurt over the final minute of round five when he battered him to the head and body along the ropes.

The momentum was all Sanchez in round six as he dug nasty hooks to the Cubans side. Gamboa got on his toes in round seven and and eight and he tagged Sanchez with powerful lefts and rights that had his face disintegrating by the second. Early in round nine a right hand that Sal didn't see buckled his legs and Gamboa swarmed him with a never ending flurry that was bouncing Sal's head around like a pinball and the ref stepped in to give this division yet another huge upset winner!


Eder Jofre 50-1 (31) vs (WBO) Robert Guerrero 54-9-1 (30)

Guerrero did his best to keep the upset train rolling, using his obvious size advantage to rough up the Brazilian on the inside with uppercuts and body work. Eder staggered Guerrero with a right hand in the fifth and dominated from there until ten straight power shots prompted the stoppage in round seven.


(IBF) Abe Attell 23-0-1 (12) vs Wilfredo Gomez 78-12-1 (61)

After some technical and even early rounds, Abe used his jab to turn Gomez' right eye into a balloon and he pounded Wilfredo from the tenth round on; dropping Bazooka with an uppercut in the fourteenth and taking a wide UD. 148-137 x3


Sandy Saddler 60-3-1 (49) vs Juan Manuel Marquez 60-3-1 (43)

After Marquez controlled the first two rounds with terrific counter-punching they went to war over the next six minutes with Saddler pressing inside and swelling up Juan's left eye with short right hands and uppercuts while Marquez jarred his head back with nasty combinations. After a breather in round five Sandy rocked Juan with a right hand early in the sixth and took him to the woodshed, while the punishment was severe, Marquez seemed to have his senses when the referee stepped in late in the stanza. No doubt we'll hear about this one for a long time. It was (30-7), but I was hoping for more.