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Jr Lightweight- Second Round
Cornelius Boza-Edwards 38-2 (28) vs Hwan-Kil Yuh 10-7-3 (1)
Yuh started well and confused Boza with awkward movement and steady jabs, one of which split open Edwards' left eye in round four. Cornelius dug deep, despite the cut constantly bleeding, and ripped off hard combos on the inside to grind out a tough MD. 98-94, 97-95 & 96-96
Yodsanan Nanthachai 16-4 (10) vs Juan Carlos Velasquez 11-9 (4)
Juan Carlos boxed brilliantly in the opening round, firing off one-twos and using footwork to allude his hard charging rivals powerful swats. That changed early in round two when Yodsanan scored with a vicious uppercut that buckled Velasquez' legs and Nanthachai pummeled him until the ref called a halt at the two minute mark of round two.
(WBO) Frankie Klick 32-8 (8) vs Eloy Perez 11-9 (1)
Neither man was ever hurt and most rounds were highly competitive, but Klick was usually one step ahead with his higher work rate and he took the solid UD. 146-139 x3
Fidel LaBarba 73-10-4 (18) vs Carlos Canete 14-5-1 (7)
Carlos used his size and aggression to completely out-work his legendary foe. Fidel's defense was hard to penetrate but Canete scored well to the body and threw way more punches en route to the upset UD. 99-91 & 97-93 x2
Erik Morales 92-15-3 (59) vs Apollo Yoshio 11-9
Oh man, Yoshio's hit and run style frustrated Erik from the outset and while Morales continued to press the Japanese fighter scored heavily with counters in a frenetic final round to score the upset SD and break my heart. 96-95 x2 & 95-96
(IBF) Genaro Hernandez 18-2 (8) vs Angel Manfredy 10-9-1 (2)
Manfredy hurt 'Chicanito' in round one with a right hand and he fought well through five rounds. Hernandez began to score with hard right hands that eventually closed Manfredy's left eye and Genaro advanced via UD. 118-110 x3
Samuel Serrano 16-4 (4) vs Jason Litzau 30-10-3 (12)
Litzau dropped Sammy in the second and third rounds with right hands and he continued to rough up his slicker foe, bloodying and nearly closing his left eye en route to a dominant upset UD. 97-91 x2 & 97-92
Robert Guerrero 54-10-1 (30) vs Janos Nagy 11-8-1 (3)
Guerrero was sluggish in the early going but he picked it up down the stretch, hurting Nagy several times with uppercuts and straight left hands to earn the closer than expected UD. 97-93 x2 & 96-95
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