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Jr Lightweight Fourth Round (Rematches)
Rogelio Tuur 17-4-2 (7) vs (WBA) Antonio Cermeno 55-10-5 (29)
In another back and forth affair, Cermeno battled through a badly swollen right eye to take the final round, and the fight, with a series of punishing combos that led to the razor tight UD. 115-113 x2 & 115-114
Julio Cesar Chavez 73-6-4 (53) vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards 40-2-1 (28)
Chavez rocked Edwards three times in the opening round with right hands and the frame closed with the Mexican teeing off on his rival in the corner as the referee watched closely. The gritty Ugandan battled back in the next two rounds when he clipped Julio with straight left hands and nasty uppercuts. Chavez drew rapid swelling from Boza's right eye with hooks in round four and he pummeled Edwards in the fifth until a stream of fifteen consecutive shots prompted the referee to call a halt and move Julio into the next round.
Yuriorkis Gamboa 40-9-1 (26) vs Rocky Lockridge 39-6-1 (28)
Their fourth meeting led to quick and sustained violence as they traded bombs from the outset, by the end of the sixth round Gamboa had a badly cut right eye and a swollen left one but that didn't stop him from rocking Lockridge with rapid combinations as they went toe to toe.
The pace slowed a bit in the second half but Lockridge floored gamboa with a massive right hand in round ten and the only surprise with the decision in Rocky's favor was the fact that it was split. 115-112, 113-114 & 114-112
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