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Semi-Finals:

Florentino Fernandez 5-1-0 (5) vs Douglas Vaillant 3-1-0 (0) - Fernandez went 15 for the first time as Vaillant continued his string of never being knocked down. A very close bout early as Vaillant actually mixed it up quite a bit darting in and scoring seemingly at will at times. He faded for the last 5 rounds however, and Fernandez won 145-140 on my card, but the judges had it much closer, 144-140, 142-142 and 145-139.

Orlando Zulueta 4-1-0 (2) vs Emory Cabana 7-1-0 (1) - The favored Zulueta's lone lost was to Cabana in the last tourney. Another spirited bout that went back and forth between these two saw Zulueta redeem himself by takign the 145-142, 143-144 and 144-142 split decision.

Final:

Florentino Fernandez 6-1-0 (5) vs Orlando Zulueta 5-1-0 (2) - In the first meeting between Fernandez and Lulueta, Zulueta started out on fire, taking 5 of 6 of the first rounds on my card. A 9th round knockdown by Fernandez was the turning point in the bout, as Fernandez seemed to sweep all but the last round to have a narrow lead on my card. Zulueta came out with bad intent in the final round however, scoring seemingly at will and having Fernandez trapped on the rope at the sounding of the final bell. I had it 142-142 for a draw while the judges had it 142-142,l 145-139 and 143-141 for the winner by majority decision, Florentino Fernandez who moves on to his first World Tournament with a 7-1-0 (5) record.