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Friday Night Fights Results: Jan. 29
Gainer gets Little Rocked - one of 3 #5 seeds to fall
There wasn't much smoke, and there certainly wasn't a fire, as Derrick Gainer lost a close majority decision to Cecilio Lastra in the IBF Featherweight tournament.
Gainer, seeded #5, scored a second-round knockdown of the 12th-seeded Lastra, but showed only sporadic flashes after that point as Lastra seemed to do just a bit more in the remaining even and largely uneventful rounds.
The crowd in Little Rock, Ark., booed lustily in the 9th round, as neither fighter threw punches, walking in circles. But Gainer essentially taking the 3 rounds following the knockdown off proved to be his undoing, as he was swept on all cards in rounds 3, 4 and 5.
Also on the card:
WBA Cruiserweight: #4 Wayne Brathwaite vs #13 Saul Montana (Braithwaite TKO 4, cuts)
IBF Welterweight: #8 Billy Backus vs #9 Jose Antonio Rivera (Backus UD 10, 97-93, 98-92, 99-91)
WBA Lightweight: #6 Jose Luis Castillo vs #11 Lamar Murphy (Castillo TKO 6, cuts)
IBF Cruiserweight: #5 Arthur Williams vs #12 Michael Greer (Greer UD 10, 96-94, 96-94, 97-94)
WBA Flyweight: #5 Jose Bonilla vs #12 Lorenzo Parra (Parra TKO 4 as Bonilla's corner calls for stoppage)
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