The Federal Boxing Alliance

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WBO Wednesday Results: Jan. 20

Cruiserweight: Raveah Springs vs Uriah Grant (Springs UD 10, 96-94, 97-94, 98-93...Lots of action for the first 5 rounds. Really close fight, but Grant lost his fuel in the second half).

Light Heavyweight: J.B. Williamson vs Shannon Taylor (Williamson TKO 6, fight stopped on cuts. Taylor's left eye covered in blood from gash, but his corner is outraged at stoppage, at the time of which he led by 3 points on 2 cards. He was taking a lot of punishment, however, in the 6th.)

Jr. Middleweight: Sam Garr vs Keith Mullings (Garr UD 10, 97-93, 98-94, 97-93...Garr takes first 3 rounds easily, including a 2nd round knockdown, to open 4 point lead he'd maintain through the even remainder of the fight).

Jr. Lightweight: Hiroshi Kobayashi vs Jackie Beard (Beard SD 10, 95-96, 94-96, 97-94...Beard knockdown in 7th the difference in the fight)

Bantamweight: Bi-Won Chung vs Katsuo Tokashiki (Tokashiki SD 10, 97-95, 94-97, 95-96...crowd groaned upon split decision announcement by Jimmy Lennon Jr., but cheered when Tokashiki was declared winner of fight he clearly controlled. Judge Herbert Minn (USA) inexplicably scored the fight for Chung.)

Flyweight: Netrnoi Vorasingh vs Yo-Sam Choi (Choi UD 10, 96-94 across the board...very strange fight. Vorasingh was punishing in 3 or 4 rounds, but did absolutely nothing in the others. Probably inflicted more punishment overall in the fight).

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Friday Night Fights Card: Jan 22
A little of everything on action-packed night

WBA Middleweight: #6 Bennie Briscoe vs #11 Alan Minter (Minter UD 10, 97-93, 96-94, 96-94...With a still-buzzing crowd after the Marquez/Leon war, Alan Minter seemed to feed off the energy. Minter was the aggressor and, judges' cards aside, round 3 was the only one in the fight Briscoe can be argued to have clearly won. "As the underdog, I knew I'd have to take a decision by force," Minter said after the fight. "So that's what I set out to do."

WBC Featherweight: #4 Juan Manuel Marquez vs #13 Oscar Leon (Marquez TKO 10...So far, the fight of the year. Less than a minute into the fight, Marquez was on the canvas. He quickly realized Leon had come to fight. By the end of the round, he was also bleeding from above his left eye. What followed was a scintillating battle that Marquez had to reach deep to pull out. Marquez came out with an explosive 2nd round, but Leon held up and the 3rd round was even. Marquez dominated again in the 4th, scoring a flash knockdown. Leon came out fast in the 5th and dropped Marquez again, but Marquez got up and would drop Leon himself before the end of the round. Marquez dropped Leon with another flash knockdown again in the 6th and sent Leon to the canvas again in the 7th with a devastating hook. This looked to be the start of the end for Leon, but in the 8th Leon stood toe to toe with Marquez for the duration, bringing the crowd to its feet emphatically at the round's end. Regrettably for Leon, that was the last he had to offer. Marquez fought an aggressive, smothering attack in round 9 that Leon could not defend against. On 3 different occasions, Leon had to use the ropes to hold himself up. After a game effort, referee Billy Cavanagh wanted to let Leon try and gut his way back one more time, but it was not to be. Leon got off his stool but was unable to continue, as Cavanagh called the fight at the start of the 10th).

WBC Jr. Lightweight: #5 Jesus Chavez vs #12 Carlos Hernandez (Hernandez by DQ. In a bizarre set of circumstances, favorite Chavez knocks Hernandez down near the end of the 8th. Hernandez is up at 8. Ref John Coyle waves the fighters together. Hernandez holds on and Chavez grabs him around the neck and fires away. Coyle jumps in and disqualifies Chavez, up a point on all cards and with a 10-8 round awaiting him, as Hernandez wins fight while on the canvas.)

WBC Light Heavyweight: #6 Eddie Jones vs #11 Richard Hall (Jones UD 10, 96-93 across the board...fight closer than scorecards indicate. Seesaw battle in which Jones was strong in first, Hall dominated 2nd, then after even 3rd, Hall dominated 4th and 5th as well. Hall led on all 3 cards after 6, but Jones swept the final 4 rounds on each.)

IBF Lightweight: #7 Alejandro Gonzalez vs #10 Leonard Dorin (Draw. Perhaps the most vocal negative reaction to a decision in the FBA's brief history, Dorin is robbed in the eyes of most ringside observers. Several close rounds, but Dorin probably deserved the nod in most of them, and he had 3 rounds where he was a clear winner. Dorin did have a point taken away in the 6th for head butting, after previously being chastised for hitting on the break. Still, at the end, it was Dorin's handlers, and the crowd, who were crying foul.)

IBF Featherweight: #7 In-Jin Chi vs #10 Victor Polo (Chi TKO 2. Not much to say...Chi knocks Polo down with a straight right in the first and Polo spends entire fight on his heels. Referee Paul Sita stops it at 2:46 of round 2.)

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Thunder Down Under
Favorites sweep convincingly in Australia

It may not have had the #1 seeds that it's sister card in the states had, but the Powerhouse in Australia housed some impressive performances of its own.

Light-Heavyweight Bob Foster (WBA #2 seed) laid waste to Eric Harding (#15) in a dominating, 3-knockdown effort. Beaten during the first half of the bout, Harding was invisible in the second half except when he was on the canvas.

In the co-feature, Marco Antonio Barrera (WBA Featherweight #3) plugged through an early offensive by challenger Wayne McCullough (#14), trading blows before beating the "Pocket Rocket" down via TKO in the 7th. After a strong opening by Barrera, McCullough traded willingly in rounds 2 and 3, most notably a straight right off the top of Barrera's head that rattled him noticeably. But Barrera would persist and, 2 minutes into round 5, would catch McCullough with an uppercut it seemed he never recovered from. Early in round 7, referee Jimmy Gardiner called a halt to the bout, sending Barrera advancing in the tournament.

In other action:

WBA Light-Heavyweight: #5 Eddie Mustapha Muhammad fought to a draw with #12 Jorge Ahumada. A rematch is forthcoming.

WBA Welterweight: #3 Luis Rodriguez defeated #14 Manuel Gonzalez by unanimous decision, punishing Gonzalez 98-94, 100-92, 99-92.

WBC Featherweight: #2 Juan LaPorte started fast against #15 Stevie Cruz and never looked back, en route to a unanimous decision victory 98-92, 99-91, 99-92.

IBF Jr. Featherweight: #2 Oscar Larios stopped #15 Jose Luis Cervantes by TKO at 2:14 of Round 10, dropping Cervantes twice in the 10th before the stoppage by referee Isidro Rodriguez. Larios had dominated the first 7 rounds, but Cervantes had actually won rounds 8 and 9 on all 3 judges' cards. But a cut over his right eye gave him real problems in the 10th, and Larios was catching him with shots he never saw coming.

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Number 1s Dominate
Mugabi upset on undercard

Top seeds in separate WBA, WBC and IBF tournaments won impressively on the biggest event thus far in Federal Boxing Alliance history, but before those events "The Beast" was tamed.

In the night's main event, Sugar Ray Leonard defended his claim as the top seed in the WBA Welterweight tournament by dismantling Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis. With many expecting the flashy Leonard to dance and pop Lewis from a distance, Leonard threw a monkey wrench into that plan, attacking Lewis from the start. Looking like a deer in headlights, Lewis backtracked but Leonard persisted and with a straight right dropped Lewis for the count at 2:08 of round 1.

"I came to make a statement," Leonard said after the fight. "Anyone who thinks I lack fire, lack power, will be greatly surprised."

Leonard's explosive performance followed the same from WBC Middleweight top seed Carlos Monzon, whose onslaught was more damaging as his opponent, John David Jackson, was cut under the right eye in a flurry of blows from Monzon. Near the end of the opening round, a 4-punch combination from Monzon sent Jackson stumbling forward. He caught himself but, after another blow from Monzon, referee Barry Yeats jumped in to save Jackson at Monzon's request.

The IBF's Bantamweight top seed Jeff Chandler won unanimously over Eddie Cook, with 99-91 scores across the board. Cook was awarded round 9 by all judges, in the slowest round of the fight. But Chandler moved easily and Cook was never able to mount an attack.

The shock of the night came in a WBA Jr. Middleweight affair, when #4 seed John Mugabi was beaten by a close but unanimous decision by #13 Mike Baker. Mugabi seemed off from the opening bell, sluggish despite looking to be in outstanding shape. The first round was a non-event, but Baker certainly did more, a trend that continued into the second until Mugabi dropped Baker to his knees with a shot under the ribs.

Mugabi woke up in round 3 but then, in round 4, was invisible again. Round 5 was the first action-packed round, with both fighters standing toe to toe. Most ringside observers felt that, if Baker was going to keep that tactic, he would falter. Yet, when round 6 began, it was Baker who kept up the aggression and Mugabi who looked ready to call it a night.

Mugabi had his best round of the night in the 7th, standing in with Baker again and this time getting a definitive upper hand. A hook and uppercut within 15 seconds of each other near the end of the round left Baker shaken, and it seemed The Beast would finally awaken.

But it wasn't to be. Baker was the aggressor in round 8 and, though Mugabi had effective moments, the round was unanimously awarded to Baker. The next two would also be given unanimously to Baker, and those final 3 rounds would give him the 95-94, 96-94, 96-94 decision.

Also on the card:
WBC Flyweight: #3 Eric Morel vs #14 Dave McAuley (Morel MD 10, 97-93, 97-93, 95-95)

WBC Jr. Featherweight: #7 Willie Jorin vs #10 Jesus Salud (Salud SD 10, 97-95, 96-95, 94-96)

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FBA Results From Ireland

Limited recap (no TV coverage )

WBA Bantamweight: #4 Jesus Pimentel vs #13 Mauricio Pastrana (Pimentel UD 10, 99-90, 99-90, 98-91)

WBA Jr. Middleweight: #5 Kassim Ouma vs #12 Lupe Aquino (Ouma UD 10, 96-93, 96-93, 97-92)

IBF Jr. Lightweight: #8 Sirimongkol Singmanasak vs #9 Steve Forbes (Singmanasak KO 5)

WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #8 Jose Navarro vs #9 Harold Grey (Navarro TKO 8)

IBF Bantamweight: #8 Gaby Canizales vs #9 Romeo Anaya (Anaya MD 10, 95-94, 95-94, 95-95)

WBA Cruiserweight: #6 Marcelo Dominguez vs #11 Ossie Ocasio (Dominguez UD, 95-94, 95-94, 95-93)

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Results: ABCs Sunday Night Fights
Hearns dominant, Klitschko decisions Snipes

The Hitman walked into the Sportatorium in Dallas and did just that...often.

IBF Welterweight tournament #1 seed Thomas Hearns had his way with Ryu Sorimachi, punctuating near 27 minutes of assault with a knockout at 2:48 of round 9 in their first-round matchup.

Oddly, the ninth was Sorimachi's best round of a fight in which he had been drastically overmatched. The gutty Sorimachi held up under heavy artillery, as Hearns' attack built round by round. In the 4th and 5th, Sorimachi seemed ready to go, but Hearns couldn't put him away. Bloodied (nose), Sorimachi found Hearns both too powerful and too elusive, unable to land significantly but determined to weather the storm.

Finally, Hearns dropped Sorimachi in the 8th...twice. But referee Stanley Christodolou, as we've seen with many refs thus far, was willing to let Sorimachi hang in as long as showed a semblance of awareness. But Hearns would render that decision moot, flooring Sorimachi for good with a counterattack flurry after a series of blows from Sorimachi.

In the co-feature, WBC Heavyweight Vitali Klitschko (#3) won a unanimous decision over #14 Renaldo Snipes, ensuring the victory with knockdowns in both the 9th and 10th. Snipes actually led on all three judges' cards through 5 rounds, but Klitschko's power began to wear him down and his punches began to fall short.

Also on the card:

IBF Bantamweight: #7 Greg Richardson vs #10 Takuya Mugurama (Richardson SD 10, 98-95, 96-94, 95-96)

WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #5 Jose Ruiz vs #12 Roger Galacia (Ruiz TKO 4 on cuts)

IBF Jr. Featherweight: #4 Jesse Benavides vs #13 Jose Sanabria (Sanabria TKO 4 on cuts. Benavides had shut him out for the first 3 rounds on all cards)

WBC Flyweight: #4 Venice Borkorsor vs #13 Yul-Woo Lee (Borkorsor MD 10, 96-94, 97-93, 95-95)

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WBO Wednesday: Jan. 27

On the card this week:

Cruiserweight: Piet Crous vs Rickey Parkey
Light Heavyweight: Murray Sutherland vs Mike Peak
Middleweight: Segundo Mercado vs Morande Hakkar
Jr. Middleweight: Marjian Benes vs Doug DeWitt
Jr. Lightweight: Tracy Harris Patterson vs Anatoli Alexandrov
Bantamweight: Rodolfo Blanco vs Berkreck Chartvanchai

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FBA Friday Night Fights: Jan. 29
From Convention Hall in Little Rock, Ark.

On the card:

IBF Featherweight: #5 Derrick Gainer vs #12 Cecilio Lastra
WBA Cruiserweight: #4 Wayne Brathwaite vs #13 Saul Montana
IBF Welterweight: #8 Billy Backus vs #9 Jose Antonio Rivera
WBA Lightweight: #6 Jose Luis Castillo vs #11 Lamar Murphy
IBF Cruiserweight: #5 Arthur Williams vs #12 Michael Greer
WBA Flyweight: #5 Jose Bonilla vs #12 Lorenzo Parra

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FBA In Scotland: Jan. 30

Live from Kelvin Hall in Glasgow:

WBA Flyweight: #2 Jung-Koo Chang vs #15 Chang-Hee Park
IBF Light Heavyweight: #2 Matthew Saad Muhammad vs #15 Oscar Rivadeneyra
WBA Cruiserweight: #2 Carlos DeLeon vs #15 Henry Tillman
IBF Welterweight: #2 Wilfred Benitez vs #15 Bruce Finch
WBC Jr. Lightweight: #7 Diego Corrales vs #10 Lakva Sim
IBF Heavyweight: #4 Ernie Terrell vs #13 Randall Cobb

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FBA Messin' In Texas: Sat. Jan 30
Hopkins headlines card

The Federal Boxing Alliance's feature card this week comes from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.

In the main event, the IBF's #1 seeded middleweight, Bernard Hopkins, starts his quest for the title against #16 Gilbert Baptiste. "The Executioner" is heavily favored and rightly so, with many feeling he will blaze through the IBF tournament.

In the co-feature, Terry Norris (WBA Jr. Middleweight #3 seed) takes on #14 Anthony Jones. After watching #4 seed John Mugabi get taken out last week, you can be sure Norris will not be taking Jones lightly.

Also on the card:

IBF Featherweight: #4 Johnny Famechon vs #13 Antonio Rivera
IBF Jr. Lightweight: #5 Tony Lopez vs #12 Yodsanan Nanthachai
IBF Welterweight: #4 Simon Brown vs #13 Dave Green
WBA Bantamweight: #3 Lupe Pintor vs #14 Roberto Rubaldino

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FBA Sunday Night Fights: Jan 31

WBA Middleweight: #2 Rodrigo Valdez vs #15 Julio Cesar Green
WBC Welterweight: #5 Curtis Cokes vs #12 Derrel Coley
WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #6 Payao Poontarat vs #11 Edison Torres
WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #7 Sornpichai Ktratingdaenggyum vs #10 Alimi Goitia
WBA Lightweight: #8 Julien Lorcy vs #9 Al Ford
WBC Welterweight: #8 James Page vs #9 Adolph Pruitt

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WBO Wednesday Results: Jan. 27

Cruiserweight: Piet Crous vs Rickey Parkey (Crous UD 10, 96-91 across the board..1 knockdown in 1st, 2 in 5th)

Light Heavyweight: Murray Sutherland vs Mike Peak (Sutherland TKO 9, swelling)

Middleweight: Segundo Mercado vs Morande Hakkar (Hakkar DQ 6, Mercado with an elbow show that busts Hakkar open above the right eye)

Jr. Middleweight: Marjian Benes vs Doug DeWitt (DeWitt MD 10, 97-94, 96-95, 95-96)

Jr. Lightweight: Tracy Harris Patterson vs Anatoli Alexandrov (Majority Draw, 95-95, 95-95, Alexandrov 96-94)

Bantamweight: Rodolfo Blanco vs Berkreck Chartvanchai (Blanco MD 10, 96-94, 96-95, 95-95)


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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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Three 2's Too Good
With 4 on card, 3 advance, but Sugar is sour after DQ

The Federal Boxing Alliance made its debut in Scotland at the Kelvin Convention Hall in Glasgow. A day after a series of #5 tournament seeds were bounced from their respective title quests, #2 seeds fared better...except one.

Carlos "Sugar" DeLeon was knocked out from the WBA Cruiserweight tournament after being disqualified for what referee Art Donovan determined was a flagrant low blow.

Donovan had warned DeLeon in the opening round, which DeLeon won decisively, for hitting with the back of his glove. But there had not been a warning for low blows before DeLeon struck challenger Henry Tillman below the belt.

"He never say nothin' to me," DeLeon said after the fight. "I don't need to cheat to beat Tillman. I was winning easily."

And that much was true, as Tillman had yet to find an offensive opening. DeLeon stalked Donovan in the ring after the decision, but Donovan left without comment.

In the IBF Welterweight tournament, #2 seed Wilfred Benitez won an easy unanimous decision over #15 Bruce Finch. Benitez scored a 4th round knockdown and pretty much cruised from there though, to his credit, Finch wouldn't back down, fighting gamely in the final rounds.

But as for standing up to abuse, nobody matched Oscar Rivadeneyra (IBF LIght-Heavyweight #15), who was decimated for 9-plus rounds by #2 seed Matthew Saad Muhammad, before Muhammad finally finished the deal, knocking Rivadeneyra out at 1:49 of the 10th round.

"I hit him with everything," Muhammad said. "And he wouldn't stay down. He showed a lot of guts." Referee Lou Moret was receiving some calls from crowd members to halt the fight, but he left Rivadeneyra to fend for himself, a move the FBA brass - greatly concerned about fighter safety - may question later.

A near upset in the Flyweight ranks, as WBA #2 seed Jung-Koo Chang earned a 2-point round in the 9th after #15 Chang-Hee Park lost a point for elbowing. The deduction gave Chang his margin of victory, earning a majority decision 95-93, 95-93, 94-94. Park was elusive, firing shots and evading and keeping Chang off balance for most of the fight, and many felt Park deserved the victory.

Also on the card:

WBC Jr. Lightweight: #7 Diego Corrales vs #10 Lakva Sim (Corrales TKO 6 in impressive fashion, ref Abe Goldstein stops the fight when Sim can't defend himself. Sim won the opening round but was hurt by the final shot of the round and never seemed to recover.)

IBF Heavyweight: #4 Ernie Terrell vs #13 Randall Cobb (Terrell UD 10, cruises to easy win 98-90, 98-90, 97-91)

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Hammer Time
FBA Signs Pact For Monthly Hammerstein Ballroom Event

The Federal Boxing Alliance has signed an agreement with New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom to hold a monthly card at the venue. With the Federal Boxing Alliance being based in Manhattan, the Ballroom provides a perfect setting for a monthly card on which to hold bouts planned but unable to be placed on major events already on the docket.

The Hammerstein cards will mainly feature WBO events, but do offer the possibility for occasional crossover matches from the WBA, WBC or IBF.

"These will be epic cards, a full day of boxing action," said FBA President Gregg Henglein. "And for the rest of this year, while tournament action is occurring, it will be a nice avenue to house some matches from the big 3 that are not part of the tournaments and not big enough to make it on to one of those cards."

The first card, to be held Sunday, Jan. 31, will be an all WBO affair, and include 9 matches.

On the slate:

Jr. Welterweight: Jesse James Leija vs Vince Phillips
Middleweight: Aaron Davis vs Rudy Robles
Jr. Welterweight: Jo Kimpuani vs Soulema M'baye
Featherweight: Takashi Koshimota vs Rafael Ortega
Bantamweight: Pedro Flores vs Frankie Cedeno
Light Heavyweight: Drake Thadzi vs Leslie Stewart
Middleweight: Masselino Masoe vs Agostino Cardamona
Featherweight: Cesar Soto vs Mi-Keun Oh
Jr. Bantamweight: Pedro Rincon vs Gilberto Keb Bas

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Just bear with me a couple of days, please. I'm trying to set up the brackets online (via Bracketmaker.com a very cool site for this kind of thing) so people can actually see what these wins mean, who they are set to face and next and all of that. Just to make things a bit more organized than they are.

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The tournament brackets are now updated. You can find them at the link below.

Federal Boxing Alliance Brackets

I will update these brackets as I post the cards. This will make it easier to follow who is set to fight who, what potential matchups could happen, and just have the overall recap a bit more organized.

Hope you like it.

Feedback, as always, is appreciated.

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Excellently Executed
Hopkins dominates

In the home of the death penalty, the Executioner worked in style.

Bernard Hopkins was efficiently destructive in his fourth round knockout of Gilbert Baptiste in the IBF Middleweight matchup. Hopkins, the #1 seed and major favorite to breeze through the tournament, angling and punishing Baptiste (#16) who never mounted any type of offensive.

In the fourth, Hopkins followed a beautiful combination with a smashing right cross that Baptiste never reacted to. It was more than a minute after the knockout before Baptiste was able to get to his feet, though he left the ring under his own power.

In the WBA Jr. Middleweight co-feature, #3 seed Terry Norris seemed somewhat sluggish, but wasn't "Terrible," and put up enough of a showing to defeat #14 seed Anthony Jones.

Norris found himself in trouble in the 5th, when his left eye spilled a river of blood down the side of his face. Many have observed that, with the FBA as the central body, referees and ringside physicians have been quick -- perhaps too quick -- to halt fights on cuts or swelling. Both Norris and Jones reacted to the blood, Norris fighting to end the bout and Jones seeking to open the wound more, resulting in what was easily the most exciting round of the bout.

But Norris' corner was able to get the bleeding under control, and it seemed Jones' aggressiveness after seeing Norris' crimson spent him of his energy for the remainder of the fight. Norris won a unanimous decision 97-93, 96-94, 97-93.

Elsewhere on the card:

IBF Featherweight: #4 Johnny Famechon vs #13 Antonio Rivera (Famechon UD 10, 97-94, 96-95, 96-95; Fight even on all cards through 5, but Famechon steps up and Rivera has nothing in tank for final 3 rounds)

IBF Jr. Lightweight: #5 Tony Lopez vs #12 Yodsanan Nanthachai (Nanthachai TKO 5. Lopez' defense nonexistent as Nanthachai drops him in the 2nd, and referee John Coyle jumps in at 2:42 of the 5th to end the punishment)

IBF Welterweight: #4 Simon Brown vs #13 Dave Green (Brown UD 10: 98-90, 98-90, 99-89; Brown in control of entire fight after slow round 1. Green is dropped in 8th and 10th)

WBA Bantamweight: #3 Lupe Pintor vs #14 Roberto Rubaldino (Pintor UD 10: 95-94, 96-93, 95-94; Pintor absorbs getting knocked down in the 5th to win second half of the fight and a close decision.)

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FBA Sunday Night Fights Results: Jan 31

WBA Middleweight: #2 Rodrigo Valdez vs #15 Julio Cesar Green (Valdez UD 10. Valdez is a whirlwind that Green just can't keep up with. Knockdowns in 6th and 7th turn easy victory into ridiculously lopsided one. Green's last effort to stand in in 10th falls short. 99-89, 99-89, 99-90).

WBC Welterweight: #5 Curtis Cokes vs #12 Derrel Coley (Cokes UD 10. Coley simply doesn't show up and Cokes outworks him for most of the fight. 99-92, 99-92, 98-93)

WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #6 Payao Poontarat vs #11 Edison Torres (Poontarat UD 10: Moderate action fight, but Pootarat never in trouble. More action in the round tended to favor Poontarat, who coasted to victory 98-92, 98-93, 97-93).

WBC Jr. Bantamweight: #7 Sornpichai Ktratingdaenggyum vs #10 Alimi Goitia (Goitia KO 8. Goitia took opening 2 rounds, but Ktratingdaenggyum responded well in 3-4. But Goitia took the fight from there, scoring a knockdown in the 6th before the knockout).

WBA Lightweight: #8 Julien Lorcy vs #9 Al Ford (Draw, rematch to be scheduled. Both should be eliminated for this ridiculously dull performance. Ford's corner livid after the fight, as referee Arthur Mercante's 1-point deduction of a point midway through the 10th costs Ford split decision victory. Scoring 95-95, 97-94 Lorcy, 96-94 Ford.)

WBC Welterweight: #8 James Page vs #9 Adolph Pruitt (Pruitt UD 10: Crowd to its feet after scintillating and even opening round (16-18 points). Page wins rounds 2 and 3 before Pruitt takes over and dominates next several rounds, punctuated by an 8th round knockdown. Page responds in 9th and is winning round before a Pruitt is credited with flash knockdown right at the bell. Page's corner cries foul, but no matter, as the point totals render scoring of the round moot. Pruitt dominates 99-90, 99-90, 98-92).

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All matchups updated on the bracket sites in my signature.

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