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March '05: Notable Results Cont.
WBC Heavyweight: Evander Holyfield (3-1, 3 KO) vs Trevor Berbick (1-2)
Evander outworks Berbick, pressuring him. But Berbick won't back down, and is hanging with Evander. A pair of low blows and a cut over his right eye that keeps getting reopened change that. Berbick won't run, and as such he takes a lot of punishment before finally wilting under the pressure and falling victim to a knockout 36 seconds into the 9th round. Holyfield up 77-74, 76-75, 76-75 at time of the knockout.
Evander Holyfield KO 9 Trevor Berbick
WBC Lightweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (3-1, 2 KO) vs Pedro Carrasco (1-3)
Carrasco figures the best way to fight Floyd is to just bury him under a relentless volume of punches. He outpunches Floyd by 40 per round. Unfortunately for Carrasco, volume is irrelevant if you can't land. He lands 14% of his blows, Floyd lands 44%. Guess who wins? Carrasco is dropped in the 5th, cut badly in the 6th and it reopens twice. Floyd coasts for much of the fight, and the ringside doctor stops it due to cuts in the closing seconds of round 8.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. TKO 8 Pedro Carrasco
WBA Bantamweight: Sung-Kil Moon (3-1, 1 KO) vs Orlando Canizales (1-1)
Moon was eliminated in the semifinal by eventual champion Eder Jofre, while Canizales was bounced by Lupe Pintor, who ultimately was beaten by Jofre as well. This one starts off shockingly, with Canizales pummeling Moon in the opening round. Moon survives the beating on the strength of a crushing hook late that stops Canizales' momentum. Canizales is ahead in round 2 before Moon responds late with a barrage. Rounds 3 through 6 are a toss-up and a lot of fun, both fighters trading combinations while fighting in a phone booth. Lots of ripping shots high and low. Nobody seems in danger of going, but both are hurt at times, and Canizales is cut outside his right eyebrow. Canizales controls the 7th, Moon the 8th, reopening the cut on Canizales. Moon bulls Canizales into the corner to open the 9th, shaking him with a hard uppercut. But Canizales blasts his way back out with a 3-punch combination and they're back at ring center to exchange. Lots of clutching and grabbing throughout the round, but when they weren't locked up they were throwing shots with abandon. The 10th is shockingly tame, both fighters looking exhausted. It goes to the cards, all the same...96-94...for Canizales. It could be said 7 rounds in this fight were legitimately too close to call. Apparently, more were called for Canizales. A good, action-packed fight.
Orlando Canizales UD 10 Sung-Kil Moon
More bouts of note to come
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