[Crimson]

Saturday, April 18, 1992
Sydney Entertainment Centre; Sydney, Australia

HEAVY
Tui Toa 10-3 (8) Tonga
Tommy Morrison 30-1 (26) Oklahoma
Morrison KO1 +4 USA WEST
Morrison dropped Tui with the first punch he landed. A brutal combination layed Toa out for the full count at the :57 mark of round 1.

CRUISER
Dave Russell 19-8-6 (12) h-Australia
Orlin Norris 35-3-1 (15) b-Texas
Norris Wm4 +2 USA WEST
Russell was surprisingly competitive, winning the 2nd round on all cards. Norris did the better overall work though an d earned the decision victory.

LIGHT HEAVY
Guy Waters 14-2-1 (4) Australia
Frank Tate 30-2 (19) Texas
Tate Wm4 +2 USA WEST
Tate took 3 of the 4 rounds in a competitive fight.

SUPER MIDDLE
Rod Carr 11-4-3 (9) Australia
Antoine Byrd 19-4-1 (8) California
Carr Wu4 +2 ASIA
Carr jumped on Byrd early and never let up. Byrd rallied briefly in the 3rd, but did little else during the fight.

MIDDLE
Shinji Takehara 12-0 (11) Japan
Thomas Tate 23-1 (18) Texas
Tate Wu4 +2 USA WEST
Tate floored the inexperienced Takehara in the 4th to cement his clear cut decision victory.

Jr. MIDDLE
Craig Trotter 18-7 (11) Australia
Pat Lawlor 18-1 (5) California
Lawlor Wu4 +2 USA WEST
After losing the first round decisively, Lawlor cut Trotter with a right hand and became much more aggressive. The fight belonged to the native of San Francisco from that point on.
(Trotter-cut2)

WELTER
Yung-Kil Chung 32-10 (24) Korea
Lonnie Smith 31-5-2 (15) Colorado
Ds4 +0
Disputed decision that Smith seemed to do enough to win. Chung's best round was the 4th.

Jr. WELTER
Lester Ellis 34-7-1 (22) h-Australia
Greg Haugen 30-6 (14) Washington
Ellis Ws4 +2 ASIA

LIGHT
Shane Knox 16-0-2 (10) Australia
Rafael Ruelas 31-2-1 (25) California
Knox Wm4 +2 ASIA
Knox pulled of a significant upset outworking Ruelas, with a partly swollen shut left eye.

Jr. LIGHT
Renato Cornett 19-2-2 (6) Australia
Gabriel Ruelas 24-1 (17) California
Ruelas Wm4 +2 USA WEST
Ruelas rallied over the final 2 rounds to edge out a close fight.

FEATHER
Seiji Asakawa 19-3-1 (14) Japan
Louie Espinoza 44-5-3 (44) Arizona
Espinoza Ws4 +2 USA WEST
Every Espinoza fight is a fan friendly war, where he gets hit but when his own powershots land the fight swings in his favor. Espinoza dropped Asakaw in the 2nd round, let him back into the fight in the 3rd, and cemented the victory with a good 4th round.

Jr. FEATHER
Kiyoshi Hatanaka 23-5-2 (15) Japan
Paul Banke 21-7 (11) California
Hatanaka Wu4 +2 ASIA
A bloodbath that saw both fighters sustain eye cuts. Banke is no longer in his prime and it showed.

BANTAM
Luisito Espinosa 28-7-1 (14) Philippines
Gerardo Martinez 28-1 (15) California
Du4 +0
Espinosa won the 1st two rounds and Martinez edged out the 3rd and 4th rounds.

Jr. BANTAM
Thanomsak Sithbaobey 37-3 (22) Thailand
Johnny Tapia 21-0-1 (12) New Mexico
Dm4 +0
This was Tapia’s first fight since October 1990, due to a cocaine addiction and a 3 year suspension from boxing that was lifted earlier than anticipated. Tapia was losing going into the final round and managed to salvage a draw by hurting Sithbaobay and sweeping the final round on all judges cards.

FLY
Sot Chitalada 26-4-1 (16) Thailand
Paul Gonzales 16-4-1 (3) California
Chitalada Wm4 +2 ASIA
Gonzales looked very old and seemed fortunate to not have the referee stop it in the 3rd. Making 112 pounds was reportedly pure torture for Gonzales. The 1984 Gold medalist spoke of 1 more fight and then retiring regardless of the result.

LIGHT FLY
Ala Villamor 21-0-1 (19) Philippines
Villamor BYE +4 ASIA

STRAW
Hi-Yong Choi 14-2 (5) Korea
Tony DeLuca 18-9-4 (6) California
Choi Wm4 +2 ASIA
Choi made it look easy, if not exciting. DeLuca absorbed punishment and offered little in return.

ASIA +14
USA WEST +16 7-7-3 (1) WINS

FIGHT of the NIGHT:
Frank Tate Wm4 Guy Waters