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Saturday, June 25th, 1949

Palacio Deportes, Havana, Cuba

The best Cuba has to offer in the boxing world all take on opponents from around the globe as they look to become world champions.

FW: Miguel Acevedo 17-1 (6) UD 8 Habimana Saitoti 9-10 (1)
Acevedo cruised to a wide decision as he remains #5 in the featherweights.

HW: Nino Valdes 19-1 (12) KO 1 Andy Wilson 8-5-1 (3)
Everyone wrote off Valdes when he was upset by Gordon Robertson in a 1st round KO, but since then he has won three bouts, all by KO, and two of them in the 1st round. Valdes improves to #11 in the heavyweight division.

BW: Manuel Armenteros 14-0 (8) UD 8 Valdemar Lang 11-13-4
Armenteros found Lang surprisingly difficult to handle as he only just escaped with a close decision. Armenteros overtakes canadian Fernando Gagnon for the #3 spot.

LW: Orlando Zulueta 15-0 (1) UD 8 Oscar Hayes 6-7-1 (2)
Shutout for Zulueta in a dull fight. Zulueta remains #7.

Co-feature (live)

WW: Kid Gavilan 15-0-1 (1) vs Doug Lane 12-13 (3), 8 rounds

"The Cuban Hawk" has impressed alot of pundits because of incredible defense and hand speed that has already secured him decision win against Norman Rubio (15-3, 2 KOs today) and Danny Kapilow (22-3, 14 KOs today). Doug Lane is tough (only been stopped once), but he is no match for Gavilan.

Round 1

Good action as Lane actually gets in a couple of good shots, though Gavilan lands more effectively to take the round. 10-9 Kid Gavilan

Round 2

Alot of clinching for the first minute, replaced with nice exchanges that noone, surprisingly, seemed to get the better of. Slow start so far for the cuban hawk. 20-19 Kid Gavilan

Round 3

This is the Gavilan i know. Moving in and out, scoring with quick punches, and not getting hit in turn. 30-28 Kid Gavilan

Round 4

Gavilan misses more than you'd expect him to, but still does more work. Not the slaughtering expected so far though. 40-37 Kid Gavilan

Round 5

Carbon copy of the 4th, except this time he does not do enough to take the round. 50-47 Kid Gavilan

Round 6

What a snoozefest. No action at all for the first 2 minutes, then Gavilan lands some combinations to grab the round. 60-56 Kid Gavilan

Round 7

Nice round, though Lane did more work and landed more and took the round. 69-66 Kid Gavilan

Round 8

First really good round for the cuban. 79-75 Kid Gavilan

We go to the scorecards: 79-74 on all three cards for Kid Gavilan

Unimpressive, but Gavilan does show elements of skill as he improves to 16-0-1 with 1 KO, and a ranking of #7.

Main Event (live)

BW: Luis Galvani 23-0 (12) vs Tony Mathis 9-15-2 (1), 10 rounds

The undefeated Bantamweight #1 takes on journeyman Tony Mathis and should get an easy win with his fast and accurate punches.

Round 1

Mathis lands the more meaningfull punches as Galvani just tries to find the distance. 10-9 Tony Mathis

Round 2

Galvani lands at will in the beginning, but Mathis gets in a big punch. Galvani is unfazed and dishes out a beating for the remainder of the round. 19-19 Even

Round 3

Galvani wins the round with some nice counter-punching. 29-28 Luis Galvani

Round 4

Galvani stuns Mathis several times and has him on wobbly legs. 39-37 Luis Galvani

Round 5

Galvani dances and scores at will. Big round for the cuban. 49-46 Luis Galvani

Round 6

Mathis is taking some serious punishment, but he is still throwing punches and occasionally landing. Galvani is looking great so far. 59-55 Luis Galvani

Round 7

After none to little action for most of the round, Galvani stuns Mathis in a late rally to win the round. 69-64 Luis Galvani

Round 8

Galvani is dishing out some more punishment as swelling starts to appear around Mathis right eye. The action slows late in the round. 79-73 Luis Galvani

Round 9

Big shots seriously hurts Mathis who is send to the canvas, unable to rise.

Luis Galvani KO 9 Tony Mathis

A really good perfomance from Luis Galvani who improves to 24-0 with 13 knockouts and remains on top of the bantamweight division.