Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, New Zealand - Heavyweight contender Junior Fa (17-0, 10 KOs) survived near disaster in an off-TV bout with 44-year old veteran Dominick Guinn (37-12-1, 26 KOs).
Guinn has never been stopped in his pro career, and Friday night was no different.
More so than being competitive, he landed a left hand that dropped and badly hurt Fa in the fourth round. It was the first time that Fa had been down as a pro.
Fa was in trouble, but he managed to weather the storm by holding and using defensive tactics to make it to the next round.
Prior to the bout, Fa was motivated to become the first man to stop Guinn. Instead, Fa himself was down and hurt.
Luckily for Fa, Guinn had spent a lot of himself while chasing a knockout win and did very little for the remainder of the fight - as Fa piled up points for a unanimous decision victory.
At the end, the scores were 97-92, 98-91, 98-91 in favor of Fa.
IN OTHER RESULTS: TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO - With a ruthless attack to the head and body of Nicaraguan Julio Laguna, Puerto Rican Jean Carlos "Lobo" Torres scored a TKO victory in the third round in the main bout of "A Puño Limpio", which took place before a full house at the Ruben Zayas Montañez Coliseum in Trujillo Alto in a presentation of PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Spartan Boxing.
Torres (16-0, 12 KOs) defended his WBO Latino title at 140 pounds for the second time and scored his fifth straight knockout in his town of Trujillo Alto.
"I promised this victory to my Barrio La Gloria and I complied, the opponent came well prepared and to fight, but as soon as I put good hands on the body I realized it was a matter of time to defeat him," said Torres after his victory.
The fight began with Torres landing solid shots to the face and body of Laguna (15-2, 10 KOs), who responded successfully with some counters in return on the Puerto Rican. In the second round both fighters were connecting at times, but in the middle of third Torres shook Laguna with good combinations putting him in bad condition and causing referee Luis Pabón to stop the action at 1:45 of the round.
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