1. Forrest narrowly out-pointed Mosley in the box-offs and went on to Barcelona where, stricken by food poisoning shortly before, he lost his opening bout. 2. In his opening bout, Pedro was ipponed by Boldbaatar. 3. Akebono, coming back from a knee injury in January, had won his opening bout in this tournament but looked shaky in losses on the next two days. 4. But he started with a victory in his opening bout against a more experienced African fighter. 5. Five others were eliminated in their opening bouts. 6. Five other Americans failed to make it through their opening bouts in the first two days. 7. Five Americans failed to make it through opening bouts in the first two days. 8. He advanced to a second round match against Jesus Martinez of Mexico, who won a decision over Biki Sapok of Malaysia in another opening round bout. 9. He also stayed out of the March tournament but, despite the long layoff, easily won his opening bout of this tournament on Sunday. 10. In the opening bout, both Jirov and LaMontague both came out punching hard, Jirov apparently looking for an early knockout. |