After a clash of heads in the fifth a cut opened to the right of Gallardo’s nose. Despite the streaming blood Juaquin moved forward impervious to the streaming plasma. In the sixth Lopez’ skillful motion for allowed an easy assault on the one-dimensional forward moving Gallardo opening up a cut on the Californian’s left eye.

Their heads met again in the seventh causing more cuts on both fighter’s faces, one on Gallardo’s forehead and one on Lopez’ nose. By the end of this brawling round Gallardo’s face was fully red. and completely obscured. Early in the eighth Lopez tried to again assert in technical dominance and skillful boxing but by the round’s end the fight had descended into a wild action-filled scrap.

The fight’s best round was a rugged a ninth which brought applause from the crowd and led ESPN2 announcer Joe Tessitore to exclaim that “they came to fight tonight.” Video above.

The ninth, however, was much like the fight itself: gamely one-sided and clear evidence of Lopez’ dominance. Lopez scored a unanimous decision 98-92, 98-92, and 97-93.

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Patrick Lopez Outlasts the Bleeding Juaquin Gallardo