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"...experts at ringside agreed Gavilan won by a convincing margin. ...Through most of the scrap the champion gave a sound drubbing to his heavier opponent, who holds Argentine's middleweight title. Gavilan battled in spurts. Each time he moved in, he pummeled Diaz steadily. He hit the game Diaz with lefts from all angles and frequently used his bolo punch. Gavilan floored Diaz for no count in the third and ninth rounds, but the Argentine never ceased in an all out effort. In the last two rounds Diaz tossed aside all caution. He traded hard blows with Gavilan, who relished this sort of fighting and it continued to the final bell. Every time Gavilan hooked his right to the Diaz jaw, the Argentine rocked. After the bout Diaz said he had put up the best fight of his life, but his blows did not appear to harm the Cuban." -AP