Zhang knocked Forrest down in each of the first three rounds. However, after that, Forrest was able to recover and impose his battle plan on the enemy. A completely exhausted Zhang was deducted a point for constantly holding his opponent in the ninth. In the last round, Forrest almost brought the meeting to a stoppage, but was never able to knock out his opponent.
Also that evening, McWilliams Arroyo (21-4, 16 KOs) stopped Abraham Rodriguez (27-3, 13 KOs) in the fifth round to secure the vacant WBC interim flyweight belt. Rodriguez replaced injured WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez just days before the fight.