Ellis easily outboxed Villa in the first half of the fight. But starting from the middle, Villa turned on and began to deliver brutal blows, sending the opponent to the floor twice in the twelfth round. Judges score: 113-113 and twice 114-112. The result of this fight was very unexpected, because before the fight, Ellis looked like a clear 7 to 1 favorite.
World champion in two weight categories Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andreyd (32-0, 19 KOs) won a unanimous decision victory over Demond Nicholson (26-5-1, 22 KOs) in his first super middleweight fight. 34-year-old Boo-Boo sent Nicholson to the floor in the second and tenth rounds and eventually achieved the same score on the notes of all three judges: 100-88.