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In an absolutely tremendous war, WBC interim strawweight champion Nicaragua’s Full Story">Full Story" alt="" width="300" height="179" />Juan “El Exterminador” Palacios outlasted Teruo Misawa to stop the tough challenger in eight bloody rounds. From round one, Misawa would streak across the ring at each bell, the joy of the crowd. Palacios took his time to find a rhythm, but the Japanese gave as good as he took. In round two, Misawa seemed to shake Palacios with a right to the head for a moment. In round three Palacios caught Misawa against the ropes, sending his challenger down and onto the ring apron. Misawa beat the count and survived the round by firing back. After four rounds, the scores read 40-36 x two and 39-37. Palacios power seemed to be increasing over the next few rounds but Misawa kept firing back. Bynow, Misawa was bleeding heavily from the nose and Palacios had a terrible gash thelength of his left eyebrow, just inderneath. In round seven, both fighters tumbled to the canvas in a ruled slip, but it was Misawa who rose on shaky legs. A follow-up barrage of upper cuts to the body and head dropped Misawa again, and again the gritty challenger rose. Palacios jumped on his stricken foe and referee Steve Blea stopped the bout, time of 2:28 of the round.