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Brinkley stops Corder in first round
Tuesday June 03, 2003WORLEY, Idaho (AP) Jesse Brinkley of Yerington, Nev., stopped Cleveland Corder at 2:24 of the first round Monday night to claim the vacant Western U.S. middleweight title of the American Professional Boxing Association.
Brinkley improved to 20-1 with 14 knockouts. Corder, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, fell to 27-2.
Brinkley floored Corder twice with crushing rights at the Coeur d'Alene Casino. Referee Jerry Armstrong stopped the fight after Corder staggered to his feet following the second knockdown.
The fight, originally scheduled last October, had been called off twice due to training injuries suffered by each boxer.
Before the main event, light flyweights Hugo Cozares (16-4-1) and Francisco Arce (13-2), both of Los Mochis, Mexico, won by technical knockout, and welterweight Frank Bybee (3-3) of Worley won by unanimous decision. Cozares defeated Valentino Leon (14-6) of Culiacan, Mexico; Arce defeated Sandro Oviedo (23-20-2) of Mendoza, Argentina; and Bybee defeated Tony Jimenez (1-4) of Nampa, Idaho.
Following the main event, Los Angeles cruiserweight Marcus Harvey (7-8-2) won by split decision over Luke Munsen (11-1) of Spokane, Wash. Welterweight Favio Medina (3-1) of Sandpoint, Idaho, then scored a technical knockout over Bobby Green (1-2-1) of Oklahoma City.
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