Saturday night's Boxing After Dark triple header had a little bit of everything you expect from boxing. Blood, knockdowns, and mass confusion.

The night started with Alfredo “Perro” Angulo facing the very late replacement fighter Cosme Rivera. But, before I get to the fight I must applaud Alfredo Angulo for having the b*&%s to wear a dog collar with “Perro” spelled in sparkling letters into the ring.. I’m positive I’ve seen a similar collar on Paris Hilton's Chihuahua . Now that I got that out of the way let me get back to the fight.

Rivera opened a cut over Angulo’s eye early. Referee Telis Assimenios ruled the cut caused by punch, when in fact the replay showed the cut was opened by a head butt. Angulo’s corner did good work on the cut, and it never became a factor throughout the bout. What did become a factor were Angulo's fist crashing into the skull of Rivera. To Rivera's credit he showed guts in the fight, but Angulo simply had too much fire power, more than Rivera could deal with. As the rounds passed the beating became worse and I started to wonder when Rivera’s corner would take control and save their fighter from the slaughter. Thankfully, in round five it all came to an end, no thanks to referee Telis Assimenios who felt content letting Rivera take unneeded punishment. Either the Commission or Rivera’s corner stopped the fight; I’m still not sure which, but it came far too late in my opinion. Alfredo Angulo looked impressive winning and I look forward to his future fights as long as he leaves his collar at home.

The second fight of the night featured former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron against Sergio Martinez. The fight started slow with both fighters either showing too much respect for each other or studying the other's style; either way it wasn’t exciting boxing.

In the fifth round Martinez opened a cut over Cintron's left eye. However, the referee, Frank Santore, Jr.. ruled the cut to be opened by a head butt. Round seven provided the most entertainment of the fight when Martinez landed a solid left hand that forced Cintron back to the ropes where he took a knee. Cintron wasted no time telling the referee it was a head butt that had hurt him but a replay clearly showed it was a punch that did the damage.

Referee Santore started the ten count, all during Cintron's complaint of a head butt. The bell rang and it appeared Santore reached the ten count. 'Maravilla" Martinez, thinking he had just won the fight, began celebrating jumping, on the ropes with excitement. During Martinez's  celebration Cintron continued to argue his point and sure enough it went his way.

The fight resumed and I believe we may see a trend in boxing after this fight, with fighters arguing when they're way back into a fight after a knockdown... Hell, maybe they can argue their way into a 13^th round. Once order was restored, the fight continued, with both fighters showing more energy than before. It was still Martinez who dictated the action and appeared to be winning the rounds, however. Going into the 12^th and final round it looked like Sergio Martinez had the fight in the bank... but wait a minute. this is boxing and nothing is guaranteed. ever!

Referee Frank Santore wasn’t finished with his role in the match yet, as he now took a point away from Martinez for hitting behind Cintron's. The bell rang, the fight ended and now it was up to the judges to get it right. And of course they got it wrong. Oh, so wrong! The fight was ruled a majority draw. Only in boxing will you see a fighter clearly win, what appears to be not once, but twice in one fight, and still walk away with a draw!! Thanks to Referee Frank Santore and  judges Peter Trematerra and Ged O'Connor for once again screwing boxing up.

By the time the main even rolled around I was ready for everything and anything. I was left disappointed as the only controversy from this fight happened the day before at the scales when champion Nate Campbell lost his titles by not making weight.

Campbell came out of the gate fast firing shots to the belly and head of the extremely tall 135-pound Ali Funeka. In the second round Campbell launched a huge over hand right that landed,  sending Funeka to the canvas. Funeka beat the count and fought on. After the second round Funeka began keeping his distance from the shorter Campbell. Campbell, however, kept on coming, working his way inside firing the same shots to the stomach and once again trying to land the big over hand right. Going into the middle round Funeka was beginning to find a groove and starting to win rounds.

Campbell's game plan never changed throughout the fight and Funeka was picking up on it and picking it apart. Going into the later rounds it looked to be anyone’s fight and Campbell started showing signs of wearing down. Campbell kept trying to land the big right hand again with little success until the 11^th round when Campbell hit pay dirt again sending Funeka to the canvas for the second time and doing it again with an over hand right.

Funeka was able to make it to his feet again and continue the fight. Campbell took complete control of the 12^th round from beginning to end. The bell rang to end the fight and both fighters deserved congratulations for a hard fought fight. The scorecards came in and Campbell's hand was raised in victory. All in all, it was a "good" night of boxing with many twists and turns.