Having a first round bye, light heavyweight Tony Jeffries faced Colombian Eleider Alvarez on Thursday. It was a steady opening round as both men sussed each other out, but neither scored a point in the initial stanza.

Jeffries finally gets the first point with almost a minute of round two gone. A short left followed by a short right scored, which didn't register immediately on the computer scoreboard.

Moments later, a right lands from Jeffries but in the closing seconds, the Colombian lands a right and the score is 2-1 end of the second frame.

Both men come out looking more motivated in round three and Jeffries immediately scores. A fairly even round finishes with a 4-3 score to Jeffries.

A good right from Jeffries lands in the opening seconds of the final round, but he holds on momentarily when Alvarez lands a great uppercut. It's 5-4 to Jeffries and he just needs to keep out of trouble for the last half minute, but Alvarez scores again and it's a messy end with a score of 5 all.

The decider is "count-back", taking the judge's individual scores and discounting the best and worst. Jeffries is delighted when he is announced as the winner and goes through to the quarter-finals. More...