Mike Heron wins with his pick of:

Baldomir / 7 / 0:28

The actual outcome was:

Baldomir / 9 / 2:50 (see below)

Ron Leis was close with:

Baldomir / 10 / 2:15

But I wanted closest without going over, and it appears his pick came in after the 8pm EST deadline.

I apologize if my rules weren't clear. I had intended to post an email before the fight started, but my modem went out and I just got back on line.

In a battle of "blood and guts" warriors, WBC welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir (43-9-6, 13 KOs) scored a nith round TKO over Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (40-8, 31 KOs) to retain his title Saturday night at the famous Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Baldomir was too strong for Gatti, hurting him with hard right hands all night. Gatti bravely tried to trade, but was outgunned. In addition, Gatti hurt his hand in round six. Gatti started boxing from the outside in the seventh, using his left hand almost exclusively. Baldomir dropped Gatti in the ninth with a left hook after a vicious exchange on the ropes and floored the still reeling Gatti again moments later to get the stoppage. Time was 2:50.

Mike, I will email you this afternoon. Congratulations.