Continuing his undefeated season, Bayly gave a convincing performance in his victory over Army's Henry Chavez. Bayly was recovering from a lymph gland infection and had not been able to train for the week leading up to the bout.
Nevertheless, he attacked Chavez from the start, but was met with stiff resistance. Chavez began tiring by the third round, no longer able to fight off Bayly's onslaughts of uppercuts and hooks, eventually being forced to take an eight count.
"I felt a little slow tonight," Bayly said. "He's definitely a good fighter, I expected a good fight and got one."
Also maintaining a perfect record was Alex Komlev, who defeated Army's David Hawk in Friday's qualifier fight and Mansfield's Steve Quigley for the regional title Saturday.
In Friday's fight, Komlev wore Hawk out with power punches throughout the first two rounds. Hawk tried to rally in the third round but was turned back by Komlev's consistent jabs.
Saturday, Komlev controlled the fight, never letting Quigley establish himself. Komlev maintained his discipline, keeping Quigley contained and eventually forced an eight count midway through the final round.
"Towards the end, Quigley was running out of gas," said Mansfield coach Dennis Garner. "He was getting frustrated with Komlev's jabs, which come in from weird angles."
In the night's final bout, Slater, the former Navy Seal who Garner described as an animal, bludgeoned Mansfield's Gordon Hills until the fight was stopped in the second round. Slater pursued Hills around the ring, drawing blood early in the first. After a failed attack, Hills was sent to the canvas a minute into the second round. Shortly after Hills got to his feet, he was put down again, which was when referee Bernard Bruni stopped the fight.
"That was probably his best bout because he threw combinations, had good footwork and cut off the ring," said Penn State coach Bill Wrable. "He still has a long way to go to be ready for nationals, they all do."