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Soto-Karass
came into the match with four straight wins over previously
undefeated Michael Rosales, Vince Phillips, Fernando Mena
and Juan Yoani Cervantes. He
improves to 16-3-2 with 13 KO's.
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Soto-Karass Keeps Title!!! |
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Welterweight Jesus Soto-Karass blasted the tough
Perez with several head shots, finally opening a
deep cut over Perez's left eye, and the fight was
stopped after the sixth round. The bout headlined a
nine-fight card at the Houston Grand Plaza Hotel,
put on by Top Rank Boxing and Bobby Jones
Promotions, and televised nationally on the Spanish
language network Telefutura.
\The contest was
brutal and satisfying. At 5'10", Soto-Karass was the taller of
the two fighters and he immediately took advantage,
landing big shots to the head of Perez. The
first round would have to be described as great, in
that the champion landed multiple shots against a
game challenger who fired back and landed solidly.
The
pattern for the battle thus set, with Soto-Karass
landing right overhand and left uppercut bombs to
the head of Perez, who would then charge back and
hammer to the body of the champion.
Soto-Karass measured with the jab in round three,
while Perez answered back with a looping right shot
to the head. Just seconds before the bell the
champion snapped back the challenger's head with a
big right hand.
Early
in round four Perez raged back with a left hand that
caused "El Renuente's " knees to buckle.
But
But later in round four Soto-Karass would land the
shot that opened a deep cut over the left eye of
Perez, and followed it up with several shots to the
head.
The
Champion remained methodical in round five,
following a stiff jab with a power shot, and holding
off a later charge from Perez, and in Round Six,
Soto-Karass hammered home a crunching right hand to
the head, followed up with several blistering shots
and took another power right to the chin from Perez.
Bout officials stoped the fight between the sixth
and seventh rounds due to the cut on Perez's eye. He falls to 14-5-1 with 12 KO's.
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Flores
Batters Trumble!!
In one of
the best performances of his pro career, "El Michoacano"
hammered out a unanimous decision over the veteran Steve
Trumble of Baton Rouge!!
Trumble started off strong,
landing shots to the Flores' head early.
Flores
stuck to his effective body attack, ripping left and rights
to Trumble's rib cage. Trumble's corner was telling him to
stay moving by round three.
Trumble
seemed determined to hang tough, firing back and landing
nice shots against Flores' skull, but Flores apparently felt he had the fight in his control.
Trumble
began moving forward early in round four, but Flores came
back with a right to the head and several lefts. Trumble
backed into the ropes, and "El Michoacano" pursued his prey.
RouRound
five would be nothing short of spectacular, as Trumble came
out hard early, perhaps realizing he was on the losing end
of the match.
But
Flores fired back in spades, cornering Trumble, and near the
end of the round, firing off at least 20 shots!
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Two of the
three judges scored the bout, 59-55 Flores, while the third
had it 58-56!
Flores
improves to 14-2 with 4 KO's while Trumble falls to 12-21
with 8 KO's!
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Trout Trounces Finley!
Undefeated Super Welterweight
hot prospect Austin "No Doubt" Trout made short work
of the journeyman Cardyl "Smiley" Finley.
Finley came out intense and
aggressive, snapping his jab and landing a right hand. But
the southpaw Trout responded with a 1-2 combination to
Finley's face.
Trout landed a solid left
early in round two, then a second big left as Finley came in,
and it was all over, with Finley dropping like a tree at
1:30 of the second round.
Trout improves to 6-0 with 6 KO's
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Gonzales Batters Boone! |
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Middleweight Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzales of Phoenix
won a unanimous six-round decision over Darnell
Boone of Youngstown, Ohio.
Boone brought a
record of 13-7-2 with five KO's, including a loss to
Andre Ward, but he was coming off three straight
wins. The two fighters tied up early in the
first round and as they were wrestling, a right hand
from Boone caught Gonzales on the face and he went
down, largely the result of being off balance during
the tie-up.
But in the second round Gonzales
began landing rapid combinations to the body of
Boone, and in round three the southpaw "El Martillo"
began landing power left hands to the head as Boone
pressed in. Boone remained strong throughout the
match, landing a nice right to the face of Gonzales
in round three, when Gonzales would develop a
profuse nosebleed.
"He liked to hold and hit,"
Gonzales said after the bout. "He hit me with a couple of
headbutts but he was a pretty tough guy."
Gonzales' trainer Kenny
Weldon urged patience in round five, and the match turned
into a somewhat messy affair, with repeated tie-ups, and the
referee warned Boone for holding and hitting. Gonzales
landed a solid straight left in round six, the fighters
exchanged right hands, and early in round seven Gonzales
landed some straight lefts to the body of Boone.
"Don't let him get set,",
Weldon told Gonzales from the corner, and after Boone landed
a right to the body Gonzales came back with a quick
combination.
Boone landed a right to the
chin in round eight and the fighters ended the match with a
solid exchange of punches.
The scores were 77-74, 76-75,
and 78-73, all for Gonzales, who improves to 20-1 with 11
KO's. "It was easy from the outside," Gonzales said.
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"Lion" Roars Over De Leon!!
Undefeated
Super Lightweight John "The Lion" Rarden of
Pasadena, Texas faced Lee De Leon of Houston. Rarden
opened strong, landing a right to the body and then
a left hook that sent De Leon to the canvas.
But De Leon
would remain a game opponent throughout the
four-round contest.
An exchange in
the second round would leave a slight cut on the
left eye of De Leon.
Rarden opened strong in round three, landing several
shots, although De Leon continued to press forward. Rarden
began launching the uppercut, and late in the round
a right uppercut snapped De Leon's head back.
De Leon landed
some body shots in round four and seemed to have a
sense of urgency, perhaps realizing he was likely
behind on the judges' scorecards. Rarden
remained relaxed and smiling, and blasted off
several shots toward the end of round four when he
got De Leon against the ropes.
All three judges scored the bout 40-35 for Rarden,
who improves to 6-0 with one knockout. De Leon falls
to 2-6 with 2 KO's. "I didn't fight my fight,",
Rarden said after the match. "I wasn't happy with
it. There's a lot of little things I need to do,"
(regarding improvements to his fight plan and
skills),"But I got the win, I guess that's all that
matters. I can do better than that."
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Hill Hammers
White!!
Eugene "Mean
Gene" Hill of Houston demonstrated he could
well be a force to be reckoned with during a
crippling knockout over Willie White!
Hill weighed in at 256 lbs, and looked as
though he could use some extra roadwork, but
left no doubt as to his power against the
198 lb. White, from Houston, who was making
his pro debut.
Hill began by
advancing with his hands up, and Whtle took
the opportunity to fire several rights and
lefts to the head of his larger opponent.
But in just a matter of seconds "Mean Gene"
ripped off a vicious left and then a
monstrous right to the head of White, which
left him stretched out like a mackerel at
2:15 of the 1st round..
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Velardez
Smashes Silva
Jonathan
"Boneyard Baby Velardez of San Bernardino,
California, continued wading through the
Super Flyweight division with an easy
knockout over Pedro Silva of Villa Hermoso,
Mexico.
Velardez
started out with quick and solid
combinations early in round one, and a right
to the top of Silva's head send him down. A
left to the body from the Boneyard Baby sent
Silva down a second time and the referee
counted him out on a knee, the match ending
at 1:13 of the 1st round. Velardez improves
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Ramirez Tames
Lyons!
In what would
loosely be described as a matchup, Brian
Ramirez of of Los Angeles made his his
pro debut against Josh Lyons of Shreveport,
Louisiana, who brought a record of 0-4.
If we had
been taking bets, and of course no one takes
bets at ringside in Texas because gambling
is illegal, but if we had been taking them,
the question would not have been who would
win, but how long the fight would last.
A barely
perceptible right sent Lyons to a knee and
he would not rise, with the bout ending at
the count of 1:59 of the first round.
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Shields
Smacks Smith!!
Undefeated Super
Middleweight Chase "White Tiger" Shields of Houston
fought a relatively uneventful six-round contest
against Josh Smith of LaVergne, Tennessee.
The southpaw Shields
dominated the match with his jab, using his reach
advantage and occasionally landing a combination,
while Smith placed his slim hopes on landing a big
overhand right.
But Smith was
not able to land many solid shots and Shields
coasted to victory once again, improving his record
to 22-0-1 with 12 KO's. Smith falls to 17-30-1 with
15 KO's.
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