"Drummer Boy"   Bangs    McClimans!!!   In a thrilling episode, Eric "Drummer Boy" Molina of Raymondville, Texas demonstrated that it won't be easy to hang onto the state Cruiserweight Title. "Crazy" Robbie McClimans' title belt was not on the line during this match. McClimans, from Conroe, was the aggressor in round one, although he only landed a couple of solid punches.   Molina dropped McClimans with a short counter right hand to the head early in the second round. McClimans was wobbled and looked dazed. Molina followed up with a furious barrage of punches as McClimans tried to cover against the ropes.i But in a bizarre twist, Referee Barry Yeats stopped the contest after a spectator threw in a towel. McClimans falls to 5-4 with 2 KO's. It turns out the woman who threw in the towel is the mother of Maurenzo Smith, another local boxer, who McClimans defeated to take the Texas Cruiserweight Title earlier this year in Houston. She can be seen in the lower right hand corner of the photo below.  But the referee said the sudden presence of the towel had nothing to do with the stoppage.     "He was getting hurt. His hands were down. He was defenseless," said Yeats.        McClimans' manager James Reyna was outraged, saying he will file a protest with state boxing officials. "He was hanging in there, he was going to start grabbing him, and next thing you know this lady comes from nowhere." BMolina, who improves to 4-1 with 4 KO's, says he welcomes a rematch with McClimans. "They gave him about 15 seconds to recover," Molina said after the bout. "If I would have been down, they would have gave me seven seconds. If he wants to fight me again, put his belt on, we'll do it in The Valley. I drove seven hours here, I'm ready to fight. I'll give him eight rounds. I'll give him ten. He won't last three."

Rarden Rips Fletcher!! .  Lightweight John "The Lion" Rarden of Pasadena blasted out a unanimous six-round decision over Wayne Fletcher of Dallas! Rarden pounded Fletcher with combinations to the body and head. The journeyman Fletcher brought a record of 5-21 with three knockouts, and he nailed Rarden with several solid left hooks.  Fletcher began by staying away from Rarden in round one, while "The Lion" stalked.   Rarden hammered away at Fletcher's body in round two.  "The Lion" ended the round with a huge overhand right to the head.  But Fletcher would prove surprisingly durable, starting to become more aggressive in round three, firing back shots of his own against Rarden, including a solid left hand counter to the head. Rarden continued hammering to the head and body in round four, while Fletcher came back with a flurry of his own.  The fighters traded shots as the round came to a close.  "He caught me with a couple of left hands but he caught me more with head butts," Rarden said after the bout. "It was tough. That was my game plan basically, body-head, body-head. But Wayne is tough as hell. He's got pop. He's game. He brought everything I thought he would and more. You look at his record and he ain't nothing like that fighter." All three judges scored the bout 60-54 for Rarden. Rarden improves to 9-0 with 2 KO's!

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Flores Batters Bradley!! Flores weighed in at 344 lbs to 223 for Bradley. Flores rumbled forward and hammered Bradley, who countered with a shot of his own. Flores  But Flores was too powerful and too aggressive. Bradley did not appear to have much ring experience as he tried to get away from "El Jefe". After about 20 seconds Flores got Bradley into the ropes and the smaller man covered up. The referee then stopped the contest at :27 seconds of the first round. Many fans in the crowd booed what could have been viewed as a premature stoppage. To his credit Bradley did protest, indicating he wanted to continue but the referee probably did him a favor, in that based on his relative lack of skills he most likely would have ended up stretched out on the canvas like the majority of Flores' previous opponents.   Flores improves to 7-1 with 7 KO's while Bradley falls to 0-2.   Castaneda Crushes Hill!    Junior Lightweight Alicio Castaneda of Galveston scored a 1st round TKO in his pro debut. Castaneda faced Ronnie Hill of Shreveport, Louisiana (0-4).   Castaneda began using superior mobility to avoid the punches of Hill, then began landing body shots. Castaneda connected with lefts and rights to the head, and used the uppercut and finally a left hook to drop Hill..... Castaneda, a well-known amateur boxer in Southeast Texas with more than 50 fights, is looking forward to his time in the pro ranks. "I felt real good, confident," said Castaneda after the bout. "I worked real hard. Hey, that's what I prepared for, for eight years."        Flores Tests Mendez!! This was an exhibition match. But it could well have been the most interesting and significant bout of the evening as WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight champion Benjamin Flores, right, above, took on the celebrated JT Mendez, who brought a pro record of 1-0, after a long and distinguished amateur career. Mendez showed he is a gifted athlete with the rare skill to stand in front of an opponent at odd angles and react more quickly and accurately, dismantling many who would try to challenge him. But he had never faced a seasoned professional the likes of El Michoacano.      JT's style confused Flores for most of the first round, as Flores plodded forward and Mendez fired off vicious uppercuts and hooks in response. But Flores unleashed his patented body attack in round two, slowing Mendez down and landing more head shots later in the round. Mendez seemed to have recovered his composure to attempt once again to take command, but Flores, now a veteran of  20 pro fights, stuck to his guns and eventually cornered the younger man. Mendez wanted to continue to show that he could elude the shots from Flores but it was not so as El Michoacano caught Mendez in a corner and connected with five or six right hands to the face. Mendez was not especially hurt but he seemed a little surprised, and Flores then backed off only to come back with a 1-2 combination to JT's head. It drew a crowd reaction.     There was no official scoring to the exhibition bout, but HoustonBoxingScene.com gave the first round to Mendez, while Flores took the last two, for a score of 29-28 Flores.

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