"El Tigre" Slashes Thompson!

Lopez easily outclassed Thompson and the TKO came at 2:05 of round three.

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Thompson brought a record of 8-9 with 3 KO's. He never posed a threat, as Lopez connected from the outside early, increased the pressure in the 2nd round and closed the deal in round three. See his post-fight interview below!

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Lopez remains undefeated at 13-0 with 11 KO's!

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Washington

Whacks Jones!

Junior Middleweight Corey Washington of Dallas won his pro debut with a solid win over the powerful and aggressive Dustin Jones of Houston. Jones opened the bout with a vicious, if unpolished attack!

See video of round one below!

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Washington began to establish dominance in the second round.

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Two of the judges scored the bout 40-33 for Washington, while the third had it 39-34, giving him the unanimous decision. "He was kind of wild," said Washington after the match. "So I tried to use my angles and everything. I didn't get to jab him much but I guess I got the job done. I had him hurt a few times. He's a pretty strong dude. He took some of my best shots. I give my hat off to him you know because he did his thing." 

Washington improves to 1-0 while Jones falls to 1-1 with 1 KO.

 "Topita" Nips Nash!

Welterweight Jose "Topita" Gutierrez of Houston squeaked out a majority decision over Deon Nash of New Orleans!

Gutierrez brought a record of 12-5 with 9 KO's while Nash came in at 5-7 with 1 KO.

 Nash is quite tall for a welterweight and used his reach to score from the outside. His record is deceptive.

Although Nash had lost his last six bouts prior to this evening, four of those losses were to undefeated fighters, and two were to fighters with only one loss. 

"Topita" pressured Nash in the early rounds, but Nash began to time Gutierrez as he came in, and caught "Topita" with several hard right and left-hand counter shots.

See video of round three below!

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 Nash also hurt Gutierrez with several body shots in the middle and later rounds of the six-round bout. Topita was losing steam in round five.

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One judge saw the bout 59-55 for Gutierrez, while another scored it 58-56 and the third called it a draw, making it a majority decision for Gutierrez!

"Bam Bam" Sacrifices Lamb!

Bantamweight Johanna "Bam Bam" Mendez of Houston (right, below) did just enough to come away with a win over veteran Lisa Lamb of Fort Worth.

In fact the match was probably the most uneventful of the evening, with fighters trading some shots in round one.

Mendez connected with the more solid shots to the head in the first round as well as round two.

See video of round three below!

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Lamb brought a record of 5-2 with 2 KO's. She was coming off a loss to Crystal Delgado in November and she got more aggressive in the 4th and final round, landing a looping right hand to the head and a combination to the face of shots to the face of Mendez. But it wasn't enough and in the end Mendez won every round on all three judges' cards for scores of 40-36.

Johanna Mendez remains undefeated at 4-0-1 with 1 KO!

Moreno Sinks Blankenship!

Heavyweight Steve Moreno of Killeen, Texas used superior power and combinations to stop Mark Blankenship of Houston! See video of round one below.

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Blankenship endured a cut on his right eye, while the fighters continued to trade shots through round two.

 But Blankenship began to wear down and a combination sent him to the canvas in the third. Blankenship motioned to the referee that he did not wish to continue and the ref stopped the contest at :53 seconds of the third round.

Moreno improves to 1-1 with 1 KO while Blankenship lost his pro debut.