Light Middleweight "Yori Boy" Campas was busier
and stronger against a game Taronze
Washington on July 15th, 2010 at Escapade 2001 in "Battle at
the Border", an Antonio
Leonard Productions card in northeast Houston!
Villareal
Vanquishes Guzman!
Super
Welterweight
Rodrigo Villareal of Houston (3-4-1, 1 KO)
battered previously undefeated Jimmy Guzman of Houston (4-1,
2 KO's) to score a huge upset!
See round one below!
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Guzman's left
eye began to swell badly, almost to the
point of closing completely, in the second
round.
Guzman came
out in the second ripping left hooks to the
head of Villareal, but Villareal closed the
round with a big 1-2 combo that stunned
Guzman.
Round three
was more even, although Villareal continued
to score with good body work.
See round
four!
.. Two
judges scored the bout 40-35, while the
third saw it 39-36 for Villareal, giving him
the unanimous decision!
Escamilla Slams Scott!
Featherweight
Kandi Escamilla of Houston displayed
stunning power and effective tenacity in her
pro debut against Jennifer
Scott (2-2, 1 KO).
See
round one!
..
Escamilla hammered with Scott with
several big combinations in the
second round.
Round
three was closer, as Scott began to
find her mark with counterpunching
combinations.
See
round four!
..
All three judges
scored the bout 39-37 for Escamilla, giving her the
unanimous decision!
Capulin Crushes Almedia!
Antonio
"Kid Crisis" Capulin of Houston and Tomas Almedia of Port Aransas were each making their pro debut.
See
round one!
..
The
time of the stoppage was just :39 of
round one!
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Martinez Mauls Adkins!
Middleweight Cesar Martinez
of Houston was making his
pro debut against
Marchristopher Adkins of
Dallas, who was also making
his pro debut.
See round one!
Adkins came out with a sense of
urgency in round two and the
fighters traded combinations,
although Martinez continued to land
the more effective shots.
Martinez was dominant early in round
three, although Adkins landed
several sharp counter shots toward
the end of the round.
See
round four!
All three judges scored the bout
40-36 for Martinez, giving him the
unanimous decision!
"Yori Boy" Thumps "T-Reezy"!
In the main event, Light Middleweight boxing legend
and former IBF World Title holder Luis Ramon "Yori Boy" Campas of Navojoa, Mexico faced Texas journeyman Taronze
"T-Reezy" Washington of Dallas.
The 38-year-old Campas brought an astounding record of 92-15-1 with 74 KO's, while Washington came in at 14-13 with 7 KO's.
Campas was 1-5-1 in his last seven outings, most recently dropping a ten-round split decision to Hector Camacho Junior.
See round one!
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Meanwhile the match was the chance of a lifetime for Washington, who had won four of his last seven bouts, including an eight round majority decision win over Sugar Land's Guadalupe Martinez in October of '08, and a 12-round unanimous decision loss to then 20-0 Austin Trout in a fight for the WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight title in Dallas in November of '09.
Washington was coming off a unanimous six-round decision loss to Rodrigo Garcia in Los Angeles in May,
and he offered a valiant effort against Campas,
actually making the fight closer than reflected in
the final scores.
See round four!
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The fighters traded
shots to open round five, although "Yori Boy" nailed
Washington with a left hook to the body that seemed
to stagger him.
But Washington
recovered and fired back, to land combinations
against Campas.
See round six!
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Two judges scored the
bout 59-55, while a third had it 60-53, all for
Campas, giving him the unanimous decision!
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Luna Jolts Juarez!
Super
Featherweights Ramsey
Luna and Andres Juarez were each making their pro debut.
See
round one!
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Luna
continued to rock Juarez in round
two with a series of hooks and body
shots.
Juarez looked ready to go by
the end of the round, and did not
answer the bell for round three.
Officially the result was called a
TKO at :10 of round three!
White/Castaneda
Exhibition!
In a three-round exhibition match because their
respective scheduled opponents pulled out, Light
Heavyweight Cornelius "The Beast"" White of
Houston took on Light Middleweight Fernando Castaneda of of Aguascalientes, Mexico (7-5, 4 KO's).
Although White had about 25 pounds on Castaneda, it
actually proved to be quite entertaining for an
exhibition bout.
