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Mesquite, Texas.- Texan Benjamin Gurment and Donte Strayhorn topped the bill of: “Independence Fight Night” served up by The Boxing Showcase promoter on Saturday night before a very enthusiastic crowd at the Mesquite Athletic Development.
Gurment, super lightweight champion of The Big Belt Championship tournament, was dominated by Strayhorn, from Cincinnati, during the first part of the six rounder, agreed at the stipulated weight of 143 pounds.
Gurment, who is now with 8 wins and 3 draws, without defeat did a good job of tagging and jolting Donte (12-4-1, 4 knockouts), who saw his power thawted, but fought back with gusto. The Judges scored a 58-56 for Strayhorn, 58-56 for Gurment and a 57-57 for the draw.
FINE BACKUP CONTESTS
The support bouts presented by the company directed by José Miguel López offered some lively entertainment.
Four rounds away at super middleweight, Joey Alday Jr. and Argentine Gonzalo “La Pantera” Andreasen engaged in a fierce exchange both fighters showing great resistance.
From Odessa, Alday Jr. (11-1-0, 9 KO) rocked the South American in the fourth round and the Referee wisely stopped the match at 2:40 minutes of the fourth and final round. Andreasen was 10-12-0, with 8 knockouts.
Brandon Medina from Michoacán and Gary “Cashhesd” Hampton from Texas “Ignated” the arena with some peppery fight fireworks.
Medina squandered the dominance he had exerted earlier rounds when he gave up the initiative to Hampton’s drive and was knocked down a couple of times in the third round.
The Judges saw Gary Hampton as the winner (already with 4-0-0, 0 KO) he won the undefeated duel by majority decision 38-36, 37-37 and 38-36; Medina was 5-1-0, 0 knockouts.
The battle of the night starred heavyweights. From Ecatepec, Édgar “El Chato” Ramírez and Vercell Webster, from Mississippi, who received an ovation at the end of 4 sparklingly electrifying episodes.
With unfailing courage and encouraged by his fans, Ramírez gave the taller Webster no rest, in what seemed like a latter-day resumption of David Vs. Goliath.
More compact, the one from Ecatepec, “Chato” Ramírez always pressed forward, connected more and stronger blows, to drew his eighth victory (with 1 loss, 1 draw and 4 knockouts) by winning by majority decision with a verdict of 40 -36, 38-38 and 39-37.
The evening was enjoyed in the midst of a great atmosphere in which the satisfied faces of business partner executives stood out: Medlock Petroleum Group, Freedom Chevrolet, Q Factor Chiropractic, Lawyer Glenn Tucker, Tequila Don Ferro, Mexsnax, Señor Goza, Trailers Texas Star, Prime DIAGNOSTIC Imaging, Foundation Physician Group, commercial partners of The Boxing Showcase.
A world-class production that included rappers whose verses accompanied the boxers on their way from the locker room to the ring, framed the launch of the Showy TV application and its luxury triplet at the microphones, with Ernesto Amador, Marco Antonio Barrera and Israel Vázquez in the chronicle, comments and analysis.
In the rest of the results of the combinations, Texan Keven “Baby Boy” Soto (5-1-0) added his third victory before the limit by winning by technical knockout of hitherto undefeated Mojeed Seriki, who was 3-1-0.
In addition, Demarcus Layton knocked out Venezuelan Luis Briceño Román when the timer marked 2:20″ of the first chapter.
Finally, Gerardo “El Indio” Reyes (2-1-0, 1 KO) beat Antonio Mejía by unanimous decision (40-36 and 39-37 x 2), who suffered his seventh setback in exchange for 10 victories.
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