Fort Worth's Benjamin Gurnment an Army specialist can now add WBC champion to his impressive and growing resume. After two fairly even rounds, Gurment turned to his opponent and had something to say to him, Yainiel Alvarez Telemaco, originally of Cuba, now fighting out of Hutto. The native Cuban turned to Gurment and allegedly mocked his power. That quickly proved to be a massive mistake as just two minutes into the third round Gurment, a southpaw, landed a perfectly timed left hand that about took Alvarez's head off and collapsed him like a building imploding. Instantly Alvarez was out and Gurment had his second unforgettable KO in his second consecutive fight. He moved his record to 6-0-2 (4) and claimed the WBC four-round big belt championship in the 140-pound weight class.
Also on the card Jake "The Snake" Ysasi captured the same WBC belt but in one division north. He scored a four-round dominant unanimous decision, which saw him pull all the tools out of the toolbox in what was likely his most impressive career performance. He switched southpaw at time, couldn't miss with the left hook, scored a vicious knockdown of his opponent, Sergio Augustin of Mexico, with an uppercut in the third round, and dominated the fourth to capture the WBC four-round belt and move his record to 4-0
In the main event, Marco Vazquez scored his second consecutive first-round knockout. Back in October, Vazquez stopped veteran Ulisses Jimenez in less than a minute and then completely overwhelmed Kasimu Yakubu with one second left in the opening stanza to move his record to 8-1(5) and recorded the fifth consecutive victory of his comeback, since suffering the only set back of his career to Jon Bullock back in 2016. Vazquez took over three years half. His comeback is going extremely well and Vazquez takes about moving down from 160 to 154 and making a world at an elite level at that weight class. The 6- foot- one-inch Vazques would have tremendous size at 154 to go along with the tremendous power and skills he possesses.
The card at the Southern Junction in Irving also featured two other four-round championship fights. In the first championship bout in the lightweight division, Omar Urieta of Tyler and Juan Manuel Castaneda, of Mexico City, Mexico, traded heavy artillery in the center of the ring for four incredibly exciting and event rounds. A left hook nearly dropped the Tyler native in the second, who was able to keep his footing, stay on his feet and rally back to earn a draw. Urieta has been the most exciting fighter in the series having scored two first-round knockouts in the first two rounds of the tournament.
In the featherweight division Moises Andres Sixto, scored a highly controversial majority decision victory over Haltom City's Brandon DeSpain. In a fight that DeSpain seemed to dominate the action and easily outbox Sixto, also saw DeSapin eat several low blows. The judges added insult to injury in scoring the bout in favor of Sixto in majority fashion. DeSpain suffered a controversial draw in the opening round against Luis Fernandez, in a bout the DeSapin also appeared to outbox his opponent but had to settle for a draw. Despain advanced to the next round automatically however when Fernendez missed weight.