Undefeated 140-pounder and Fort Worth native Benjamin Gurment remained undefeated, scoring his third consecutive KO and moving his record to 7-0-2 (4). The rapidly improving Gourmet has won five fights in a row since his controversial draw to Jordan Jones, a fight most observers thought Gurment earned the nod. Over the past five fights, the Fort Worth native has figured out to keep on winning. Either by close decision, or stunning come from behind, get off the canvas KO fashion. Or by vicious one-punch KO. Like he did in his last outing back in January against Yainiel Alvarez Telemaco. Saturday night at the Indoor Soccer World in Mesquite, the Fort Worth native decided to make it easier on himself. Taking apart an outmarched opponent by the name of John Ross. Dominating the first and then scoring a brutal knockout in the second, to extend his KO streak. Gurment a southpaw worked behind a sharp jab in the early moments of the first round. A left hand to the body hurt Ross badly moments later. Gurment seized the moment and jumped on his opponent, unloading left hands on his wounded opponent to close out a dominant opening round. The second picked up where the first left off. The Fort Worthian pounded away with thudding body shots that dropped Ross. Gurment stayed on the assault and unloaded with a series of pinpoint accurate lefts that finally beat Ross down and into the arms of the red Robert Champa,who waived off the bout 44 seconds into round two.
In the Co-main event, Arlington-based 154-pounder, Jake Ysasi also remained undefeated. Moving his record to 6-0 (1), picking up the first knockout of his impressive career. Ysasi started aggressive landing left hooks and sharp right hands. One right hand in particular just moments into the first round landed perfectly on the side of an overmatched Simon Alejandro Heredia's head and dropped him. The loud thud from the perfectly placed shot left the packed arena thinking the fight was over. but a determined Heredia made it to his feet. However, the beating continued as Ysasi stayed patient and in control until another opportunity presented itself, and it did. The Arlington native landed a perfect left hook to the liver that put his outmatched opponent back on the canvas and this time for good. With the ref reaching the count at 2:59 of the opening round
Also on the card was Gary Hampton of Fort Worth, who moved his record to 2-0 with a unanimous points victory over Luis Fernandez, by scores of 39-37X3. Hampton landed cleaner shots through the scheduled four-round affair and closed the deal nicely in the fourth round scoring with a massive right hand to start the stanza. A collision of heads followed shortly after, which saved Fernendez from what looked like the beginning of the end. Hampton stayed aggressive and rolled to victory but could not pick up the stoppage.
In heavyweight action, Rashard Coulter survived an early scare after being rocked in the first round by an aggressive Luis Pascual. Pascual would eventually fatigue and Coulter would seize on the opportunity and dominate the final four rounds. Rolling to the unanimous decision victory by scores of 58-54x2 and 58-55. In other action, James Vick of Mineral Wells seemed to be the victim of a bad decision to Rodrigo Gonzalez. Vicks likely lost the first round but rallied and dominated the middle rounds of the scheduled four-rounder. In the fourth round, he seemed to be in control firing his jab and maintaining the distance keeping Gonzalez at bay and nullifying his aggression. The judges however disagreed, narrowly scoring in favor of Gonzalez by scores of 39-37x2 and 38-38.
