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Jose Gomez, Alexis Mones, Shine on Thursday Night Card in Fort Worth

El Corral West in Fort Worth hosted a Thursday night of Boxing! A King’s Promotion Card featured two amateur standouts who shined early on in their professional development and an undefeated and upstart welterweight coming off an upset of Sammy "Cobra" Brown. In the undercard portion, Jaycob Ramos stepped into the ring for the second time as a professional. The Dallas native made his pro debut back in May after a massively successful amateur career. Immediately his speed and skills were obvious. Using his lightning-quick speed and reflexes. Ramos was able to outgun his opponent, Xzavier Jackson. Jackson was unable to get on the inside and landed a thudding combination capped off with a left hook to the body that set the tone for the night. Ramos stayed on the gas in the second round, unleashing a flurry to the head that again buckled Jackson. One final clean combination that battered Jackson against the ropes sealed the deal, and that finished the job as the referee Laurence Cole waved off the bout at the 2:27 mark of round number two to move Ramos to 2-0 (1).

Also, Fernando Solís stayed undefeated and moved to 2-0 (1) with a one-sided beatdown of Waldo Zamudio, with the official stoppage coming at 2:58 of the 3rd round.

Two-time national champion Alexis Mones, of Fort Worth, boxed beautifully over a four-round affair in overwhelming Macy Breaux, of Larose, Lacrosse. Mones started cautiously firing off her jab and keeping Breaux on her back foot. A clean left hook from the Fort Worthian landed flush on the side of Breaux's head. The momentum carried into the second round as Mones picked up the volume, throwing in combination she landed with clean right hands and left hooks and rattled her opponent again just before the end of the second. By the third round, she was landing with clean heavy artillery, one left hook late in the third again staggered her opponent. Mones cruised through the fourth and picked up the first win of her promising professional career by scores of 39-37x3.

In the main event, Jose Gomez kept the momentum going after upsetting Sammy Brown back in April. He dominated an outmatched and outgunned Raul Garica JR. Gomez the much bigger, stronger, man started the fight off his back foot. After a somewhat slow start and feeling out process, Ramos ripped a body shot with just a couple of seconds left in the opening round as the first punch of consequence. Gomez started the second round where the first left off and rocked Garcia again with a left-right combination. Moments later a right hand dropped Garcia midway through the second. Ramos jumped on his wounded opponent unleashing a whirlwind of power shots, a left hook came in and staggered Garcia again. Gomez followed up, and another barrage put his overwhelmed opponent down for a second time. He again got up, and Gomez again battered his outmatched opponent against the ropes as referee Robert Chappa came in and waved the bout off at 2:24 of the second round.

Releford Continues to Bring Big-Time Boxing Back to the 817

Like a Phoenix from the ashes, Fort Worth boxing is on the rise. Thanks to the efforts of former heavyweight contender and Texas State champion and Fort Worth native Kendrick Releford he is working on bringing "Funky Town" back to its heyday. Not long ago Fort Worth was one of the brightest cities in the boxing home. It's home to not only Releford but also Hall of Famer Donald Curry, former world champions like Paulie Ayala, and US olympian Sergio Reyes Jr. It again has the talent and the interest to get back to that status, and the former heavyweight contender is laser-focused on putting Fort Worth boxing back on top.

Releford's initial show, back in April in which he worked along Marshall Kaufman's King Promotions, was a smashing success. They are back at the El Corral West n to bring the next show on Thursday, July 13th. The card will feature Woman's amateur standout and national champion Alexis Mones of Fort Worth, who will make her third professional fight and take on Macy Breaux of Louisiana. The card also features a pair of 3-0 fighters looking to continue their winning ways. Emanuel Moreno of Wichita Falls and Jose Gomez of Dallas, both look to make it 4-0 on Thursday.

Two highly touted and highly decorated amateurs look to move to 2-0 as well. Jaycob Ramos of Plano scored an impressive UD victory in Irving in May, and Fort Worthian Fernando Solis wowed the crowd at the El Corral West on the First show. He will return against cagey veteran Waldo Zamudio, who has eight fights of experience and has been in with some of the top talent in Texas, including Xavier Nunez, Ben Gurment, and Favian Lopez of Houston.

Sensational one-punch KO Malik "One Punch" Calhoun, who now fights out of Fort Worth's FHG Gym, makes his much anticipated ring return. He looks to get back into the win column after being inactive for over a year and a half. Calhoun sports a 2-1 (2) record and will battle Austin Dulworth in a middleweight bout.

Ben Gurment Wins Again, Moves to 8-0 on Made Men Promotions Card!

Undefeated jr welterweight contender Benjamin "Hill" Gourmet of Fort Worth returned from a neck injury and a 7.5-month layoff on Friday evening's main event at the Southern Junction, which was put on by Made Men Promotions, and picked up where he left off. The 30-year-old from Fort Worth showed no ring rust at all and actually looked slicker and more defensive-minded than we had seen in the past. Using his jab a bit more and behind slicker movement, the southpaw landed at will on his rugged opponent, Antonio Meija of Nuevo León, Mexico, who was last in the ring with Hector Tanjara. A patient Gurment stalked his opponent with a persistent jab, mixing up head and body shots to perfection. A straight left with about a minute left in the opening round rattled Meij's cage. The Fort Worthian stayed on the front foot and scored with his lead jab and mixed in straight lefts when Meija would try to counter Gurment consistently made him miss throughout the four-rounder and would score with a counter left that began to slow his opponent down in the second half of the fight. Gurment delivered a hard right hook to the body that backed Meija up late in the third round. The Fort Worthian kept the pressure on in the final stanza and scored with a double left early in the round. The Nuevo Leon native was showing signs of wear and tear however the rugged Mexican was able to survive to the final bell which proved to be a moral victory. The scores were academic and one-sided as Gurment rolled to a unanimous decision victory by scores 40-36x2 and 39-37. Gurment improved to 8-0-2 (5) and with the support of his team expressed an interest in fighting Tanajara down the road. 

Gurment's stablemate, 6'0 tall hard-hitting featherweight Joel "The Owl" Martinez of Fort Worth, was in action. Martinez, a southpaw worked behind a stiff jab. He doubled it up about and put a left hand behind it just moments into the fight. The combination caught the attention of his opponent Rensley Washington of Cincinnati, Ohio. Just moments later, the Fort Worth native scored with a short right hook that wobbled the Ohioan. The hook seemed to affect Washington, who appeared to lose his aggression. For the remainder of the four-round affair, Washington stayed mainly on the retreat as the Texan applied constant pressure and took what he was given. In the second, another straight left drove Washington into the ropes. The left hand sending Washington back seemed to be played on loop as Martinez could not miss with it, and it drove Washington back every time it scored. By the start of the fourth and final round, Martinez looked as sharp and fresh as in the opening round. A massive right hook snapped his opponets head back and sent him into retreat. "The Owl" stayed on the aggressive and landed a short left that rocked Washington, who appeared in serious trouble for the first time. The Ohio native was able to weather the storm and survived till the final bell. However, the decision was clear-cut, and Martinez moved to 3-0 (2). Post-fight the long, rangy featherweight expressed his intentions to "put on some muscle" and "move up to 130."  

On the undercard portion of the event, Two exciting youngsters made successful pro debuts. Fernando Solís of Fort Worth dropped his opponent, Rashard Robinson of Dallas twice. Including in the third round with a vicious right hand. Robinson was as tough as could be and fought back hard. He was able to score on the inside as well and stopped Solis in his track on a handful of occasions. However, Solis would not be discouraged and used angles to land with right hands from a variety of angles. The Fort Worthian scored with a big right hand that rocked his opponent to seal the deal in the final seconds of the fourth round. Solis won the lopsided unanimous decision by scores of 40-35x3 to move his record to 1-0 (0). 

Also on the card was Jaycob Ramos. The amateur standout from Plano, Texas, passed an incredibly difficult test and took a unanimous decision over Desmon White. White, who trains out of FHG in Fort Worth, scored with a clean left hook that rattled Ramos. However, the youngster from Plano ate it well and came back with a big right hand of his own late in the first. White fought hard and had moments on the inside. He began wearing Ramos down who became noticeably fatigues. The former amateur star was winning competitive rounds but was being tested and getting hit with clean shots. As he continued to fatigue, his jab disappeared, and Ramos relied on using really slick footwork to score with power shots on the inside. Ramos survived the tough test, picked up the win in his professional debut, moved to 1-0, and is now off to the races in what should be a superb professional career.