Leading up to his fight in Mesquite, Texas, Middleweight prospect Marco Vazquez was asked if, 50+ fight veteran Ulisses Jimenez was the toughest opponent of his comeback following a more than three-year layoff? Vazquez, of Grand Prairie, responded: "it's the biggest test of my whole career." Well if that was the biggest test Vazquez certainly earned an A+. Scoring with a vicious uppercut that dropped and finished off Jimenez in just 34 seconds. A vicious and perfectly placed shot that would have stopped nearly anyone moving his record to 6-1 (3). Vazquez was a highly touted prospect when he made his pro debut back in March of 2015, on the undercard of a Maurice Hooker card at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas. A career that looked derailed just a year later, after an impressive 3-0 start, the Grand Prairie native took a shocking L to Jon Bullock. The loss led to a three-year layoff. Vazquez is now just 25-years-old, and currently campaigning at middleweight but says he can still get down to 154 and plans on fighting there in the future, he has come a long way in rejuvenating his image. He has in just his fourth comeback fight molded himself into a main event fighter and his future is once again as bright as it was the night he stopped Warren Stewart on that Maurice Hooker undercard.
The Boxing Showcase cards also featured Vazquez highly touted stablemate Jake "The Snake" Ysasi outclassed fellow unbeaten fighter Jerrion Campbell of Jacksonville, Texas. In a fight where someone's "O" had to go, Ysasi was certainly going to preserve displaying a picture-perfect jab and controlling the distance with the stick. "The Snake" struck like a Cobra with quick right hands. Ysasi looked sharp and composed beyond his years, in just his second pro bout, controlling distance and picking his shots like a veteran delivering an uppercut midway through the second round that stunned Campbell. Ysasi against stunned Campbell just moments before the bell with a picture-perfect left hook ending the scheduled four-rounder with an exclamation point and cruised to the points victory moving his record to 2-0 and handing Jerrion Campbell now 2-1 his first lost.
In the evening co-main event Refugio “Cuco” Montellano, who trains out of Del Bosque Boxing Gym, boxed circles around Juan Castaneda. creating a moving target that Castaneda, of Mexico, just couldn’t find. Cuco scored with perfectly timed counter shots and carried the decision by scores of 40-36x2 and a way to close 38-38 Even
The other young upstarts put on sensational performances Omar Urieta, of Tyler, Texas, secured his first win a first-round knockout victory. Powered behind a tremendous left hook that staggered his opponent, Czyz Harrison, and then followed up with a barrage of power shots to secure the stoppage at 1:38 of the first stanza to move his record to 1-1 (1).
Additionally, Keven Soto, of Dallas, dropped Orlando Colins with a perfectly placed left hook early in the opening round. The next three rounds were simply Collins serving as very tough and durable target practice for Soto's right hand. Who dominated and strolled to a unanimous decision victory by lopsided scores of 40-35x2 and 39-36
In other action "El Catcho De oro" Merin Zalazar scored a sensational second-round KO and Fernando Vasquez made his pro debut a successful one. He and Moises Sixto Gomez traded power shots in a phone booth over four high-paced back and forth non-stop rounds. Vazquez a southpaw battered his man against the ropes and was relentless over four competitive but clear rounds and scored in his favor 40-36x3
Soto dropped him with a left hook early in round 1. Making Target practice with the right-hand laser-like battering him again as the bell rang to end the second 40-35x2 and 39-36
