Ben Gurment Scores Devastating KO Wins WBC Tournament

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.

Vazquez Continues to Impress in Comeback

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