The ever-entertaining Kendo "Tremendo" Castaneda has hit a bit of a snag after a sensational start to his career, that included 17 straight victories eight by knockout, capturing the WBA-NABA 140-pound belt, was highly ranked by the WBA, and appeared to be on his way to a world title shot. That's when things hit a bit of a snag. Tremendo traveled to Florida and took on fellow unbeaten 140-pound prospect, Yomar Alamo. Castaneda seemed to dominate the fight, applied constant pressure hurt his opponent several times, and landed much cleaner and more effective shots on the elusive Alamo. When the scorecards were read two of the scores were wide 98-92 and 97-93, it seemed about right, had they scored the fight for Castaneda. Except they didn't, two of the judges did the unthinkable and scored seven and eight rounds for Alamo, who seemed to be beaten fairly convincingly. Castaneda went on to bigger and better things despite his first career loss. He fought Jose Zepeda who is among the best 140-pounders in the world and lost a very competitive and close decision, then lost to upstart prospect Josue Vargas in Las Vegas. Moved up to 147, got robbed again, this time in Mexico dropping a decision to Mauricio Pintor. After that Tremendo returned home fought in San Antonio on a big Golden Boy Card against Raul Curiel in another competitive scrap that Castaneda rallied in the sixth and seventh before being stopped in the seventh.
Castaneda now returns to Florida was his skid all started to battle another touted welterweight prospect who looks to bounce back from a loss. The San Antonian travels to the Whitesands Event Center, in Plant City, Florida, to battle the hard-hitting Mark Reyes Jr who hails from nearby Tampa. Reyes Jr 14-1(12) last fought a year ago and dropped a very disputed decision to Janelson Figueroa Bocachica, on a card that aired on Showtime's SHOBOX series. Reyes takes a big challenge against the best fighter he has faced in his pro career looking for big gains. Whoever wins the bout will be propelled into contender status once again and the loser takes a giant step back.
The card also features fellow San Antonian Trenton Gibson, 1-0 (0) in a lightweight bout. Gibson will look to play spoiler against Julio Solis, a highly-touted prospect from Puerto Rico. Gibson made his pro debut back in December on a TMB card in his hometown and looked impressive in scoring a cleat cut unanimous decision victory over Vincente Loredo also of San Antonio.