Edward "Kid" Vazquez, of Fort Worth, suffered a controversial loss to IBF 130-Pound champ Joseph Cordina, this past November, and after a rough opening round Vazquez, showed no rust or hangover from the tough decision loss. Just a minute or so into the bout, Daniel Bailey, a massive betting underdog from Florida, had the best moment of the night, momentarily rocking Vazquez with a right-left combination that backed up and wobbled the north Texan. Vazquez stayed in the pocket and fought until he was out and survived the storm and seized control of the fight. By round three, Vazquez was in control, applying pressure and outworking and outlanding the Floridian. Kid Vazquez dominated the second half of the fight, wobbling Bailey in the fifth and completely seizing all momentum. Bailey was in trouble again in the eighth courtesy of a rocket right hand from the Texan. Vazquez remained in control for the final six minutes to secure the lopsided unanimous decision victory by scores of 78-74, 78-74, and 79-73 for Vazquez, who improved to 16-2 (3). Post-fight, Vazquez commented on his performance, “It took about a minute or two, but once I got those cobwebs out, I was ready to go and I found a rhythm, and I started to walk him down, break him down. He didn’t have too much power, so once I felt his best shot, I was like, it’s just time to press forward and just try to get him out of there. We broke his will and it just fed right into our hands.”
Vazquez is expected back in the ring in the near future to take a step-up fight to get back in the world title picture.
In the co-main event, Ephraim Bui brought the crowd to their feet and scored a brutal KO of Ernie Cuevas. Bui, an undefeated Super Flyweight from Houston, moved to 9-0 (8) with a fifth-round KO that shocked the crowd. After four-plus competitive rounds that the Houstonian was getting the better of, he saw his opening, and, boy did he ever seize it. The southpaw from Houston fired a single left hand just more than a minute into the 5th that put Cuevas old cold for a prolonged period. Giving Bui the 5th-round stoppage. Ephriam has been linked to Laredo-based prospect Jaime Jasso for an all-Texas shootout that would put the winner in an elite level of 115-pound prospects.
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