William “El Camaron” Zepeda of San Mateo Atenco, Mexico, is going to be a problem for anyone at 135. He destroyed Hector Tanajara, then Jo Jo Diaz, and last night on the grounds of UT Arlingtonn the undefeated Mexican KO artist absolutely annihilated Jaime “Jaimito” Arboleda in less than two rounds. The always-aggressive Zepeda came out as if he was shot out of a cannon, rocking Arboleda of Panama to the head and body and absolutely overwhelming him. Arbeloda was outmatched and dropped three times as Zepeda moved his perfect record to 28-0 (24). The end came abruptly in the second round. It started with the southpaw Zepeda rocking his outmatched Panamanian opponent with a short left hand to the jaw. He followed that up with a left hand downstairs, putting Arboleda to the canvas again. He was able to make it to his feet, but the writing was on the wall. Zepeda slammed on the gas and again nailed Arboleda to the body and then put a right-left combo to the head of Arboleda just for good measure to put him down for a final time as the fight was waved off. Giving Zepeda the successful defense of his WBA Continental Americas title. Post-fight Zepeda expressed his future plans, "I want to fight the best world champions out there. I signed up for boxing, not ballet.”
In the co-main event, "El Tornado" Victor Morales walked in a 2:1 underdog, rolled through everything in his way like a Texas Twister, and walked out of the ring with the WBA Inter-Continental Featherweight strap. Morales, of Vancouver, Washington expressed extreme confidence in fighting Diego De La Hoya of Baja California, Mexico. Morales said he asked for the fight. The youngster from Vancouver, Washington got what he wanted. Morales absolutely demolished his promoter's cousin over two lopsided rounds. The Washington native came out confidently behind a snappy jab, setting up De La Hoya for things to come. Those things came in a big way in the very next round. Morales scored with a thudding left that hurt De La Hoya. Morales frantically followed up with a whirlwind of power shots that hurt his opponent. Morales kept the pressure on De La Hoya, dropping the veteran with a short left hook. De La Hoya got to his feet but never got his legs back. He stepped up and tried to exchange with Morales. However, that proved to be a fruitless endeavor as Morales caught him with several more power shots, including a left hook followed by a right hand that caught the wounded Mexican on the temple and again put him down. This time unable to get back to his feet in time. Giving the 25-year-old Morales the biggest win of his young career and moving his record to 18-0-1 (9).
Also on the card was Redding, Pennsylvania, native David Stevens who trains at the Plex Gym in Houston with Ronnie Shields following up his last round come from behind knockout over Sean Hemphill last January. Stevens outlasted 38-year-old and always durable Marco Periban, got up off the canvas in the third round, and controlled the fight with his jab and combination punching to otherwise dominate the affair and rill to a unanimous decision victory by scores of 78-73x2 and 77-74.