Hammer nails Down 12th win in El Paso
RING WARS 18 Delivers on Action
Story by Franklin Romero
Make that 12-0 now for Albuquerque’s flyweight champion Abraham “The Hammer” Perez who laid down the hammer for 8 rounds to win by a decision (79-73, 80-72, 77-75) over Angel Geovanny “El Rayito” Mesa Morales who now drops to 9-4-3.
Morales opened up strong in the first round, however, Perez was patient, consistent and pursued Morales throughout the night, especially in the later rounds. Morales absorbed Perez’s flurries and even responded with some of his own but was not enough to win in front of the crowd at the boisterous El Paso Coliseum.
In the lightweight division Andres Rey of Albuquerque fought well for 2 rounds and was coming into his own when he suffered a knock down in the 3rd round and even though he overcame well and battled hard, one could say he edged it out and won 3 rounds. It just wasn’t enough to overcome the point deficit as he was handed his first loss 58-55, 59-54, 57-56. Gary Hampton of Fort Worth to his credit capitalized on the knockdown and did a good job of fighting off Rey’s flurries and responding with his own. Hampton now travels back home to Fort Worth with a “W” on the road over a strong and upcoming contender.
Round one was the charm for welterweight DeVon “El Perro Negro” Garcia of Las Cruces who knocked out Avante Kamara of Fort Worth, TX at 1:02 in that round.
D’Angelo Sanchez of Las Cruces, fighting in the Super Flyweight division, defeated Randarius Hunter by TKO in round 3 at 1:52.
Other Results:
Middleweight Jorge Tovar, a hometown El Paso favorite, defeated Joaquin Murrieta by a KO in the 4th round improving to 12-0 with 9 of those KO’s. Tovar was also crowned “King of the Ring.”
Another El Paso native was crowned Queen of the Ring, Nayeli Rodriguez won by decision 59-55, 59-55, 57-56 defeating Alexis Mones of Fort Worth, TX.
At Heavyweight El Paso’s Marcos Duran was defeated by Vercell Webster of Dallas, TX by a 38-27 unanimous decision.
El Paso’s Ivy Enriquez, better known as “Poison Ivy” defeated Damiana Andrello of NY by a unanimous decision (40-36). Enriquez is now 4-0
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