Buendia-Rodriguez draw in Fort Worth

By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside

In a back and forth affair in the main event of Paulie Ayala’s Gloves & Guitars, lightweights Miguel Buendia (7-1-1, 4KO) and Angel Rodriguez (5-7-3, 4KO’s) battled to an 8 round majority draw. The scores read 78-74, and 76-76 twice.

Undercard

Kyle Fancher (0-1) 177 lbs vs. Samuel Clarkson (2-0, 2KO) 170 lbs
Samuel Clarkson (3-0, 3KO) landed a left hook to the body that dropped the game but outmatched Kyle Fancher (0-2) and ended the fight at 2:27 of the 1st round.

Manual Rojas (3-0) 127.5 lbs vs. Dewayne Wisdom (1-1) 125 lbs
Manual Rojas (4-0) continued his winning ways with a majority decision over DeWayne Wisdom (1-2). The scores read 39-37 twice and 38-38.

Derek Jones (1-3) 132 lbs vs. Arthur Trevino (5-7-3, 2KO’s) 131 lbs
In a lightweight battle, Arthur Trevino (6-7-3, 3KO’s) knocked out Derek Jones (1-4) at 2:22 of the very 1st round.

Travonne Hobs (1-1) 150 lbs vs. Angel Solarzano (2-0) 149.5 lbs
Welterweights Travonne Hobbs (1-1) and Angel Solarzano (2-0) was ruled a no contest due to accidental injury when Solarzano got poked in the eye by a judge at ringside as he fell into ropes after a punch to the back of his head. The official time was 19 seconds of round two.

John Vera (pro debut) 147 lbs vs. Cedric Sheppard (0-2) 149 lbs
Ft Worth’s own, John Vera (1-0, 1KO), kicked off Gloves & Guitars, with a TKO at 2:17 of the 2nd round against game Cedric Sheppard (0-3) in a welterweight clash.

January 28th, 2012

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