The Oak Cliff Ghost.

At the sound of the bell, Valadez rushed across the ring to attack Wesby, and the fight was on. After a few early exchanges, Wesby threw a hard left body punch to Valadez, who took the punch well. Wesby had a good defense, but Valadez landed some good punches at the end of the round and finished the round strong. In the second round, Valadez was the aggressor with overhand rights, but Wesby got in a few good body punches and a strong right hand on Valadez. In the third round both fighters came out ready to bang, with Valadez moving forward, and at one point, growling at his opponent. Wesby continued to get good body punches in, and Valadez appeared to slow down at the end of the third. Both fighters continued to mix it up in the fourth, and both finished the fight landing hard punches. Although Wesby came out strong, Valadez, the more experienced fighter, was announced the winner with a majority decision.

The next card on the fight was between Rafael Casias (1–3), a bantamweight out of Fort Worth, Texas, and Christian “Angel” Faz (0-1), a former Texas State Golden Gloves Champion, from Austin, Texas. With only a weeks notice for the fight, and having to drop fifteen pounds, Casias started the fight out looking calm and smooth. He started out throwing jabs to follow up with hard rights to his opponent, who was always moving forward. Faz also looked good, using his southpaw stance to throw clean jabs and using good defensive skills. Faz then caught Casias on the ropes, which quickly slipped his way out, and then started landing some hard punches of his own. In the second round, both fighters picked up the pace and were landing heavy punches. Although Casias was the aggressor, at the end of the round, Faz landed a hard left hook to the body of Casias, and a right. After this exchange, Casias appeared somewhat tired. In the third round, the taller Faz became the aggressor and both fighters were landing very hard punches, and the round appeared even. In the fourth, Casias was the aggressor, but Faz was loading up his right hand, by jabbing to the head of Casias, but he couldn’t land the bomb. Both fighters finished the round and left it all on the mat. Even though it was a close fight, the decision went to Casias.

Julio Valadez Ganador.

The first round started with a hard right by Greeley to Urban’s head, who quickly shook it off, and landed a few of his own. Greeley, the more experienced fighter, was landing some very quick and hard punches. One of those punches landed on Urban’s left eye, and it appeared to bother him until the end of the round. In the second round, Urban started landing hard punches to Greeley’s head and body, and he had a smile on his face. Urban then started connecting and caught Greeley on the ropes, and began to land punches of his own, which didn’t seem to bother Greeley. Greeley then looked like he was getting ready to load up on a hard right, but it never landed. Before the third round, Greeley was pacing in place, and looking toward Urban’s corner as if he was ready to finish the fight. Greeley came out stalking Urban, who looked refreshed after his rest at the end of the last round. Urban then started to move and land punches of his own, working the body of Greeley. Urban finally caught Greeley with a good right to the head, and continued to good body and arm punches of his opponent. In the fourth, Urban started coming on strong, and at one point caught Greeley in the corner, and when Greeley slipped away, Urban’s momentum almost made him fall through the ropes. He caught his composure and continued to finish the round. Although the quick handed Greeley appeared to be in control because of some of his hard punches, Urban did land enough punches to get a draw. A brother’s revenge is somewhat sweet.

The main event was between Dallas’ own Charles “The Future” Hatley (10-0, 9 KO’s), and Marcos “The Terminator” Primera (20-20-2, 13 KO’s), originally of Venezuela. Hatley, an alternate on the 2004 and 2008 United States Olympic teams, and an undefeated fighter, was ready to step up and take the Super Welterweight Texas Title.

The first two rounds both fighters were feeling each other out. The Terminator was the one doing the stalking though, as he moved forward and got in good body punches. Hatley just laughed it off and kept using the ring and throwing his fast jab, to set up his punches. They kept the same pace through the second, and Hatley was smiling and looking confident as he went to his corner at the end of the round.

The third and fourth rounds were somewhat similar to the previous two. The Terminator was forcing the action, and Hatley was getting in quick counter punches. Although Primera was moving forward, Hatley’s punches were starting to connect. His punches were crisp and to the point. Toward the end of the third, Primera started to let his hands go and connected with some good punches, and walked to his corner with a smirk on his face. As if to say, “Hey, I came to fight”. The fourth was almost identical to the third, except Hatley got on his toes and danced his way out of the line of fire of Primera’s punches. Primera just missed a good hard body punch to Hatley at the end of the round and smiled on his way back to the corner.

In the fifth, Primera moved forward, as he did in the previous rounds, except this time, he held his long left hand down to his side and was loading up the right for a big punch. Primera confidently moved forward stalking his opponent, but Hatley would have none of that. His counter punches were much quicker and the points were adding up. In the sixth and seventh rounds, Primera stepped up the pressure, trying to get close to throw the big right, but Hatley kept sliding out of the way. Hatley continued to throw quick punches and counter punches with both hands. 

In front of a full house and a loud crowd, Hatley kept doing his thing -- moving, sticking punches, and using the ring. Meanwhile, Primera kept up the pursuit, and not looking tired at all. In the eighth round, Primera finally started to connect punches, using his is long left to lead the way. Hatley continued to counter and use both hands with very fast hand speed. Primera, a seasoned fighter who went the distance against Joshua Clottey five years ago, has the power, but was just a step slower than the flashy Hatley. In the ninth, Primera finally connected with a hard punch to the head of Hatley, who was momentarily stunned. Hatley was a little shaken but he used his defense and he danced his way out of harm’s way. In the final round, Primera was still trying to load up with the right hand, still coming forward. But this was the night for Hatley to shine and he did it in front of a full house to capture the Super Welterweight Texas Title. The “Future” looks good for Hatley. (05042010)