With the backdrop of the Twilight Saga movie world premiere just outside the doors of Club Nokia, Golden Boy Promotions put on a saga of their own with a tantalizing card that had the fans screaming ALMOST as loudly as the teenage girls waiting to see the stars of their favorite vampire movie.

In the starring roles of the fight card were an obviously human blood depleted and weakened vampire victim who was fed up to Frankie Gomez and a werewolf-like too strong and fast Gary Russell who was more than any mere mortal could handle.

Let’s be honest here, Welterweight Frankie Gomez (4-0,4 KO’s) was served up a huge dish of palooka in Jaime Orrantia (13-26-5,4 KO’s). Coming into the fight Gomez was riding a wave of hype and no doubt the 1st round KO which looks good on paper will keep that swell building. Referee Pat Russell stopped the fight in the closing seconds and rightly so, Orrantia who has been in some 40 fights needs to hang his gloves up…El Permenente!
 

Featherweight Gary Russell Jr (10-0,7 KO’s) demonstrated why his given nickname “Mr. Russell” is one that he should most certainly be addressed by.

Rodrigo Aranda (8-13-2,2 KO’s) was game but absolutely no match for the quick handed and hard punching Russell…I mean “Mr. Russell” J Russell dropped and stopped Aranda at the 34 second mark of round 2.

Put Russell firmly on the Pound4Pound hot prospect watch for 2010!
 

Welterweight Jesse Vargas (11-0,5 KO’s) had Ernesto Zavala down in round 2 with a nice right/left combo that appeared to be a fight ender.

But the tough and busted up Zavala (21-5) got up and went on to give it his best shot…to no avail.

The skilled Vargas needed a few more rounds but at the start of the sixth and final round Vargas pummeled the hapless Zavala until referee Jack Reiss stopped the bout at the 33 second mark.
 

In a scrappy bout of young Jr. Welterweights Jamie Kavanagh upped his record to (2-0) with a tough decision over Luis Sanchez (0-2). It’s pretty clear that no one in the house knew Sanchez hurt Kavanagh with a crisp right hand in round 2, including Sanchez.

On second thought someone did know about that punch…it was Kavanagh who kept that punch in the back of his mind and never really let go after that. Sanchez was tough but did not have enough to keep Kavanagh away. Final scores read 40-36 twice and 39-37 all in favor of Kavanagh.
 

People started walking out a little earlier than expected in the walkout bout as Light middleweight Roberto Reyes (2-0) was given the victory after a cut opened up over the right eye of Clint Coronel (3-1-1).

The gash appeared to have been caused by a butt although it was deemed a punch, hence the early stoppage. After the bout referee Jack Reiss explained that he had warned Coronel repeatedly for pulling Reyes behind the head.

Neither Reiss nor any of the judges saw the butt so by California rule, since no official saw how the cut occurred, it must be from a punch. Reiss added that if it was a butt it was most likely Coronels fault.