Found January 21, 2013 on North Texas Fisticuffs: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Bernard Hopkins
It was another great night of professional boxing in Fort Worth, Texas, and you can thank former world champion Paulie Ayala for bringing it to the boxing fans in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.  The fight card had everything you needed, which included knockouts, comebacks, calling out of fighters from Luis Yanez (including a rap), and the return of undefeated bantamweight Ray Jimenez, Jr. (10-0, 3KO‘s) from Pleasant Grove, Texas. The night ended with the co-main event of the night, with the lightning fast Ximenez against the tough and gritty Shawn “Bones” Nichol (7-13) from Denver Colorado.  Ximenez stepped into the ring and motioned to the crowd with his hands crossed like an X, as if to say you are going to be exterminated, similar to Bernard Hopkins who crosses his arms to say I am going to “Execute” you.   Maybe we should start calling Ray Ximenez, Jr. “X” Ray, because all of his opponents have been exterminated by him and his undefeated record indicates that.  I knew it w...
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