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2005-06-25 Yakama Legends Casino, Toppenish, Washington, US

• Kelsey Jeffries W UD Kim Colbert
• Rafael Ortiz W TKO Michaelangelo Lynks
• Marcus Pernell L UD Luis Lopez
• Allen Medina W SD Jacob Ruffin
• Jason Davis W UD Nalo Leal
• Bridger Bercier W TKO Roosevelt Parker
• Alejandro Lozano W TKO Matt Blake

REPORT

LOPEZ AND PERNELL, ALL FIRE & GLORY
By Katherine Dunn; Cyber Boxing Zone June 25, 2005 [1]

Lopez-Pernell steals show at Legends!
By Sam DiTusa at ringside FightNews June 30, 2005 (LINK DISABLED) [2]

Saturday night marked the return of professional boxing at the Legends Casino in Toppenish,  
Washington. The Eastern Washington casino is famous for TV fights and bringing in big name 
fighters. Commissioner Bruce Anderson has set the standard bar high, and what was expected to be a 
"club show” easily turned out to be the best card in Washington state this year. 
Promoter Patrick Ortiz and Ringside Ticket scored an A plus on this one as the near capacity 
outdoor arena was on its feet nearly the entire evening. 
Though not the main event, the light heavyweight matchup between Luis “El Lobo” Lopez and 
Marcus Pernell was what had all the people talking after the 7 fight card. 
The six round fight pitted the undefeated Pernell, (9-0, 3 KOs) from Portland against Hometown Luis 
Lopez,(7-5, 5 KOs) in a showdown which pitted two tough fighters who would refuse to take a 
backwards step for 18 minutes. While Pernell had the unblemished record, Team Lopez was 
confident that the much improved "El Lobo," (the wolf) would step up in his toughest test. 
From the outset, Lopez stayed the course that his corner laid out, get Pernell’s body. Lopez rained a 
two fisted attack on Pernell’s midsection which took most of the starch out of him by round 4. To his 
credit however, just when it appeared that Pernell was fading he would launch a two fisted power 
punching attack which would rock Lopez. 
The tide turned in round five when Lopez went upstairs and sent Pernell to the canvas with a left 
hand/right hook combination from his southpaw stance. The stage was now set for the sixth round 
with Pernell needing a "O to stay among the ranks of the unbeaten. 
Pernell came out of his corner fast throwing relentless combinations, most of which were landing on 
their mark hammering on Lopez’ chin. Lopez corner was emploring him to stay in his low bobbing  
and weaving mode to evade the barrage, but Pernell was landing frequently until the halfway mark 
of the round when Lopez turned the tide. 
Seemingly inspired by the chants of "EL LOBO," this time Lopez was using a body and head attack 
in an effort to stop Pernell in front of his home town fans. Both warriors were flailing away at the 
final bell as the crowd was in a deafening frenzy. 
"The difference now with Luis is his training regimine,” said Luis’ father Jim Lopez. With a new 
found dedication and more structured preparation for his fights, Team Lopez, (Jim Lopez, Sam 
DiTusa, and George Credit) are not counting out anything in Luis’ future. We have been waiting for 
the real Luis to emerge for some time. His last 2 fights seem to indicate that he has arrived.” 
All credit in the world goes to Marcus Pernell and his Chief 2nd Ray Lampkin, who could have not 
come into hostile territory and put up their undefeated record. Make no mistake about it, Marcus 
Pernell will come backa better fighter. 
The crowd was out of gas by the time the main event between Salem, Oregon’s Raphael Ortiz, (12-5-
1, 12 KOs) and Los Angeles’ Michael Angelo Lynkes, (8-4-2, 2 KOs) got under way. The fight was for 
the GBU America’s lightweight championship and pitted the puncher Ortiz against the slick Lynkes.  
The ring, barely 16’ square with a slow track to boot, favored the slower Ortiz, and he used it to 
perfection stalking Lynkes the entire fight. 
Lynkes chose to fight using a counter attackoff the ropes, abandoning his usual movement. Ortiz 
began to put the pressure on in round two as he unleashed several right hands scoring frequently. In  
round 3 it was the Ortiz left hook which scored the only knockdown of the evening. Lynkes got up 
immediately and managed to stay away from Ortiz for the remainder of the round. 
By round four, Lynkes was using his jab, and his superior speed was beginning to show as he had his 
best round. Unfortunately it was evident that over the course of ten rounds he would probably have 
trouble keeping away from the ever attacking Ortiz. 
Round five proved to be the last for Lynkes as he was caught on the ropes near his own corner taking 
a barrage of unanswered blows which prompted the referee to halt the action. Lynke's corner angrily 
disagreed with the stoppage but it was only a matter of time before Ortiz would zero in on Lynkes. 
Kelsey Jeffries improved to (33-8-1) with a unanimous decision win over outclassed Kim Colbert 
from Atlanta. Jeffries used a solid body attackin what amounted to little more then a paid sparring 
session. 
In heavyweight action, Montana’s Bridger Mercier went to (3-2, 3 KOs) with a 3rd round TKO over 
Denver’s Roosevelt Parker. Parker broke his hand in round two and was unable to continue. Parker 
did well early but Mercier used a strong body attack to pull ahead. 
In other action Allen Medina got his first win by boxing and using good ring skills over pro debuter 
Jeff Ruffin. Scores were 39-37 on all cards. 
Also pro debuter Jason Davis pounded Nalo Leal to the canvas twice enroute to a unanimous decision 
win.Davis used hard looping right hands to do the trick. Scores were 39-35 on all judges cards. 
In the opener, Seattle’s Alejandro Lozano kayoed Montana’s Matt Blake of :46 of round two in the 
scheduled 4 rounder. Lozano boxed beautifully setting up power shots with a good job. 
The Legends Casino & Ringside Ticket will return to the Legends in November.

Debuts highlight rest of Legends card
Paul Shugar; Yakima Herald-Republic June 27, 2005 (LINK DISABLED) [3]

TOPPENISH - Two strong professional debuts, one successful the other not, were among the  
remaining fights on Saturday's Rez Rumble boxing card at Legends Casino. 
Jason Davis enjoyed a successful pro debut with a commanding, but at times sloppy, victory against 
Nalo Leal (3-5-1) in a four-round junior welterweight fight. Davis, from Portland, dominated every  
round, knocking his Seattle opponent down twice late in the third round. Davis won 39-35 on all 
three judges cards. 
Jacob Ruffin from Spokane had a crowd-pleasing pro debut but lost an unpopular split decision to 
Allen Medina from Denver. Both of the junior middleweights landed their share of punches and  
Ruffin seemed to get stronger as the four-round fight went on. But two judges scored the fight 39-37 
in favor of Medina (1-5), while the third judge had it 39-37 in favor of Ruffin. 
Saturday's seven-fight card got off to a big start as Alejandro Lozano knocked out Matt Blake early 
in the second round for his first professional victory. Lozano (1-4) delivered a solid combination that  
sent Blake (0-2) to the canvas in the junior welterweight fight. Blake didn't seem too hurt but didn't 
get up before the count of 10, 46 seconds into the second. 
The lone heavyweight fight on the card ended in anticlimactic fashion as Roosevelt Parker refused to 
answer the bell for the start of the third round in his five-round fight with Bridger Bercier. Bercier  
(3-2), from Great Falls, Mont., had gotten the better of Parker (2-4-1) in the first two rounds, but 
hadn't inflicted any serious damage on or knocked down the Denver-based fighter. Parker, however, 
refused to come off the stool, claiming he suffered a broken hand. 
Results of those fights were not reported in Sunday's Herald-Republic because of technical problems.  
All other results are in Sunday's edition.