Young super bantamweight prospect Antonio Escalante, entertained the hometown fans of El Paso, Texas with an effective perpetual offense from start to finish, that earned the age 24 local, a unanimous ten round decision over age 33 veteran Cornelius Lock. 

Lock was never in the hunt, although he did manage flashes of his past in a gutsy albeit losing effort - however, the proverbial port side edge never surfaced with the slowed version of the once Motown slickster. 

Escalante suffered a cut alongside the left eyelid, courtesy of inadvertent meeting of the minds during a busy stanza two - still, the transplanted Mexican never missed a step come candle tres as he drops Lock twice in the round. 

First knockdown resulted from a punishing body punch - next, courtesy of a two-fisted barrage that arrived in sizzling combinations - the Escalante pressure never once slowed round after round. 

Lock, in trouble during stanza nine, managed to dig deep while surprisingly making it to the wire on shaky underpinnings. 

My unofficial scoring had it all Escalante 100-98 in points and 10-0 under the yesterday round by round method - as did two of the official scorers. 

Post Scripts: Antonio Escalante (20-2, 13 KO) ~ age 24 - too early to see just how far the kid will climb in a star-studded field at 118-122-126 - but will be worth the price of admission.
                    Cornelius Lock ( 18-4-1, 11 KO) ~ age 32 - downfall was inability to use the jab to keep his durable opponent off balance - the pace became too much once Escalante was able to work effectively on the inside. The Detroit southpaw has the skills to continue on but only if selecting opponents with care.

Underneath card featured undefeated twin brothers Carlos and Juan Velasquez - the curtain would drop with only Carlos remaining unblemished - Carlos tossed a six round shutout over a hapless Juan Nazario whose game plan was strictly defense. 

All scoring judges at ringside saw this one Velasquez 60-53 - the rap sheet grows to a now 11-0, 9 KO’s - much too early for the rest of the story. 

Opponent Nazario drops to 6-2-1, 4 KO’s -  career prelim fighter lifer at best. 

Referee Rockhead Burke once again blows a simple assignment - come stanza five of a one-sided scheduled six rounder mismatch, and rock head manages to play the camera - debits Nazario a point for holding. UGH!

Come the six round prelim finale it is Mexican veteran of mixed results, age 33 Jose Beranza arriving with soiled job application reading 32-15-2, 25 KO’s and facing unbeaten Juan Velasquez at 9-0, 5 KO’s. 

With brother Carlos already making arrangements for the party here comes Jose the Mexican bandit to spoil the fun - Beranza’s party saw him scoring two knockdowns in stanza three that has Juan baby putting things in reverse for the remaining three candles. 

Scoring went Beranza 58-54, 58-54, 57-54 - my card had it all Beranza at 60-52 in points and 6-OH in rounds. 

PS For those who like keeping a personal file on fights they watch, Jose Beranza had qualified as a pigeon for Velasquez on strength of losing six of his last seven outings.  So much for today’s system of building resumes for young unbeatens. Ho, Ho, Ho!