By Mark Vester
In a performance that may possible cost him big bucks, undefeated "The Contender" reality show champion Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (19-0-1, 4 KOs) battled back in the late rounds to pull out a draw against the Elvin Ayala (18-2-1, 8 KOs) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Ayala, who was training last week with Contender stars Peter Manfredo Jr. and Jesse Brinkley, took the fight to Mora in the early going to win most of the early rounds. The scores were 96-94 Ayala, 99-91 Mora and 95-95. The 99-91 score was shocking considering how every person seemed to view the fight as a very close contest.
Mora, who is the running to land future bouts with WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and former champion Jermain Taylor, has certainly lost some value with his recent showing.
In the main event, Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) won a harder than expected ten-round unanimous decision over a game Ben Tackie (29-8-1, 17 KOs). The scores were 97-93, 98-92 and 98-92.
Gomez piled up the points early over a slower Tackie. A clash of heads cause the right side of Gomez's face to swell up. Tackie tried to stage a rally in the final rounds, which Gomez was able to hold off.
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