CANCUN, México (Octubre 10, 2016) – The replay of the August 24th “Cancún Boxing” tarjeta, presentado por Pepe Gomez Boxing en asociación con Neon Star Media, will air this Wednesday night (Octubre. 12, a partir de 10 p.m. PT / 1 a.m. Y, en CBS Sports Network. Encore presentations will be Friday, Octubre. 21 (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. Y) y el viernes, Octubre. 28 (1 a.m. PT / 10 p.m. Y).
The event is the third installment of the “Cancún Boxing” serie que se emitirá en CBS Sports Network en 2016. Grand Oasis Cancún el complejo hotelero, El ÚNICO Resort de Entretenimiento Todo Incluido Definitivo de Cancún, acogerá todos los eventos de esta serie en curso.
Hall-of-Fame announcer Al Bernstein and Sean Wheelock called the action live from ringside in Cancun, México.
Future Hall of Fame candidate Jhonny Gonzalez (61-10, 51 KOs) defended his World Boxing Council (CMB) Silver super featherweight title for the fourth time, against Japanese invader Hiroysugi Yamamoto (19-12-2, 3 KOs), in the scheduled 10-round main event.
Gonzalez is Mexican knockout machine (51 carrera KOs) quien, as the saying goes, has never been in a bad fight. The 3-time, 2-division world champion Gonzalez, Sin clasificar. 4 by the WBC going into this fight, has been on a mission for one more world title shot.
The 35-year-old Gonzalez has defeated 11 world champions during his illustrious 17-year professional boxing career, including a Who’s Who of the bantamweight, featherweight and super featherweight divisions: Mark Johnson (KO8), Abner Mares (KO1), Jorge Arce (TKO11), Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (KO7), Fernando Montiel (DIC12), Irene Pacheco (TKO9), Elio Rojas (DIC12), Maurice Pastrana (TKO4), Hozumi Hasegawa (TKO4), Francisco Tejedor (TKO1) and Adams Rivas (DIC12).
Yamamoto, who was fighting in North America for the first time, is a former WBC Asian Boxing Council and Asia Pacific title challenger.
(L-R) Yamamoto and Gonzalez (photo courtesy of Pepe Gomez Boxing)
En la pelea co-estelar de 10 asaltos, Mexico City archrivals Diego “Demoledor” Cruz (16-3-1, 13 KOs) and Ivan “Macanon” Cano (23-7-2, 15 KOs) battled for local welterweight bragging rights, while Mexico City flyweight Lourdes “Le Pequena Lulu” Juárez (17-2 2 KOs) took on Cancun’s favorite daughter, Yesenia Gomez (13-4, 8 KOs), in an 8-round bout that opened the televised segment of the “Cancún Boxing” evento.
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