CANCUN, Mexique (Octobre 10, 2016) – The replay of the August 24th “Cancun boxe” carte, presented by Pepe Gomez Boxing in association with Neon Star Media, will air this Wednesday night (Octobre. 12, à partir de 10 p.m. PT / 1 a.m. ET, sur le réseau CBS Sports. Encore presentations will be Friday, Octobre. 21 (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET) and Friday, Octobre. 28 (1 a.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET).
The event is the third installment of the “Cancun boxe” series that will air on CBS Sports Network in 2016. Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s SEULEMENT ultime tout compris Divertissements Resort, will play host to all events in this ongoing series.
Hall-of-Fame announcer Al Bernstein and Sean Wheelock called the action live from ringside in Cancun, Mexique.
Future Hall of Fame candidate Jhonny Gonzalez (61-10, 51 KOs) defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) 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 carrière KOs) qui, as the saying goes, has never been in a bad fight. The 3-time, 2-division world champion Gonzalez, Non classé. 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 (DEC12), Irene Pacheco (TKO9), Elio Rojas (DEC12), Maurice Pastrana (TKO4), Hozumi Hasegawa (TKO4), Francisco Tejedor (TKO1) and Adams Rivas (DEC12).
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)
Dans la co-métrage de 10 rounds, Mexico City archrivals Diego “Demoledor” Croix (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” Juarez (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 “Cancun boxe” événement.
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