CANCUN, Meksikë (Tetor 10, 2016) – The replay of the August 24th “Cancun Boxing” kartë, presented by Pepe Gomez Boxing in association with Neon Star Media, will air this Wednesday night (Tetor. 12, duke filluar në 10 ores. PT / 1 a.m. DHE, on CBS Sports Network. Encore presentations will be Friday, Tetor. 21 (7 ores. PT / 10 ores. DHE) and Friday, Tetor. 28 (1 a.m. PT / 10 ores. DHE).
The event is the third installment of the “Cancun Boxing” series that will air on CBS Sports Network in 2016. Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s ONLY Ultimate All-Inclusive Entertainment 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, Meksikë.
Future Hall of Fame candidate Jhonny Gonzalez (61-10, 51 KO) defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver super featherweight title for the fourth time, against Japanese invader Hiroysugi Yamamoto (19-12-2, 3 KO), in the scheduled 10-round main event.
Gonzalez is Mexican knockout machine (51 karrierës KO) që, as the saying goes, has never been in a bad fight. The 3-time, 2-division world champion Gonzalez, vlerësuarat Asnjë. 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), Abneri 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)
Në 10-rrumbullakët bashkë-funksion, Mexico City archrivals Diego “Demoledor” Kryqi (16-3-1, 13 KO) and Ivan “Macanon” Cano (23-7-2, 15 KO) battled for local welterweight bragging rights, while Mexico City flyweight Lourdes “Le Pequena Lulu” Juarez (17-2 2 KO) took on Cancun’s favorite daughter, Yesenia Gomez (13-4, 8 KO), in an 8-round bout that opened the televised segment of the “Cancun Boxing” ngjarje.
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