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Gonzalez vs. Pastrana Headlines "Solo
Boxeo" Card - May 16th
Escalante vs. Martinez also in Action on Card
Photo & Story by Chris Cozzone
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LOS ANGELES, May 11 – The super bantamweight division may be in
for a shakeup on Friday, May 16, as four of the division’s most
exciting battlers will be in action in pivotal bouts on
TeleFutura’s ‘Solo Boxeo’ from the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
in Cabazon, California.
Headlining the card, which is presented by Golden Boy
Promotions, is a ten-round clash between former World Champions
Jhonny Gonzalez and Mauricio Pastrana. In the ten-round
co-feature, hot prospect Antonio Escalante squares off against
David Martinez.
Tickets, priced at $125, $75 and $35, can be purchased at the
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Box Office at (951) 755-5391 or
online at www.ticketmaster.com. Doors open at 4pm and the first
bell rings at 4:30pm.
The TeleFutura ‘Solo Boxeo’ broadcast begins at 8pm ET / PT
(delayed on the west coast).
Perhaps the hardest punching lower weight fighters in the world
today is Mexico City’s Jhonny Gonzalez (37-6, 31 KOs), who has
specialized in the art of the knockout for years. A former WBO
Bantamweight World Champion who owns wins over former World
Champions Mark ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson and Ratanachai Sor Vorapin as
well as current World Champion Fernando Montiel, the 26-year-old
Gonzalez is currently on a three-fight winning streak that he
hopes to extend on May 16. Standing in his way is former World
Champion Mauricio Pastrana (34-8-2, 22 KOs), a warrior who is
battle-tested at the highest levels of the game. Two fights
removed from a huge 8th round TKO win over Antonio Escalante,
Pastrana knows that a win over Gonzalez will put him right back
in the super bantamweight title picture.
Twenty-two-year-old super bantamweight Antonio Escalante (17-2,
10 KOs) has earned a well-deserved reputation as a fighter that
will one day wear a championship belt around his waist. Winner
of three in a row since an upset loss to former two-division
world champion Mauricio Pastrana in January of 2007, Escalante
is closing in on his first world title shot which he hopes will
come later in 2008. Before that happens, he has to get by
Albuquerque’s always tough David Martinez (18-3-1, 3 KOs), a
former WBC Youth and WBC Intercontinental Mundo Hispano
titleholder.
In undercard action, Mexico City’s Eduardo Escobedo (20-3, 14
KOs) will see action in an eight round featherweight bout;
knockout artist Javier Castro (15-2, 13 KOs) takes on an
opponent to be determined in a six round junior welterweight
fight; undefeated heavyweights Ashanti Jordan (3-0, 3 KOs) and
Hildo Silva (4-0, 1 KO) clash in what promises to be a six-round
war; unbeaten lightweight prospect and local favorite Michael
Franco risks his clean record (10-0, 7 KOs) in a six round bout
against Jaime Gutierrez (3-1) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico;
and Riverside flyweight Anthony Villareal (7-2, 4 KOs) will face
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico native Cesar Grajeda (4-0) in a four
rounder.
For more information visit
goldenboypromotions.com or
morongocasinoresort.com
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