LOS
ANGELES, November 14 - Former World Champion Jhonny
Gonzalez returns to Southern California to headline Golden
Boy Promotions' card on Friday, November 21st
at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.
Local rising star Nestor Rocha will be the co-featured
bout of the televised fights on Telefutura's 'Solo Boxeo'.
The
exciting evening of boxing is promoted by Golden Boy
Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Ford Motor
Company. The main event features a 12 round WBC
Latino Super Bantamweight bout with Gonzalez taking on
Colombian veteran Reynaldo Lopez and in the co-feature,
Rocha squaring off against tough Filipino Michael Domingo
in a 10 round bantamweight battle.
Tickets,
priced at $35, $75 and $125, can be purchased at the
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Box Office at (951) 755-5391
or online at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Doors open at 4:00pm and the first bell rings at 4:30pm.
The TeleFutura 'Solo Boxeo' broadcast begins at 8pm ET /
PT (delayed on the west coast).
Former WBO
World Bantamweight Champion, Mexico City's Jhonny
Gonzalez (39-6, 33 KOs), is an exciting warrior with
dynamite in his fists who needs a big victory on November
21st in order to keep himself in line to fight
for the WBC World Super Bantamweight title in 2009. Owner
of wins over the likes of Mark Johnson, Fernando Montiel
and Irene Pacheco, the 27-year-old Gonzalez is currently
on a five-fight winning streak that includes four
consecutive knockouts. In his last bout, on August 1st,
Gonzalez halted Leivi Brea in a single round, a success he
would love to match against Reynaldo Lopez (30-5-2,
21 KOs), a late bloomer who seems to be coming into his
own at the age of 35. Lopez issued highly touted and
unbeaten Mike Oliver his first pro loss via a third round
TKO in May.
Seen by
most observers as one of the best bantamweights in the
United States today, Montebello, California's Nestor
Rocha (20-1, 7 KOs) has made his mark domestically.
Now that he's cracked the WBO's top ten, Rocha is looking
to make a statement on the international scene on November
21st with a win over the Philippines'
Michael Domingo (37-14-2, 16 KOs), who has won six in
a row and most recently halted Former World Champion
Ratanachai Sor Vorapin in nine rounds in September.
Undefeated
prospects will be in action on November 21st as
Las Vegas rising star Cortez Bey (8-0, 5 KOs)
against well-regarded Los Angeles junior welterweight
Demetrio Soto (5-0, 4 KOs) in a six round bout; and
San Francisco heavyweight Ashanti Jordan (6-0, 5
KOs) who will take on San Diego's Lawson Baker
(5-4-1, 2 KOs) in a six rounder.
Local
unbeatens will also be on display as Scotland native
fighting out of Hollywood Craig McEwan (12-0, 7
KOs) returns to the ring in a middleweight contest against
hard-hitting Pomona prospect Ivan Stovall (10-2, 7
KOs); recent Golden Boy Promotions signee Charles
Huerta (7-0, 4 KOs) of Paramount, California plans on
notching win number eight in a featherweight eight rounder
against Tijuana's Trinidad Mendoza (22-16-2, 17
KOs); and opening the show will be a four round junior
welterweight matchup between South Gate's Daniel
Hernandez (3-0, 3 KOs) and Los Angeles' Odilon
Rivera (5-14-3, 3 KOs).
For more
information visit
www.goldenboypromotions.com
or
www.morongocasinoresort.com.