By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight champion Czar Amonsot and promising Along Denoy face a tough battle against Puerto Rican and Mexican opponents on a Guilty Promotions fight card at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on May 12. Viva Sports will telecast the fights on May 19 at 9:00 p.m. over RPN 9.
The 20 year old Amonsot who impressed fight fans with a unanimous decision victory in a bloody clash with hard-hitting Mexican Christian Favela in the same venue last February 3 will face 28 year old Jose "El Gallo" Reyes over ten rounds. Reyes has a ring record of 18-2 with 7 knockouts and is coming off an impressive fifth round KO of Bela Sandor last February 25 in Spain.
Reyes had earlier won the NABC Continental junior lightweight title with a ninth round TKO over fancied Ivan Alvarez before losing a closely fought ten round decision to Kevin Kelley with two judges scoring it for Kelley 96-95.
Denoy will be making his US debut against Espinoza, a rugged Mexican with a ring record of 11-2-1 with 4 knockouts. The 27 year old super flyweight Espinoza is coming off a unanimous decision win over Juan Jose Beltran last February 10 in Stockton following an earlier win over Jovanny Soto on October 28, 2005.
Denoy will be moving up in weight to battle Espinoza. Ranked No. 3 by the GAB in the flyweight division, Denoy scored an impressive sixth round TKO over No.2 ranked Jun Eraham after a previous second round KO win over Jun Pader. Denoy has a record of 10-6 with 4 KO’s.
