Gonzalez, Hovhannisyan To Do Battle in Los Angeles
By Francisco Salazar
Filling the void from a lack of fight cards in Southern California, All Star Boxing Promotions presents one this Friday night.
In the main event, super bantamweight Ali Gonzalez will fight Azat Hovhannisyan in a six round bout at the Westin Bonaventure in Downtown Los Angeles, Calif.
The bout will headline a seven-bout "Battle of the Rising Stars.”
Gonzalez (6-2, 1 KO) won a four round unanimous decision over Raymond Chacon in his last fight on August 30 in Del Mar, Calif. With the win, Gonzalez, who resides in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, has won his last three fights in a row.
Hovhannisyan (5-1, 4 KOs) knocked out Manuel Galaviz in his last bout on July 18 in Montebello, Calif. He has won his last five bouts in a row since losing his pro debut to Juan Reyes in April of 2011.
Two more six round bouts will take place.
Super welterweight Urmat Ryskeldiev (8-3-1, 5 KOs) of Kyrgyzstan will fight Malik Bazille (2-2). Ryskeldiev is unbeaten in his last three fights.
Welterweight Brian Jones (9-2, 4 KOs) will fight Manuel Reyes (2-2, 1 KO). Both reside in Los Angeles.
Welterweight Javier Albonica (6-1, 4 KOs) will fight Gaku Takahashi (11-5-1, 6 KOs) of Kawasaki, Japan in a four round bout.
Three more four round bouts will round out the card.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Salazar also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
