Michael Farenas' Nasty Cut Ends His Gomez Scrap Early
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Hard-hitting southpaw Michael Farenas (25-2-3, 22 KO’s) who started off well in his scheduled eight round bout against Arturo Gomez (15-12-4 with 6 KO’s) and won the first round, unfortunately suffered a nasty gash as a result of a head-butt forcing the referee to call a halt in the second round resulting in a technical draw.
Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz earlier told us in a telephone conversation from Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico that with an impressive showing against Gomez, Farenas would get a title shot at undefeated WBO champion Roman Martinez(22-0-1-, 13 KO’s) who is also a Puerto Rican.
Koncz said he was working on the title fight while Penalosa said he is hopeful that his protégé will get the title shot because “he’s ready.”
Conditioning expert Alex Ariza who got Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao into tremendous shape for his fights against David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton told us some time ago that he’d seen Farenas work out and he was impressed by his power.
Farenas was making his second foray into Mexico having won an eighth round unanimous decision over Fermin De Los Santos in Aguascalientes on May 17, 2008.
Farenas made his US debut with a 2nd round knockout of Arturo Valenzuela on October 6, 2007 and followed with a 3rd round TKO over Baudel Cardenas. In his last fight on May 1 this year, Farenas ripped Walter Estrada, an experienced 34 year old southpaw with a record of 35-9 and 24 knockouts.
