By Rick Reeno (photo courtesy of HBO Sports)
Later tonight, the bantamweight division is about to heat up, as two of the best bantamweights in the world are ready to collide for supremacy.
In front of a wild crowd in the Home Depot Center in Carson City, CA, WBO bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (32-4, 28KOs) will defend his title against the WBO junior bantamweight champion, Fernando Montiel (32-1-1, 24KOs).
The bout is not only interesting from a fight perspective, but also from a promotional point of view. Golden Boy Promotions, the company that promotes both of the Mexican fighters involved, has matched two of their best up and coming fighters in a battle that the company hopes is going to make one of them the next Mexican mega-star in the lower weight classes.
This is not a fight that Golden Boy had to make, there are plenty of other opponents that could have been matched for both fighters. The fight stands a good chance of being a fight of the year candidate, something Golden Boy hopes will transpire in order to make one of the men a household name.
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