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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. [details]
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. [details]