Gabriel Rosado: record, next fight and profile →
Junior middleweight/middleweight contender Gabe Rosado (21-9, 13KOs) has not won a boxing match since 2012. Rosado has been facing the elite of the middleweight and junior middleweight ranks, with his last five fights coming against David Lemieux, Jermell Charlo, Peter Quillin, J'Leon Love and Gennady Golovkin.
Joining Ortiz-Jennings and the junior lightweight co-feature between former featherweight titleholder Nicholas Walters and power puncher Jason Sosa will be a pair of 10-rounders: Gabriel Rosado (21-9, 13 KOs) against former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey (39-4, 22 KOs) in a middleweight fight (at a catch weight of 158 pounds) and light heavyweight contender Yunieski Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs) taking on up-and-comer Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (14-0, 12 KOs).
Gabe Rosado has an interesting perspective on Saturday night's WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight unification bout between Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and David Lemieux, which takes place from the Madison Square Garden in New York. Rosado was last seen in December getting stopped by Lemieux (34-2, 31KOs) in ten rounds. In January of 2013, he was halted in seven by Golovkin (33-0, 30KOs).
At this time last week it looked like a junior middlweight crossroads bout between Gabe Rosado and James Kirkland was going to take place at the Forum in Inglewood, California on December 19th, as part of an HBO 'Boxing After Dark' telecast. But alas, the flighty Kirkland changed his mind abruptly.
On December 19th at the Forum in Inglewood, California, Golden Boy Promotions is staging a card that will be televised by HBO as part of their 'Boxing After Dark' series. Nicholas Walters, the former WBA featherweight belt-holder - who is promoted by Top Rank - is scheduled to open this telecast.
Tough middleweight Gabe Rosado (21-9, 13KOs) is pushing to get a shot at former WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) in the fall. Chavez was back in the ring earlier this month and won a tougher than expected ten round decision over countryman Marcos Reyes. Rosado has been splitting his time between boxing and the newly started BKB (Big Knockout Boxing), which is similar to pro boxing with the combatants fighting in a small pit.
How serious did movie star Michael B. Jordan take his role for the movie "Creed?" So serious that his boxing co-star Gabriel Rosado says Joradn could deal out some two-fisted punishment for real. Rosado -- a junior middleweight and middleweight contender -- was out in Los Angeles when he told us Michael was like a sponge during the production ... soaking up enough boxing knowledge to make him a real life ass kicker.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada - In a battle for the BKB middleweight championship, Gabe Rosado retained his world title when he battled Curtis Stevens to a seven round draw. The scores were 69-63 for Stevens, and the two remaining judges scored it a 66-66 draw. Rosado was busier in the first round and took the action to Stevens, who wasn't applying the expected pressure or big punch combinations. Stevens appeared to stun Rosado at the start of the second and let his hands go to follow up. Rosado quickly tied him up to get out of trouble. The third round was close with both having their moments. The fourth round was close and Rosado seemed to have the edge. In the fifth, Rosado was winning the round but then Stevens landed a short left hook to drop him in the closing seconds. The sixth was also and possibly stolen by Rosado at the end with a flurry of shots. Rosado boxed well in the seventh and final round, but Stevens was applying pressure and landed several good shots to make it close.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada - Ryan Burton catches up with BKB middleweight champion Gabe Rosado to discuss Saturday's main event, where he retained his world title when he fought Curtis Stevens to a seven round majority draw. The scores were 69-63 for Stevens, and the two remaining judges scored it a 66-66 draw. The action was close with Stevens scoring a big knockdown during the end of the fifth round. Rosado gives his thoughts on the decision, whether or not he is open to doing a rematch, sticking to BKB or traditional boxing, and more.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada - Ryan Burton catches the post fight press conference to the battle for the BKB middleweight championship, where Gabe Rosado retained his world title when he fought Curtis Stevens to a seven round majority draw. The scores were 69-63 for Stevens, and the two remaining judges scored it a 66-66 draw. The action was close with Stevens scoring a big knockdown during the end of the fifth round. Hear what both fighters had to say about the fight, the decision, and more,