By Jake Donovan - Roughly the same time one year ago, Shinsuke Yamanaka and Anselmo Moreno ended their bantamweight title fight with more questions than answers. Their rematch this past September not only resolved all lingering issues, but produced the type of high-level drama worthy of being...
On the night of April 15th at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, junior middleweights Yoshihiro Kamegai (26-3-2, 23KOs) and Jesus Soto-Karass (28-10-4, 18KOs) battled to hard-fought ten round split draw.
Chocolatito vs. Cuadras Final Press Conference Photos - Los Angeles, Ca. --- #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and WBC Flyweight World Champion Roman "Chocolatito” Gonzalez, (45-0-0, 38 KOs) and Undefeated WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Carlos “Principe” Cuadras, (35-0, 27 KOs) went face to face at their final press conference in Los Angeles, as the fighters are ready for war ahead of their world title fight main event on Saturday, September 10 at The Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles, live on HBO World Championship Boxing ®. Photos by Chris Farina.
Los Angeles, Ca. --- Undefeated WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Carlos “Principe” Cuadras, (35-0, 38 KOs) and former world title challenger Jesus “Renuente” Soto Karass (28-10-4, 18 KOs) will host a media workout on Thursday, August 18 ahead of their respective bouts on Saturday, September 10 at The Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles, live on HBO World Champion Ship Boxing ®. In the main event of an exciting evening, Cuadras will defend his title against #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and WBC Flyweight World Champion Roman "Chocolatito” Gonzalez, (45-0-0, 38 KOs). Featured in the co-main event following their epic 2016 “Fight of the Year” candidate this past April 15 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, Soto Karass will once again battle Yoshihiro Kamegai, (26-3-2, 23KOs) in a 10-round junior middleweight clash. The first clash resulted in a split decision draw. Both bouts will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Photos: Chocolatito, Cuadras Go Face To Face - Consensus #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and WBC Flyweight World Champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, (45-0-0, 38 KOs) will move up one weight class and challenge undefeated WBC Super Flyweight World Champion Carlos “Principe” Cuadras, (35-0-1, 27 KO’s) on Saturday, September 10 from the Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Following their epic 2016 “Fight of the Year” candidate fight this past April 15, at the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai, (26-3-2, 23 KO’s) and Jesus “Renuente” Soto-Karass, (28-10-4, 18 KO’s), will meet in the ring once again on Saturday, September 10 for a highly anticipated re-match from the Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. The bout will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Back on the night of April 15th at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, junior middleweights Jesus Soto-Karass and Yoshihiro Kamegai fought to an entertaining ten-round draw. It was a fight that had very little breaks in the action and neither man flinched throughout.
Average Per Round: Jesus Soto Karass: 35/113; Yoshihiro Kamegai 32/75 Soto Karass threw a CompuBox Jr. Middle. record 168 punches in round 10. Weight Class Average.: 17/57 They both nearly doubled weight class average for punches landed in a round.
Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California - In the highly anticipated junior middleweight main event, Jesus Soto Karass (28-10-4, 18KOs) and Yoshihiro Kamegai (26-3-2, 23KOs) fought to a ten round split draw. The scores were 97-93 for Kamegai, 96-94 for Soto Karass, and 95-95.
LOS ANGELES - Fighters Jesus Soto "Renuente" Karass (28-10-3, 18 KOs), Yoshihiro "Maestrito" Kamegai (26-3-1, 23 KOs) are ready for war in Los Angeles at the Belasco Theater as part of Golden Boy's LA FIGHT CLUB.