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Golden Boy
Promotions Closes 2015 With Big Fights & Big Victories In
New York, Indio, Tijuana & Mexico City
Golden Boy Promotions closes their last fight weekend of
2015 with big fights and big victories in the United States
and Mexico.
From Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York on
Saturday, December 19, Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz
(24-0, 21 KOs) put on a spectacular performance and proved
to the boxing world to be a serious threat in the
heavyweight division when he defeated former world champion
contender Bryant "By-By" Jennings (19-2, 10 KOs) on HBO
Boxing After Dark® via seventh round technical knockout.
Ortiz maintained his undefeated status and his WBA Interim
Heavyweight World Title, putting him in the running to face
any of the heavyweight world champions in 2016.
Headlining the HBO Latino Boxing® card, also from Turning
Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, Vyacheslav "Lion
Heart - Chingonsky" Shabranskyy (15-0, 12 KOs) kept his
undefeated record intact when he out-boxed Yuneski Gonzalez
(16-2, 12 KOs) to a majority decision victory in an
action-packed brawl that saw both fighters land huge shots
throughout the fight. In the co-main of the HBO Latino
telecast, "King" Gabriel Rosado (22-9, 13 KOs) shook off
some tough early rounds to earn a hard-fought unanimous
victory against former IBF Welterweight World Champion
Joshua "Grand Master" Clottey (39-6, 22 KOs).
Also on Saturday, former WBA Interim Super Lightweight World
Champion Pablo Cesar "El Demoledor" Cano (29-4-1, 21 KOs) of
Tlalnepantla, Mexico and former WBC, WBA and IBF Flyweight
World Champion Cristian "El Diamante" Mijares (53-8-2, 26
KOs) of Durango, Mexico, fought in respective bouts at the
Gimnasio Deportivo Tlalli in Tlalnepantla, Mexico. Mijares
defeated Christian Abbrazola (18-9-2, 13 KOs) from Chiapas,
Mexico via seventh-round technical knockout in their
scheduled eight-round lightweight fight while Cano faced on
of the toughest fighters from Merida, Yucatan, Mexic,
Silverio "Chamaco" Ortiz (34-15, 16 KOs) in a bloody
10-round super welterweight fight that showed a lot of
action when Ortiz hit the canvas three times throughout the
fight giving Cano a victory via unanimous decision.
Starting off the weekend in Indio, Calif. and Tijuana, Baja
California, Mexico on Friday, December 18, Golden Boy
Promotions put on two great events that featured the
victories of two of its most promising fighters. First,
Joseph "Jo Jo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 KOs) captured the vacant
NABF Featherweight Title in a stunning second round
technical knockout victory over the experienced Hugo "Olimpico"
Partida (21-7-2, 16 KOs), live from Fantasy Springs Resort
Casino in Indio, Calif and televised live on Estrella TV's
Boxeo Estellar. From Tijuana, boxing legacy Ivan "Niño
Maravilla" Morales (29-1, 17 KOs) secured a fifth-round
technical knockout victory over Manuel "Menny" Jimenez
(13-8-1, 7 KOs) of their scheduled eight-round super
bantamweight fight from Club Escape.
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