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Nilo Guerrero, Tsotne Rogava & Narek Hovhannisyan
Victorious In Mexico
Toro Promotions’ gifted trio of prizefighters recently put
on an impressive show in Chetumal, Mexico. The card featured
three of its fighters in action: undefeated Nicaraguan super
featherweight Nilo Guerrero (12-0, 8 KOs), Georgian
heavyweight Tsotne “Mr. T” Rogava (13-1-0, 8 KOs), and
devastating Armenian lightweight prospect Narek Hovhannisyan
(4-0, 3 KOs).
“We’ll be back there,” Toro’s Danny Torosyan said. “They’re
good people who want us to help them develop boxing and
increase tourism. We put on a good show. Our fighters showed
that Toro Promotions has world-class fighters. Nilo defended
his WBC title, and he will move up in the rankings. Rogava
bounced back nicely from his loss in the WBC Grand Prix.
Narek is already one of the best body punchers in boxing. He
moves fast and strikes hard. His body shots have resulted in
a lot of knockdowns and three knockdowns.”
The 25-year-old Guerrero successfully defended his World
Boxing Council (WBC) FECARBOX Super Featherweight title
belt, winning a 10-round unanimous decision over Juan
“Pelon” Pablo Ramirez (13-5- 2 KOs), of Mexico, in the main
event.
Guerrero effectively used his height and reach advantage to
control the fight, sticking his stiff jab to set up his
other punches from the opening to final bell. Guerrero’s
constant activity and nifty defense never allowed Ramirez to
sit in the pocket and punch.
In the co-featured event, Rogava overpowered and outclassed
his Mexican opponent, previously unbeaten Mauricio “La Mole”
Perez (8-1-1, 6 KOs), enroute to an 8-round unanimous
decision, winning each of the 8 rounds on all three judges
scorecard. Rogava’s power and strength were too much for
Perez to handle.
The 6’ 3”, 250-pound Rogava, a former kickboxer who
represented Ukraine in boxing at the 2020 Olympics, bounced
back impressively from his lone loss as a pro in last year’s
inaugural WBC Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia.
Hovhannisyan destroyed hometown favorite Julian Cady Del
Angel (4-2-1, 1 KO), of Mexico, in a Special Lightweight
Attraction match, stopping him in the opening round. The
aggressive Hovhannisyan floored Angel in the opening round
and never slowed down, punishing him with a lethal body
attack, Angel was knocked down twice in the second, the
latter with a brutal liver shot that resulted in a technical
knockout when Angel was unable to rise off the canvas late
in the second round.
Next up for Toro Promotions is “King of the West”, in
association with Whitfield Haydon, on June 20 at Celebrity
Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Toro has matched its top
heavyweights, Nigeria-born Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh
(16-3-1, 14 KOs), fighting out of Phoenix, and
Chandler-based Dante Stone (21-2, 13 KOs), to battle in the
10-round main event for the World Boxing Council (WBC)
FECARBOX and the vacant Arizona State heavyweight titles.
Ibeh, who previously played collegiate and professional
football in the Canadian League, will be defending his WBC
FECARBOX championship belt. Stone finished as runner-up in
last year’s inaugural WBC Grand Prix championship final held
in Saudi Arabia.
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