FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS HEADLINE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS’
APRIL 4TH TELEFUTURA SHOW AT MORONGO CASINO RESORT & SPA
JESUS “EL MATADOR” CHAVEZ AND JHONNY GONZALEZ FEATURED
IN SEPARATE BOUTS
LOS ANGELES, March 22 – Two of boxing’s most popular former world champions –
Jesus ”El Matador” Chavez and Jhonny Gonzalez – return to the ring on Friday,
April 4th, as Golden Boy Promotions presents ‘Solo Boxeo’ on Telefutura from the
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.
The former super featherweight and lightweight champion of the world, Chavez
will battle San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Daniel Jimenez, while former world
bantamweight champion Gonzalez takes on Los Mochis, Mexico’s Edel Ruiz. Both
bouts are scheduled for ten rounds
Tickets, priced at $150, $100 and $50, can be purchased at the Morongo Casino
Resort & Spa Box Office at (951) 755-5391 or online at www.ticketmaster.com or
www.morongo.com. Doors for the event open at 4 p.m. PT, with the first bout
beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT and the co-main event and main events taking place
from 5-7 p.m. PT.
One of the most inspiring fighters of this era, Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico-born
Jesus Chavez (42-4, 29 KO’s) came up the hard way in the fight game, eventually
winning the WBC World Super Featherweight crown in 2003 with a victory over
Sirimongkol Singwancha. The always exciting “El Matador” added the IBF
Lightweight World Title to his resume in 2005 and though he would lose it a year
and a half later when he injured his right knee during a fight against Julio
Diaz, the 35-year-old warrior is healed and ready to make another run at the
title, beginning with his bout against Daniel Jimenez (17-2-1, 10 KO’s). A
native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 27-year-old Jimenez is a tough fight for
anyone he steps in the ring with, as evidenced by his big 2006 win over
previously unbeaten 2004 Olympian Vicente Escobedo. Since then, Jimenez has won
three of four fights and is looking forward to getting his 2008 campaign off to
an impressive start against Chavez.
Perhaps the hardest punching lower-weight fighter in the world today, Mexico
City’s Jhonny Gonzalez (36-6, 30 KO’s) has specialized in the art of the
knockout for years. A former WBO Bantamweight World Champion who made two
defenses of his title and owns wins over Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson, Ratanachai
Sor Vorapin and Fernando Montiel, the 26-year-old Gonzalez is currently on a
two-fight winning streak that he hopes to extend on April 4th. In Edel “Cuate”
Ruiz (29-19-4, 20 KO’s), Gonzalez will be facing a rugged competitor from Los
Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico who is always aggressive in seeking victory.
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