Los Angeles, California - Upcoming Filipino junior lightweight Glenn Gonzales had to sweat out extra poundage to make the 127 weight limit for his 6-round bout against Mexican Guadalupe de Leon at the Alameda Swap Meet Friday afternoon (Saturday morning in the Philippines) here in the City of Los Angeles.
Gonzales, 23, who is undefeated in 8 professional fights with 1 draw and 4 KOs, will be making his second US appearance since arriving here in April of this year.
His teammate Jundy Maraon, an undefeated bantamweight, however, will not be seeing action in the card because his Mexican opponent failed to make the trip from Mexico in time for yesterday's weigh in. Top Rank officials, however, assured Maraon that he will be paid the purse stipulated in his contract for the fight. (Maraon will fly home to the Philippines Saturday night to fight in the Dec. 20 boxing event in M'lang, North Cotabato to end over a year of lay-off from active competition because of injuries.)
Gonzales, 5' 7", enjoys a weight advantage over De Leon who came in at 126 lbs. during yesterday's weigh. The Mexican is also shorter by about two inches than Gonzales.
"De Leon may not have an impressive record (7 wins, 4 losses and 4 KOs), but I was told this boy is tough," said Mexican-American Josh Sanchez, who acts as assistant trainer to Braveheart Boxing Club trainer Noli Pinol.
The Gonzales-De Leon bout is one the undercard of the Urbano Antillon-Ramon Juan Cruz junior lightweight encounter and the Brian Viloria-Benjamin Garcia bout.
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