Orlando Gonzalez scores stoppage win over Jose Gonzalez in Puerto Rico

Orlando Gonzalez added one other win over the weekend, persevering with down a path in the direction of the higher echelon of the 130-pound division.

Gonzalez stopped gatekeeper Jose Santos Gonzalez Friday night time on the Coliseo Jose Buga Abreu in Gonzalez’s hometown of Isabela, Puerto Rico. Gonzalez improved to 23-2, 13 knockouts.

Friday night time was a stay-busy combat for Gonzalez, who has fought beneath the ProBox TV banner as of late. Daniel Rubin, who’s the Matchmaker and Fighter Relations contact for ProBox TV, believes Gonzalez has a variety of upside and is near contending amongst the elite of the junior light-weight division.

“(It) was a homecoming combat in his yard,” Rubin informed The Ring on Monday morning. “He hasn’t fought since November of final 12 months. He likes to remain lively. He didn’t combat for six months as a result of we had been in talks for some larger fights that simply didn’t find yourself occurring.

“(Orlando) would love the chance to combat (Eduardo) ‘Rocky’ Hernandez or Andres Cortes. Puerto Rico versus Mexico could be large. If we are able to’t get a kind of fights, then you will note him again on ProBox TV (in) September or October.”

Gonzalez defeated Jorge Castañeda by split-decision in his final bout on November 29. It was a backwards and forwards combat in opposition to the hard-hitting Mexican-American fighter. In his earlier combat on July 26 of final 12 months, Gonzalez defeated Ramiro Cesena by unanimous resolution.

The 28-year-old has gained his final 5 bouts since a unanimous resolution defeat to Misael Lopez in September 2022. Gonzalez’s different loss as a professional got here in October 2021, dropping a choice to Robeisy Ramirez.

Santos Gonzalez, who resides in Guadalajara, Mexico, falls to 23-15-1, 13 KOs.

The 33-year-old is winless in his final 12 bouts, together with defeats to Ruben Villa, Azat Hovhannisyan, Diego De La Hoya, and Jonathan Lopez.

Junior middleweight Samuel Figueroa of close by Anasco improved to 13-2, 6 KOs, stopping Jean Carlos Martinez Cabral (6-1, 3 KOs) at 1:03 of the opening spherical.

The cardboard was promoted by Javier Bustillo, who runs Common Promotions.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]

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