Gonzalez
(27) successfully defended his title for the
first time on Saturday night, December 17, in
Quito, Ecuador, the birth-country of his
parents.
In the
main event of a show at the Arena Telesucesos,
New Yorker Gonzales scored a fourth round
technical knockout of Peruvian Jesus “El Rayo”
Bravo to remain UBO champion.
After a
slow first round, things got more heated from
the second round, with punches landed by both
men. Towards the end of round two, and all of
round three, Gonzalez was really effective with
hard body-shots, and it clearly took its toll on
Bravo.
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In the
fourth round, the body shots appeared to break
Bravo completely and he spit out his mouth-piece
and declared that he was not able to continue.
Gonzalez
also won the UBO title in Ecuador, when he stopped
Colombian Jose Luis Prieto in November of last
year.
A former
regular gym-mate and sparring-partner of the
legendary Manny Pacquiao, Gonzalez took his
unblemished record to 11-0 (6).
Bravo (27),
who has previously challenged for WBA and WBC
regional titles, travels back to Lima at 20-9-1
(17).
The fight
was promoted by Capital Box, and broadcast live on
Pay-er-View via meet2go.com.
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