Wednesday Night Fights: Orlando Gonzalez vs Ramiro Cesena
ProBox TV returns yet again this month with its second instalment of its popular mid-week promotion Wednesday Night Fights in Kissimmee, Florida on July 26th.
The evening’s main event will see Orlando Gonzalez (20-2, 12 KOs) take on Ramiro Cesena (16-1-1, 13 KOs) in the super featherweight division over 10 rounds in a Puerto Rico Vs Mexico matchup.
Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez comes off a points victory over Rodrigo Guerrero in March, having previously knocked out William Gonzalez inside a round last November.
Cesena was unjustly given his first career defeat in April against Thomas Mattice. The fight goes down as a 10th round TKO loss, despite the stoppage being perceived as unworthy by most watching that evening.
“I know Ramiro Cesena, he’s a good fighter.” Gonzalez said. “He was unfortunate in the fight with Thomas Mattice. I’m sure he will bring everything he’s got tomorrow night. I’ve been training for seven and a half weeks for this fight, I’ve done 101 rounds of sparring ahead of this fight. I feel good coming into this fight, it’s my third fight now 135 pounds and I feel natural at this weight. I think it is a great contest, I believe this will be the closest fight Have in my career.”
Gonzalez’s biggest name on his resume is Robeisy Ramirez, who retained his WBO featherweight title yesterday in Japan with a knockout win. Gonzalez faced the world title hopeful in 2021, the fight going in favour of the Cuban winning via unanimous decision.
“I needed that fight in my career.” Gonzalez said of his fight with Ramirez. “Even though I lost that fight I learnt so much from facing such a great fighter, he’s a future world champion for sure. It was the first loss in my professional career, I have had one since too, but I learnt a lot from sharing the ring with Ramirez, especially in the final rounds. As a fighter you need to be in good fights or you don’t improve or go anywhere in this business. Tomorrow night in Florida we have a great fight, Puerto Rico Vs Mexico. Like I said this could be one of the most entertaining fights I've had, it will certainly be competitive. I will be good to get back in the ring, and with Cesena too. I suggest every boxing fan to tune into ProBox TV, Puerto Rico Vs Mexico is always a great fight.”
The co-main event will see France’s Mohamed Mimoune (22-5, 3 KOs) lock horns with New York’s Steven Galeano (12-0, 9 KOs) in a 10 round super lightweight contest. Southpaw Mimoune was last in action on ProBox TV in Plant City last year losing over the 10 round distance to Cesar Francis. He also went the distance with Ireland’s Tyrone McKenna last February, his last win coming at London’s York Hall where he scored a 5th round KO over the undefeated Darren Surtees.
Kicking off the televised card will be ProBox TV’s very own Darrelle Valsaint (8-0, 6 KOs) colliding with Ghana’s Daniel Aduku (15-3-1, 11 KOs) in the super middleweight division over 6 rounds. Valsaint comes off a 2nd round knockout victory over Marcelo Fabian Bzowski in Plant City, and defeated Lucas de Abreu over the 6 round distance in February. Aduku looks to get back to winning ways after a 4th round KO loss to Chordale Booker in April.
The show will be hosted by esteemed broadcaster Mike Goldberg and will be joined as always by former world champions, Paulie Malignaggi and Chris Algieri.
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