GONZALEZ vs. PASTRANA
ESCALANTE vs. MARTINEZ
Friday, May 16, 2008
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Cabazon, CA
TeleFutura - Solo Boxeo

LOS ANGELES, May 15 – The weights are in for Golden Boy Promotions’ action-packed Friday night double header featuring a ten-round clash between former World Champions Jhonny Gonzalez and Mauricio Pastrana and a ten-round co-feature pitting hot prospect Antonio Escalante against David Martinez on TeleFutura’s ‘Solo Boxeo’ from the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

The evening’s main event will feature former World Champion and Mexico City native Jhonny Gonzalez (37-6, 31 KOs), who is riding a three-fight winning streak, against former World Champion Mauricio Pastrana (34-8-2, 22 KOs), a Colombian warrior who is battle-tested at the highest levels of the game, in a 10 round junior featherweight bout. The co-main event features a 10 round junior featherweight battle between 22-year-old junior featherweight Antonio Escalante (17-2, 10 KOs) of El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque’s always tough David Martinez (18-3-1, 3 KOs), a former WBC Youth and WBC Intercontinental Mundo Hispano titleholder.

In undercard action, Mexico City’s Eduardo Escobedo (20-3, 14 KOs) will see action in an eight round junior lightweight bout against Bayamon, Puerto Rico’s Javier Cintron (14-9-2, 10 KOs); Mexican knockout artist Javier Castro (15-2, 13 KOs) takes on Ramon Guevara (8-15-2, 6 KOs) of Santiago, Dominican Republic in a six round junior welterweight fight; unbeaten bantamweight prospect and local favorite Michael Franco risks his unblemished record (10-0, 7 KOs) in a six round bout against Guerrero, Mexico’s Benito Abraham (9-10-4, 6 KOs); Oxnard’s Daniel Cervantes (9-0-1) will battle Alex Perez (23-27-4, 18 KOs) of Miami, Florida in a four round welterweight fight; and Riverside flyweight Anthony Villareal (7-2, 4 KOs) will face Jaime Gutierrez (3-1) of Los Mochis, Mexico in a four rounder.

Tickets, priced at $125, $75 and $35, can be purchased at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Box Office at (951) 755-5391 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Doors open at 4pm and the first bell rings at 4:30pm. The TeleFutura ‘Solo Boxeo’ broadcast begins at 8pm ET / PT (delayed on the west coast).

For more information visit www.goldenboypromotions.com or www.morongocasinoresort.com.