Unbeaten Cuban featherweight Dayan Gonzalez smashed his technique to the IBO 126 pound title on Friday evening in Liverpool, this when the 25 12 months previous took out fellow unbeaten Wira Mirkham of Thailand. Gonzalez, who is predicated in Dubai, dropped Mirkham with a proper uppercut to the top, and although the damage fighter acquired up, the referee determined to halt proceedings.
Gonzalez is now 16-0(14), and he has made it clear he needs all of the smoke at featherweight. Okay, Mirkham was an unknown amount, his 16-0(11) file constructed up in Thailand, and Friday’s combat – all :44 seconds of it – didn’t inform us an excessive amount of about Gonzalez. However the muscled, heavy-handed Cuban is actually a fighter to regulate.
Talking with IFL TV after his fast and straightforward win that noticed him decide up the vacant IBO strap, Gonzalez stated he needs all of the champions at 126, with him saying he would combat reigning WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball “no downside.” Ball, of Liverpool, could have seen Gonzalez’s win on Friday, the combat having taken place in Ball’s residence city.
Once more, Gonzalez has much more to show, but he’s for certain on his approach. Perhaps the 25 12 months previous, an orthodox fighter, not a southpaw like most Cuban boxers, can go on and change into an actual drive within the division. We are able to solely watch and see how he develops, and if he will get the large fights he’s now calling for.
The featherweight division is fairly scorching proper now. Ball is the WBA champ, Ray Vargas is the present WBC champion, Angelo Leo is the present IBF ruler, whereas Rafael Espinoza is the present WBO champ.
Gonzalez says he now has one belt, and he needs “three extra.”
It is going to actually be fascinating to see who Gonzalez fights subsequent, and when and the place. Gonzalez and his group say 2025 will probably be a giant, large 12 months for “Dynamite,” as Gonzalez is thought. Perhaps.
