Montiel not keen on Gorres rematch
AFTER disposing of his mandatory challenger Z "The Dream" Gorres, Fernando "Cochulito" Montiel is moving on to his next target – compatriots Jorge Arce or Christian Mijares to unify the super-featherweight belts.
I want Arce or Mijares. I want to unify all the titles,” said Montiel through his interpreter Maha Farner during the victory dinner held at the Marriot Hotel, Saturday evening.
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However, he only wanted to fight Arce if the later will become champion.
Arce and Mijares will fight for the WBC 115lb belt on April 14, underneath the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
With this plan, Montiel is not keen now in giving Gorres a rematch.
“No, I want to move on to another fight. But I am a fighter and I will always fight. If there will be a rematch then I will fight Gorres, anytime, anywhere. Even in the moon, I’ll fight him again,” said Montiel.
Montiel also dismissed talks he will vacate his title to move up to the heavier bantamweight division.
Being the first world champion to successfully defend his belt in the Philippines, Montiel feels proud and honored but admitted he had a tough time against the busy-unching Gorres.
“We pushed him (Montiel) hard and it was his heart that made him win because there was no other way. We only had four days to train against a southpaw and it was a very difficult for us,” said Montiel’s father-trainer Manuel Sr.
Last Saturday was Montiel’s second time to defend his belt in the country of his challenger. The first was in Germany when he fought Zoltan Lunka.
However, it was here when Montiel felt welcome.
“I really appreciate the way the Filipinos treated us. And I wish I could return some to stay. I feel at home here,” Montiel expressed.
Meanwhile, Golden Boy Promotions vice president Eric Gomez is now planning to hold a Montiel-Gorres rematch in the boxing world cup, which will be held here in August.
“I want to rematch this fight in the Boxing World Cup. We will have a lot of things to talk about regarding this but we will surely work on a rematch,” Gomez explained.
According to him, he had Gorres winning eight rounds over Montiel but two judges—Chuck Giampa and Raul Caiz saw otherwise.
Aside from the controversial two points taken away from the scorecards of Gorres by referee Samuel Veruet, Gomez is impressed with the way SGG Sports Promotions and ALA Boxing Gym organized the event.
“This is a very well organized promotion, and I liked what I saw with regards to the attendance and the way they handled the event. This could even get bigger during the World Cup,” said Gomez.
With Boholano sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista groomed to be the main event of the World Cup Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions and Cebuano promoter Sammy Gello-ani is now back to the drawing board to work on their next big project for Cebu.
I want Arce or Mijares. I want to unify all the titles,” said Montiel through his interpreter Maha Farner during the victory dinner held at the Marriot Hotel, Saturday evening.
Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007
However, he only wanted to fight Arce if the later will become champion.
Arce and Mijares will fight for the WBC 115lb belt on April 14, underneath the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
With this plan, Montiel is not keen now in giving Gorres a rematch.
“No, I want to move on to another fight. But I am a fighter and I will always fight. If there will be a rematch then I will fight Gorres, anytime, anywhere. Even in the moon, I’ll fight him again,” said Montiel.
Montiel also dismissed talks he will vacate his title to move up to the heavier bantamweight division.
Being the first world champion to successfully defend his belt in the Philippines, Montiel feels proud and honored but admitted he had a tough time against the busy-unching Gorres.
“We pushed him (Montiel) hard and it was his heart that made him win because there was no other way. We only had four days to train against a southpaw and it was a very difficult for us,” said Montiel’s father-trainer Manuel Sr.
Last Saturday was Montiel’s second time to defend his belt in the country of his challenger. The first was in Germany when he fought Zoltan Lunka.
However, it was here when Montiel felt welcome.
“I really appreciate the way the Filipinos treated us. And I wish I could return some to stay. I feel at home here,” Montiel expressed.
Meanwhile, Golden Boy Promotions vice president Eric Gomez is now planning to hold a Montiel-Gorres rematch in the boxing world cup, which will be held here in August.
“I want to rematch this fight in the Boxing World Cup. We will have a lot of things to talk about regarding this but we will surely work on a rematch,” Gomez explained.
According to him, he had Gorres winning eight rounds over Montiel but two judges—Chuck Giampa and Raul Caiz saw otherwise.
Aside from the controversial two points taken away from the scorecards of Gorres by referee Samuel Veruet, Gomez is impressed with the way SGG Sports Promotions and ALA Boxing Gym organized the event.
“This is a very well organized promotion, and I liked what I saw with regards to the attendance and the way they handled the event. This could even get bigger during the World Cup,” said Gomez.
With Boholano sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista groomed to be the main event of the World Cup Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions and Cebuano promoter Sammy Gello-ani is now back to the drawing board to work on their next big project for Cebu.
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