PEÑALOSA ACCEPTS DE LEON’S CHALLENGE!
30 January, 2007 by Reylan Loberternos
BATTLE OF THE “AGES”!
Tagbilaran City, RP – Former world super flyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa (51-5-2, 34 KOs) of the Philippines, who turns 35 in august of this year, has accepted the offer to challenge the reigning and defending 26-year-old WBO super bantamweight champ Daniel Ponce De Leon (30-1-0, 28 KOs) of Mexico.
EXPERTS SAY THIS IS “DUMB” FOR GERRY
After watching Jorge Arce have an unfair size advantage over Jorge Ler on Saturday night, this discrepancy might pale when comparing Penalos and De Leon. If it happens, it would be youth versus experience in what many boxing pundits consider as a major mismatch both in terms of size and strength in favor of the hard-hitting De Leon.It would be youth versus experience in what many boxing pundits consider as a major mismatch both in terms of size and strength in favor of the hard-hitting De Leon. Peñalosa is however fearless and confident that his vast counterpunching and slick approach is going to beat De Leon’s unorthodox style. This tussle is going to be the chief supporting bout of the Marco Antonio Barrera - Juan Manuel Marquez showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 17th.
DE LEON IS TAILOR-MADE FOR PEÑALOSA
Styles make fights. This old cliché, apart maybe from his advancing age, seems to be the driving force that compelled Peñalosa to take this bout in spite of the salient odds that are against him. It may be noted that the Pinoy pug’s four losses were against “runners”, twice against Korean In Joo Choo (18-2-0, 7 KOs) who then sported an unblemished slate before bowing down to the other Peñalosa tormentor Japan-based World super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama of Korea (32-3-1, 8 KOs) who also battled it out twice with the Filipino, all in controversial fashions. Peñalosa expressed optimism that his style is going to beat De Leon’s style, although the latter is considerably bigger and stronger. He also said that he is not worried about the huge size disparity because he has sparred much bigger guys in the gym.
KING PENALOSA HASN’T BEEN STOPPED!
The fact that Penalosa hasn’t been stopped in all his fifty-eight career bouts should serve as a major motivation for the Mexican knockout artist going into this encounter. Penalosa may be relatively small, but he’s definitely one tough customer inside the squared circle. It certainly shouldn’t be a walk in the park for De Leon.
BECAUSE FREDDIE ROACH SAYS SO!
Peñalosa, after learning about Golden Boy Promotions’ offer, sought the opinion of his former managers Rudy Salud and Antonio Aldeguer regarding this issue. They both advised him not to take this fight because Ponce is too big. Gerry expressed his admiration for their honesty and genuine concern for him, but would respectfully go against their will by taking this gamble instead because he is not getting any younger. Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach of Wild Card gym, who now acts as both manager and trainer of Peñalosa, on the other hand, is convinced that his ward will beat de Leon.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN JHONNY!
The Filipino ring tactician was supposed to slug it out with another young Mexican champ in WBO bantamweight Jhonny Gonzales (33-5-0, 28 KOs) in what could have been a blockbuster fight card in the Philippines featuring tough Filipino pugs against Mexican WBO champions. The opposing camps were however unable to strike a deal because Gonzales’ camp was unwilling to fly over to the Philippines and defend his diadem against Peñalosa for fear of a hometown decision. This fight could still materialize in the future since Peñalosa said that if he hopefully goes on to win the 122-lb title, he will still move down to bantamweight where he is most comfortable fighting.
BATTLE OF THE “AGES”!
Tagbilaran City, RP – Former world super flyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa (51-5-2, 34 KOs) of the Philippines, who turns 35 in august of this year, has accepted the offer to challenge the reigning and defending 26-year-old WBO super bantamweight champ Daniel Ponce De Leon (30-1-0, 28 KOs) of Mexico.
EXPERTS SAY THIS IS “DUMB” FOR GERRY
After watching Jorge Arce have an unfair size advantage over Jorge Ler on Saturday night, this discrepancy might pale when comparing Penalos and De Leon. If it happens, it would be youth versus experience in what many boxing pundits consider as a major mismatch both in terms of size and strength in favor of the hard-hitting De Leon.It would be youth versus experience in what many boxing pundits consider as a major mismatch both in terms of size and strength in favor of the hard-hitting De Leon. Peñalosa is however fearless and confident that his vast counterpunching and slick approach is going to beat De Leon’s unorthodox style. This tussle is going to be the chief supporting bout of the Marco Antonio Barrera - Juan Manuel Marquez showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 17th.
DE LEON IS TAILOR-MADE FOR PEÑALOSA
Styles make fights. This old cliché, apart maybe from his advancing age, seems to be the driving force that compelled Peñalosa to take this bout in spite of the salient odds that are against him. It may be noted that the Pinoy pug’s four losses were against “runners”, twice against Korean In Joo Choo (18-2-0, 7 KOs) who then sported an unblemished slate before bowing down to the other Peñalosa tormentor Japan-based World super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama of Korea (32-3-1, 8 KOs) who also battled it out twice with the Filipino, all in controversial fashions. Peñalosa expressed optimism that his style is going to beat De Leon’s style, although the latter is considerably bigger and stronger. He also said that he is not worried about the huge size disparity because he has sparred much bigger guys in the gym.
KING PENALOSA HASN’T BEEN STOPPED!
The fact that Penalosa hasn’t been stopped in all his fifty-eight career bouts should serve as a major motivation for the Mexican knockout artist going into this encounter. Penalosa may be relatively small, but he’s definitely one tough customer inside the squared circle. It certainly shouldn’t be a walk in the park for De Leon.
BECAUSE FREDDIE ROACH SAYS SO!
Peñalosa, after learning about Golden Boy Promotions’ offer, sought the opinion of his former managers Rudy Salud and Antonio Aldeguer regarding this issue. They both advised him not to take this fight because Ponce is too big. Gerry expressed his admiration for their honesty and genuine concern for him, but would respectfully go against their will by taking this gamble instead because he is not getting any younger. Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach of Wild Card gym, who now acts as both manager and trainer of Peñalosa, on the other hand, is convinced that his ward will beat de Leon.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN JHONNY!
The Filipino ring tactician was supposed to slug it out with another young Mexican champ in WBO bantamweight Jhonny Gonzales (33-5-0, 28 KOs) in what could have been a blockbuster fight card in the Philippines featuring tough Filipino pugs against Mexican WBO champions. The opposing camps were however unable to strike a deal because Gonzales’ camp was unwilling to fly over to the Philippines and defend his diadem against Peñalosa for fear of a hometown decision. This fight could still materialize in the future since Peñalosa said that if he hopefully goes on to win the 122-lb title, he will still move down to bantamweight where he is most comfortable fighting.
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