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JOET GONZALEZ DECISIONS ARNOLD KHEGAI

Featherweight Joet Gonzalez overcame Arnold Khegai to earn a split decision after 10 hotly contested rounds on Saturday night. Gonzalez (27-4, 15 KOs) overcame a quick start from Khegai and came out on top in an entertaining match that saw both fighters bloodied. The 10-round fight headlined a ProBoxTV card from Long Beach, CA.

Official scores were 97-92 and 96-93 for Gonzalez, 95-94 Kgegai. InTheCorner.net scored it 97-92 for Gonzalez.

Khegai (22-2-1, 14 KOs), ranked #2 by the WBO and #12 by the IBF, got out to a good start with pressure and high volume punching as Gonzalez did not initially take advantage of his edge in reach. In rounds three and four, Gonzalez took control, getting into the right distance and landing power shots while slowing Khegai’s rushes. Khegai started bleeding from the nose in round four.

Round five saw a point deduction from Khegai for holding. In round six, Gonzalez was cut over the right eye and it would bleed the rest of the way.

All the while, the action was was hot with both fighters scoring consistently. Gonzalez had the upper hand, but not by much. Khegai pushed hard down the stretch but came up just short.

Khegai suffered his first pro loss since dropping a decision to Stephen Fulton in his last fight at super bantamweight in 2020. For Gonzalez, he got back in the win column after a decision loss to Luis Alberto Lopez in September. The four losses on Gonzalez’ record are Lopez, Isaac Dogboe, Emanuel Navarette and Shakur Stevenson.

UNDERCARD

Lightweight Luis Torres (21-1, 12 KOs) stopped Nicholas Walters (29-2-1, 22 KOs) after three rounds. Walters’ corner stopped the fight before the start of the fourth.

A 10-round welter weight fight between Jesus Saracho (14-2-2, 11 KOs) and Luis Lopez (16-2-3, 5 KOs) ended in a draw.

PROBOX TV WEIGHTS – KHEGAI vs. GONZALEZ

ProBox TV is back at it on Saturday, March 8th as Arnold Khegai and Joet Gonzalez square off in a 10 round featherweight match. Khegai (22-1-1, 14 KOs) will take on Gonzalez (26-4, 15 KOs) at the Thunder Studious in Long Beach, CA.  The telecast starts at 3:30PM Pacific time.

Here are the official weights from Fightnews.com

Arnold Khegai 127.6 vs. Joet Gonzalez 127.2
Luis “Koreano” Torres 134.4 vs. Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters 134
Wanderley “Holyfield” Pereira 166.6 vs. Michael Nelson 168.8
Justin Viloria 130.6 vs. Juan Centeno 132.6
Jesus “Junior” Saracho 148.4 vs. Louie Lopez 146.6
Gabriel Muratalla 121.8 vs. Frank Gonzalez 122
Brandon Mccarthy 138.4 vs. Jose Rodriguez 138.6
Eros Correa 121.4 vs. Jose “Tsunami” Saant 124
Joshua Anton 156.4 vs. Tariq Green 152
Emilio Garcia 150.4 vs. Jose “El Topo” Adolfo 157.2

RAMIREZ RETURNS WITH UD12 OVER PEDRAZA

Former two-belt champion Jose Ramirez returned from his first professional loss with a unanimous decision victory over Jose Pedraza in Fresno, CA on Friday night. The WBC super lightweight eliminator was a contest of Pedraza’s tactical sharp-shooting vs. Ramirez’ aggression and superior power with the judges ruling in favor of Ramirez by identical scores of 116-112.

InTheCorner.Net had it 115-113 for Ramirez.

In his first time back in the ring since losing his WBC and WBO 140-lb titles to Josh Taylor in May of 2021, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) came out sharp and clearly had the strength advantage. Pedraza (29-4, 14 KOs), a former champion at super featherweight and lightweight, fought from a southpaw stance and used excellent head movement and counter shots to negate Ramirez’ aggression. Through six rounds the fight was very close and Pedraza had near-perfect timing with his left hand as Ramirez rushed in or backed away from an attack.

The exchanges tended to favor Ramirez’ heavier hands and his pressing attack often looked like he was controlling the action. But Pedraza was tactically brilliant with his timing and slick movement and many of the rounds were hard to score.

Jose Ramirez rose to the stiff challenge and earned a clear victory with the official scores being very reasonable. It was clear that a slick lefty still gives him trouble and is able to land solid shots consistently. It was Pedraza’s fifth fight at 140 but if he had packed more power into his shots he could very well have done the kind of damage that Josh Taylor did last year in scoring two knockdowns.

UNDERCARD

While Ramirez was the headliner and hometown hero, another local fighter made his professional debut on the undercard. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. stopped Allen Melson (6-4, 3 KOs) in two wild rounds. Torrez decked Melson in the first round, one of two times that Melson went down awkwardly. The second time, both corners thought referee Marcos Rosales waved off the fight but he was just signaling “no-knockdown.” The ring had to be cleared to finish the final seconds of round one. A headbutt left a cut near Torrez’ right eye and his first trip back to the stool as a pro required work from his cutman. Melson again came at Torrez with a sloppy attack in round two and got decked twice. Rosales called it off at 1:23.

Also…

Joet Gonzalez (25-2, 15 KOs) won by TKO9 over Jeo Santisima (21-4, 18 KOs)
Gabe Flores Jr. (21-1, 7 KOs) a MD10 over Abraham Montoya (20-3-1, 14 KOs)
Hector Tanajara Jr. (19-1-1, 5 KOs) and Miguel Contreras (11-1-1, 6 KOs) fought to a draw
Karlos Balderas (12-1, 11 KOs) stopped Aeilo Mesquita (20-7-1, 18 KOs) in two rounds
Javier Martinez (6-0, 2 KOs) UD6 over Donte Stubbs (6-4, 2 KOs)
Charlie Sheehy (2-0, 2 KOs) stopped Johnny Bernal (2-1, 2 KOs) with a TKO1
Antonio Mireles (3-0, 3 KOs) stopped Brandon Hughes (2-1, 2 KOs) in 2

WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY FIGHTS

Official weights for Saturday’s TV fights:

WBA/IBF Super Lightweight Title on DAZN
REGIS PROGRAIS – 140
JOSH TAYLOR – 139.75

WBO Featherweight Title on ESPN+
SHAKUR STEVENSON – 126
JOET GONZALEZ – 125.2

SHOWTIME
ERICKSON LUBIN – 152.25
NATHANIEL GALLIMORE – 152.75

ROBERT EASTER JR. – 140.5
ADRIAN GRANADOS – 141.5