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11/24/2008 Archived Entry: "Manny Roman Wins Big Fri. Night, Looks forward to Showdown with Brian Viloria!"
Manny Roman Wins Big Fri. Night, Looks forward to Showdown with Brian Viloria!
Press Release
(Photo courtesy of Espinoza Boxing Club)
LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 22, 2008 -- Friday night in front of a sold out crowd of 1,100 at the Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello, flyweight contender Manny Roman overcame a first round knockdown to work towards an eight round unanimous decision win over Jose Luis Cardenas by scores of 77-74 twice and 76-75.
“ Cardenas was tough throughout the whole fight. In the later rounds I thought I might be able to finish him, but he proved too tough for that. It was a good shot he hit me with in the first that knocked me down but I was able to control the tempo from that point on” said Roman who stayed undefeated and improved his record to 14-0-1 (5KO’s). The bout was a rematch of a four round decision win by Roman in April 2006.
With the win, the 20 year old Roman is looking toward a Southern California showdown with former world champion Brian Viloria.
"That’s the fight we want” said manager Frank Espinoza. “I really liked what I saw from Manny in this fight. We’ve talked about him being more aggressive and using tighter combinations and I saw a lot of that tonight.”
Continued Espinoza, “I’d like to make the fight with Viloria, he’s a former world champion with more ring experience that Manny, but I think we’re ready. It would be a terrific fight in Southern California early next year.”
Roman is currently worked ranked #9 in the World Boxing Council rankings.
The ESPINOZA BOXING CLUB was started in 1991 by Los Angeles area businessman Frank Espinoza. Espinoza has earned numerous accolades for his management skills from many boxing newspaper and internet writers. In the September 2008 issue of Ring Magazine, Espinoza is praised for his outstanding handling of the career of junior featherweight world champion and “Pound for Pound” superstar Israel “EL MAGNIFICO” Vazquez.
In 2006, Espinoza was awarded the Manager of the Year award from the World Boxing Hall of Fame and inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame.
Espinoza also has managed retired former world champion Martin “EL GALLITO” Castillo and currently manages world ranked Alex Valdez and Miguel “EL ANESTESISTA” Huerta in addition to undefeated prospects Manuel “SUAVECITO” Roman, Jesus “POLLO” Hernandez, Luis Ramos, Carlos Molina, Abraham Lopez and Ronny Rios.
For more information on The Espinoza Boxing Club, please visit their newly remodeled website at www.espinozaboxingclub.com
