ALA Gym star Z ?The Dream? Gorres is drawing nearer to his much awaited world title shot and could get his shot this year.
?We?re going to give him one more fight before letting him fight for a world championship,? said ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu yesterday. ?He can fight for a world title this year or early next year. At 27, he?s at the right age to fight for a world championship.?
ALA Promotions is targeting newly crowned interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight titleholder Fernando Montiel in a rematch.
Gorres, who lost to Montiel in 2007, is now ranked No. 2 in the WBO behind Eric Morel.
Gorres, who is also ranked in the IBF at No.11, broke the world ratings in the WBO after winning the WBO Oriental bantamweight title against former world champion Roberto Leyva last March 14 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
Gorres? first world title match was against Montiel for the latter?s WBO super flyweight title in Cebu City in 2007. Gorres and lost in a controversial split decision.
ALA Promotions recently received an offer from a promoter in Dubai for Gorres to fight there. However the Cebu-based promotional outfit prefers a fight in the US for the WBO Oriental bantamweight titlist.
?A promoter from Dubai made an offer for Z to fight in Dubai. It?s something that we?re open to but nothing?s definite yet,? said Aldeguer ?It?s better if he fights in the US because that?s where big-time boxing is.?
If Gorres lands a fight in the US, Aldeguer wants first-rate opponents for the 27-year-old Cebuano warrior.
?We don?t want ordinary fights just to keep him busy. We?re looking for bigger fights,? said Aldeguer.
ALA Promotions is looking at the likes of former world champion Dimitri Kirilov or veteran boxer Heriberto Ruiz as Gorres? next foe.
