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DE LA HOYA INTERESTED IN CISO MORALES By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Sun, 06 Jan 2008  Oscar De La Hoya is interested in ?taking a look? at undefeated Filipino super bantamweight Ciso Morales who has a record of 9-0 with 6 knockouts. That?s the word from Golden Boy Promotions vice president and international matchmaker Eric Gomez who told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today they had seen tapes of his fights and they ?want to take a first hand look at him.? In an overseas telephone conversation, Gomez said this is the reason they scheduled Morales, who just turned 20, in a six round preliminary bout on the undercard of the rematch between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino. Gomez said we have ?heard good things about the kid so we are going to give him a break and put him on.? However, there?s no opponent for Morales as yet but Golden Boy expects to come up with a suitable foe in the next couple of weeks. Gomez revealed their philosophy in the US debut of Filipino fighters is to match them against opponents who are ?going to test them but at the same time make sure they are not going to be overmatched.? He noted that some of these fighters are really good but ?mentally you don?t know how they are going to react fighting for the first time out of their country. Some can raise the level of their competition and there are other guys who can crumble.? At the same time Gomez debunked reports that Juanito Rubillar?s IBF mandated eliminator against former WBC light flyweight champion Omar Nino would take place on the Pacquiao-Marquez undercard. He said "I dont know anything about that" echoing what co-promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank said the previous day. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.  |
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