AMONSOT IN GREAT SPARRING SESSION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 05 Jul 2007
WBO Asia Pacific lightweight champion Czar Amonsot had what respected Cebu boxing patron Tony Aldeguer described as “a great sparring session” yesterday against an undefeated fighter from Ghana who has an impressive 18-0 record with 17 knockouts although both Aldeguer and celebrated trainer Freddie Roach couldn’t remember his name.
Amonsot is training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in preparation for his title fight against WBO champion Michael Katsidis of Australia on the undercard of the big Golden Boy Promotions fight card featuring Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins against Winky Wright at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on July 21.
Aldeguer who returned to Cebu today from the US where he was at the bedside of his ailing mother who passed away recently said he was impressed with the showing of Amonsot who is in great physical shape. At the same time he disclosed that the referee for the Amonsot-Katisidis would be veteran Jay Nady while the judges are Ruben Garcia, C.J. Ross and Patricia Morse Jarman.
Earlier, in an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Roach said Amonsot was “boxing and looking very good” in training and they had an advantage because Roach said “I trained the boy he’s fighting.” The two-time “Trainer of the Year” predicted “it should be a good fight.”
Czar Amonsot at the Wildcard gym in LA.
Roach disclosed that Amonost had a “great workout” in a sparring session with an undefeated fighter from Ghana.
The undefeated Katisidis who has a record of 22-0 with 20 knockouts is “a heavy puncher” but Aldeguer believes that Amonsot who was training for a July 7 title defense of his WBO Asia Pacific crown and was slated to fight in the August 11 Philippines-Mexico World Cup has “a very good chance and is in excellent shape.”
Amonsot, the 21 year old southpaw has a record of 18-2-1 with 10 knockouts and is coming off a split decision win over South Korea’s Da Woo Jung where he captured the WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title in a fight telecast by Viva Sports over its top-rated weekly boxing show the “Main Event” sponsored by Tanduay, the No.1 Rhum, Pagcor and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
Katisidis has scored fifth round TKO wins over Filipinos Nonoy Gonzales last Mach 3, 2006 and before that against Ranee Ganoy on August 19, 2005 when Ganoy who is based in Sydney, Australia was short on preparation. He won the world interim title last February 17 when Graham Earl retired in the fifth round.
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