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By Hector Franco
Published: March 02, 2024
San Juan, Puerto Rico- On a memorable night in the history of boxing in Puerto Rico, bad blood took center stage when two of the island’s countrymen battled for a world title. Reigning WBO junior flyweight champion Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (28-3-1, 14 KOs) defended his WBO championship against Rene Santiago (12-4, 9 KOs) in a grudge match.
At the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, Gonzalez won a unanimous decision to retain his WBO junior flyweight championship. All three judges scored the fight for Gonzalez with scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 117-111. It was Gonzalez’s third title defense and his first in Puerto Rico.
Although there was legitimate animosity between the combatants, the fight wasn’t expected to be an exciting back-and-forth war due to Gonzalez’s usual stick-and-move style. Instead, the defending champion pushed the fight by being the aggressor, often leading with wild overhand rights and straight left leads to send a message to his opponent.
Both men often fought in a desperate manner, which at times led to some sloppy exchanges between them. Santiago rarely found success hitting to the head, relegating most of his attacks to Gonzalez’s body. Even when Santiago trapped Gonzalez in the corner, the more experienced champion found pockets to exit out of the way of oncoming blows.
The crowd was bloodthirsty and cheered whenever there were exchanges but also jeered whenever the fighters seemed reluctant or waited too long to trade punches. In the middle rounds, Santiago found some success ambushing Gonzalez with a flurry of hooks. However, the southpaw remained relaxed and unbothered by his opponent’s advances. Whenever Santiago’s bursts were finished, Gonzalez resumed back to work, controlling where the majority of the fight occurred by pushing his foe backward, landing his own body attack with left hands and right hooks.
A majority of the rounds were legitimately close, with only a handful of punches separating the two fighters. Whenever Gonzalez was the first to attack, he fared better than when he waited on his opponent so he could counter. As the fight went into the championship rounds, Santiago looked like the fresher fighter, landing more consistently whenever the two exchanged.
The 12th and final round was the best of the fight. Despite both appearing tired, they traded punches, leaving the crowd in attendance satisfied. Seemingly having punched out any of the animus between them, the two fighters embraced after the match, raising each other’s hands.
Gonzalez had been out of the ring since November 2022 in one of the longest layoffs of his career that lasted 16 months. Last October, in Nicaragua, Santiago won the interim WBO title, putting himself right in line for a match with Gonzalez.
Before the fight, Gonzalez stated that ring rust was a non-issue and he wouldn’t have any trouble making the 108-pound limit. However, after the fight, he noted that the difficulties of gaining weight contributed to his performance, affecting his movement.
Depending on the direction his manager, Amanda Serrano, takes him next, Gonzalez could stay at 108 to take on unified champion Kenshiro Teraji or move up to the flyweight division.
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