Lucian Gonzalez vs. Castulo Gonzalez

Manuel Gonzalez Garcia 125 lbs beat Castulo Gonzalez 125 lbs by SD in round 6 of 6

• Date: 2008-06-06
• Location: Sovereign Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Steve Smoger
• Judge: Joseph Pasquale 58-56
• Judge: Al Dorsey 56-58
• Judge: Bill Nealon 59-55

This bout turned out to be the best bout on the seven bout card televised on Telefutura featuring the Rubio-Cuevas main event. Castulo Gonzalez of Lynn, Massachusetts, 9-7 with 3 KOs, kept coming forward and throwing alot of punches for all six rounds, and sprinkling his offensive arsenal with various low blows, headbutts, holding and hitting, and holding behind the head at every opportunity, and never getting called for them. This attracted frequent yells at the referee from trainer Marshall Kauffman during the bout, the trainer of his opponent Lucian Gonzalez, 5-4-1, of Puerto Rico, now fighting out of Reading, Pennsylvania, who appeared as frustrated as his fighter at times.

However, Lucian Gonzalez fought the entire fight backing up and moving side to side from left to right throwing good jab combinations and counterpunches. While Lucian did not throw as many punches as Castulo, Lucian landed more often, and when he did, he was landing power shots that did damage. Castulo hung tough, though, and the contrasting styles of the two fighters quickly evolved into an exciting six round war that brought the crowd to its feet. The nonstop action was exciting, and since there was no holding, the two Gonzalez' really went at it. Lucian Gonzalez won a split decision, but the bout did not appear as close as it was scored. From ringside Lucian was landing all of the power shots. Although Castulo threw alot of punches coming forward, the majority of them were missing the target and he could have had points deducted but didn't. For Lucian Gonzalez, all eleven of his professional bouts have now gone the distance. Referee: Steve Smoger