Angulo to fight for Golden Boy Promotions, fights on 8/20 against Gomez

By Boxing News - 08/11/2011 - Comments

Image: Angulo to fight for Golden Boy Promotions, fights on 8/20 against GomezBy Dan Ambrose: The hard hitting junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s) has reportedly had his contract sold from promoter Gary Shaw to Golden Boy Promotions, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. Angulo, 28, has been inactive since beating Joachim Alcine by a 1st round knockout last year in July 2010.

Angulo will be fighting on August 20th against Joseph Gomez (17-4-1, 8 KO’s) at the Nido Sport Center, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. It’s hopeful that Angulo will get his immigration issues taken care of with the help of his new promoters from GBP, and is able to get back to fighting in the U.S once again.

Before Angulo ran into immigration problems last year, he was on a serious role with his career, winning his last four fights by knockouts over Gabriel Rosado, Harry Joe Yorgey, Joel Julio and Alcine. Obviously the time off from boxing won’t have helped Angulo any. However, he’s young enough and has enough ability to start pretty much from where he left off by destroying Gomez and moving forward towards possibly a future fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez.

Angulo is one of the best pressure fighters in the division and with his excellent power, he’s very hard to beat. Angulo lost to Kermit Cintron by a 12 round unanimous decision in May 2009. That was an off night for Angulo, who had problems with Cintron’s constant movement. It would be nice to see Angulo avenge that loss if given the chance in another fight against Cintron.



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