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"Cochulito"
One of Mexico's best fighters, Fernando became only the fourth Mexican to win world titles in three different weight divisions. The others in that elite group are Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. He is also a former two-time WBO jr. bantamweight world champion. Fernando won that title for the first time in June, 2002, and made one successful title defense before losing the title in August, 2003. He regained the title in April, 2005, and made seven more successful title defenses. He vacated the title to move up in weight. Fernando won the WBO flyweight world title December, 2000, and made three successful title defenses. He is coming off a second-round knockout win against Jovanny Soto in his last fight, a nontitle 10-rounder, on December 10. He made his first defense of the WBC title and second defense of the WBO title in his previous fight on July 17, and scored a third-round knockout win against Rafael Concepcion. Fightwriter.com's Graham Houston reported [excerpts]: Montiel looked tremendous in his third-round destruction of Rafael Concepcion in their bantamweight title fight televised on Fox Sports Espanol. This was Montiel's first bout since his upset stoppage victory over Hozumi Hasegawa in Japan, and he went out to make a statement in front of the Mexican crowd. Concepcion...fought gamely before being retired by his corner after nine rounds in a war with Jorge Arce, and he went 12 rounds with the sharpshooting Filipino Nonito Donaire. Montiel, however, simply blew him away. Big left hooks from Montiel had Concepcion down twice in the second round and hanging on so desperately that referee Robert Byrd told the judges to take a point. It was obvious after this 10-6 round from hell that Concepcion would not be able to last much longer, and, sure enough, Montiel flattened him with a right hand after 67 seconds of round three. There is no doubting the quality of Montiel's performance on Saturday night. He looked sensational. [12Bet.com] Fernando won the WBC bantamweight world title in his previoius fight on April 30 with a fourth-round TKO against defending champion Hozumi Hasegawa in Tokyo. After the fight, Dan Rafael wrote on ESPN.com [excerpts]: Hasegawa has been one of Japan's finest for several years. Montiel, one of Mexico's best, is a three-division titleholder.... Hasegawa, a southpaw, had been on quite a run, scoring five knockouts in a row inside four rounds against some credible opponents. Between that fact and his being at home, Hasegawa was the clear favorite. Through the first three-plus rounds, it looked like he'd coast to a win, even though it turned out he had suffered a broken jaw from a Montiel uppercut in the first round. Yet he continued to fight and...lead on all three scorecards, 30-27 on two and 29-28 on the third. However, Montiel landed a hammering left hook to the face with seven seconds left in the fourth round. Hasegawa went reeling into the ropes and Montiel pounced. He landed several more shots, snapping a defenseless Hasegawa's head back. He was out on his feet as American referee Laurence Cole jumped in to stop the fight just as the bell to end the round was ringing. It was a shocking ending and silenced the pro-Hasegawa crowd of about 15,000 at the famed Budokan Hall, while Montiel and his team joyously celebrated. [12Bet.com] Fernando is undefeated - 10-0 with one technical draw - in his last 11 fights. His current undefeated streak also includes two of his career-best wins: in addition to beating Hasegawa in his last fight, Fernando scored a dominant fourth-round TKO win against former 1996 Mexican Olympian and WBA super flyweight world champion Martin Castillo in February, 2008. Fernando said through an interpreter, "I always stay in the gym, no matter what, even if I don't have any fights or anything. I'm always training here in Los Mochis, getting ready for anything that might come up. "I train at my father's gym. It's named 'Cochul Montiel School of Boxing,' but it should really be called 'Welcome to Hell.' " Fernando's hometown of Los Mochis is home to several former world champions and nearly every fighter from Los Mochis has spent some time training in Montiel's gym at one time or another. Fernando is experienced against top opposition, and has fought former world champions Hozumi Hasegawa (TKO4), Martin CastilloJhonny Gonzalez (L12), Ivan Hernandez (TKO7), Mark Johnson (L12), Ruben Sanchez (KO2), Pedro Alcazar (TKO6), Juan Cordoba (KO1), Isidro Garcia (TKO7), and Cruz Carvajal (TKO4). (TKO4), Regarding his nickname, Fernando said, "My father's name is Manuel Jesus and when one of my aunts was real small, she couldn't pronounce it right. She called her brother 'Cochul,' and now all of his sons are called 'Cochulito.' " [12Bet.com] Montiel's Profile( Checked with 12Bet.com for the upcoming matches) | |||||||||||||||||||
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