Boxing Insider Fight Night: 6 Rds. Lightweights – Tsendbaatar Erdenebat vs. Giovanni Gutierrez

Details on the competitors in the weight-round lightweight bout between Tsendbaatar Erdenebat and Giovanni Gutierrez, taking place at Sony Hall in New York City on Thursday night.

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TSENDBAATAR ERDENEBAT

Age — 26
Record — 4-0, 2 KO’s
Height — 5’4″
Weight — 134.4 pounds
Originally from — Tsetserlag, Mongolia
Fights out of — Los Angeles, CA

• Tsendbaatar Erdenebat gets set for his first professional bout in the United States as he faces Giovanni Gutierrez.
• This southpaw is a native of Tsetserlag, Mongolia, and is now training out of Los Angeles.
• He had a considerable amateur career, to say the least. Among other accmplishments, he won the 2015 President’s Cup (bantamweight) and the 2018 Asian Games.
• Went to the semifinals of the AIBA World Championships in 2019, but after a quick start, he slowed down against opponent Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov of Uzbekhistan and lost a decision.
• Went to the bantamweight quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he lost a decision to curent junior lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. Truth be told, he could not match up with Shakur’a speed, and seemed always a step behind.
• Also lost in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.
• Has been a contestant in the World Series of Boxing, a hybrid of sports between amateur and pro boxing.
• Turned pro in September 2018 with a six-round decision win over Joseph Omana, who was a veteran of 18 pro fights.
• Last fight was February 22 of last year (a year and a day ago), stopping Rauf Aghayev in two rounds.
• This is not his heaviest weight. For the Omana fight (the debut), he was 136.
• Generally he’s a quick starter. He’s aggressive, and you might expect some right hooks to the body, especially if Gonzalez stands still. Sometimes, however, the defense has been found lacking.

GIOVANNI GONZALEZ

Age — 28
Record — 11-3-1, 6 KO’s
Height — 5’4″
Weight — 134.8 pounds
Originally from — Tipitapa, Nicaragua
Fights out of — Tipitapa, Nicaragua

• Gonzalez is a native of Tipitapa, Nicaragua, where he still lives. He’s 28 years old.
• Nicknamed “Baby Face”
• Made his pro debut in February 2018 with a third-round TKO of Imer Hernandez. Won his first nine bouts as a pro.
• In one of those bouts, he captured the WBA Fedecaribe 122-pound title with a fourth-round TKO over William Encarnacion, who was 18-0 at the time.
• In December 2019, he hit the deck in Round 1 and suffered a ten-round decision defeat to Mike Plania in a bout that was contested for the IBF North American Super Bantam (122-pound) championship.
• Also fought for the WBA Fedelatin title at 122 (December 2020) and was stopped in four rounds by Luis Reynaldo Nunez.
• Did not last long in his last outing, which took place on May 21. He was halted in one round by Ashton Sylve (pronounced SILV), a good-looking 6-0 lightweight prospect. He went in at his highest record weight – 133 pounds. He came in at 134.8 at Wednesday’s weigh-in.