On May 27, 2006, Jhonny González (32-4, 28 KOs), the bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Fernando Montiel (33-1-1, 25 KOs).
Fernando Montiel is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Pramuansak Posuwan, 6 months and 28 days ago. Jhonny González is on a 18-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round KO win over Mark Johnson, 3 months and 2 days ago.
The winning odds are at 90.9-9.1 in favor of Jhonny González. It is going to be very difficult for Fernando Montiel to win this fight.
Jhonny González defeated Fernando Montiel via split decision and successfully defended his WBO bantamweight title. González improves his record to 33-4, while Montiel adds a loss to his record at 33-2-1.