Solo Boxeo

Jesus Chavez vs. Daniel Jimenez

April 4, 2008

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa

Cabazon, California

Televised on Telefutura

Featured Bouts:

Lightweight Bout

Jesus Chavez (42-4, 29 KO’s) vs. Daniel Jimenez (17-2-1, 10 KO’s)

Super Bantamweight Bout

Johnny Gonzalez (36-6, 30 KO’s) vs. Edel Ruiz (29-19-4, 20 KO’s)

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Former World Champions Headline Golden Boy Promotions’ April 4th

Telefutura Show At Morongo Casino Resort & Spa

 Jesus “El Matador” Chavez And Jhonny Gonzalez Featured In Separate Bouts

LOS ANGELES – Two of boxing’s most popular former world champions – Jesus ”El Matador” Chavez and

Jhonny Gonzalez – return to the ring on Friday, April 4th, as Golden Boy Promotions presents ‘Solo Boxeo’

on Telefutura from the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

The former super featherweight and lightweight champion of the world, Chavez will battle San Juan, Puerto

Rico’s Daniel Jimenez, while former world bantamweight champion Gonzalez takes on Los Mochis, Mexico’s

Edel Ruiz. Both bouts are scheduled for ten rounds

Tickets, priced at $150, $100 and $50, can be purchased at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Box Office at

(951) 755-5391 or online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.morongo.com. Doors for the event open at 4 p.m.

PT, with the first bout beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT and the co-main event and main events taking place from

5-7 p.m. PT.

One of the most inspiring fighters of this era, Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico-born Jesus Chavez (42-4, 29 KO’s)

came up the hard way in the fight game, eventually winning the WBC World Super Featherweight crown in

2003 with a victory over Sirimongkol Singwancha. The always exciting “El Matador” added the IBF

Lightweight World Title to his resume in 2005 and though he would lose it a year and a half later when he

injured his right knee during a fight against Julio Diaz, the 35-year-old warrior is healed and ready to make

another run at the title, beginning with his bout against Daniel Jimenez (17-2-1, 10 KO’s). A native of San

Juan, Puerto Rico, the 27-year-old Jimenez is a tough fight for anyone he steps in the ring with, as evidenced

by his big 2006 win over previously unbeaten 2004 Olympian Vicente Escobedo. Since then, Jimenez has

won three of four fights and is looking forward to getting his 2008 campaign off to an impressive start against

Chavez.

Perhaps the hardest punching lower-weight fighter in the world today, Mexico City’s Jhonny Gonzalez (36-6,

30 KO’s) has specialized in the art of the knockout for years. A former WBO Bantamweight World Champion

who made two defenses of his title and owns wins over Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson, Ratanachai Sor Vorapin

and Fernando Montiel, the 26-year-old Gonzalez is currently on a two-fight winning streak that he hopes to

extend on April 4th. In Edel “Cuate” Ruiz (29-19-4, 20 KO’s), Gonzalez will be facing a rugged competitor

from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico who is always aggressive in seeking victory.

For more information visit www.goldenboypromotions.com or www.morongo.com.

About Golden Boy Promotions:

Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions was established in 2001 by Oscar de la Hoya, the first Hispanic

to own a national boxing promotional company. In 2007, in its sixth year of promoting, Golden Boy

Promotions set a record by selling over 2.5 million in pay-per-view homes in a single night. Also in 2007,

Golden Boy Promotions established the record for pay-per-view sales by one promotional company in a

single year selling events to more than 4 million homes total. Golden Boy Promotions is one of boxing’s

most active and respected promoters, presenting shows in packed venues around the United States on

networks such as HBO, HBO Latino, TeleFutura, SHOWTIME and ESPN.

About Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa:

Morongo is the premier gaming resort in California. Located in Cabazon, California, in the scenic Coachella

Valley, Morongo is a prime getaway for residents of Orange County, Ontario, Palm Springs, Palm Desert

and Los Angeles. Earning the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award for three consecutive years, Morongo

offers 310 well-appointed rooms and suites, a 150,000 sq. ft. casino floor, nine restaurants and lounges and

continuous world-class entertainment offerings. One of the largest tribal gaming facilities in the country,

Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa is owned and operated by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. For more

information please visit www.morongo.com.

- Press Release issued by Golden Boy Promotions with editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(4/2/08)