SHOBOX on Showtime

John Molina Jr. vs. Martin Honorio

November 28, 2009

Pechanga Resort & Casino

Temecula, California

Featured Bouts:

NABF Lightweight Title Bout (10 Rds)

John Molina Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) vs. Martin Honorio (26-4-1, 13 KOs)

Super Bantamweight Bout (8 Rds)

Rico Ramos (13-0, 8 KOs) vs. Alejandro Perez (14-1-1, 9 KOs)

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John Molina, Jr. Makes Main Event Debut Nov. 28 at Pechanga

Hot Lightweight Takes On Martin Honorio For NABF Championship On Showtime

Los Angeles, CA – One of the hardest-hitting prospects in the lightweight division will make his main event

debut on Saturday, November 28 in an NABF Championship bout in the Grand Ballroom of the Pechanga

Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.

Undefeated knockout artist John Molina, Jr. (18-0, 14 KO), of nearby Covina, CA, will battle Mexico’s Martin

Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KO) in the scheduled 10-round headliner of the ShoBox: The New Generation telecast

on SHOWTIME.

The Molina-Honorio NABF Lightweight Championship bout is the featured fight on a rising star-studded,

boxing card presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions.

The 26-year old Molina, along with renowned trainer Joe Goossen, has been an unstoppable force in 2009.

None of his four opponents have made it to the fourth round. Molina made his Goossen Tutor debut back on

February 6th by knocking out Joshua Allotey in the third round on ShoBox: The New Generation in a bout

underneath the Andre Ward-Henry Buchanan main event in Lemoore, CA.

He followed up that sensational performance by posting a second-round stoppage of Carlos Vinan on the

March 27th Eddie Chambers-Samuel Peter undercard at LA’s Staples Center. On May 16th, Molina

appeared on ShoBox again, this time against Frankie Archuleta on the Andre Ward-Edison Miranda

undercard in Oakland, CA, and registered another second-round TKO.

Most recently, Molina was featured back at the Staples Center on the Chris Arreola-Vitali Klitschko

undercard and took out Efren Hinojosa – who recently went eight rounds in a non-title bout against current

IBF Super Featherweight Champion Robert Guerrero – in a mere 34 seconds with a vicious body shot.

And on November 28th, Molina gets his turn at top billing against 29-year old Mexican warrior, Honorio, who

has stopped his last two opponents – Frankie Archuleta and Ricardo Medina – in five rounds following a loss

at the hands of Guerrero back in a November, 2007 challenge for Guerrero’s IBF Featherweight crown.

“It’s my first main event headlining with added significance of being televised on SHOWTIME and for the

NABF Championship, so this is really big for me,” said Molina. “I’m working hard. I’m gonna dot all the I’s

and cross all the T’s to be 110 percent prepared for this fight come November 28th.

“As an opponent he is a typical Mexican style of fighter,” Molina, describing Honorio, observed. “He’s kind of

rangy like myself. He has a ton of experience, has been in there with the best and has beaten some of the

guys I consider to be the best counterpunchers in the game. I expect an explosive fight and I expect to come

out victorious, as I’ve worked too hard and too long to get to where I am today to let anyone stand in the way

of my dream of being a world champion.”

Four other members of the Goossen Tutor stable are slated for action underneath the Molina-Honorio title

bout, including undefeated Rico Ramos in the opening televised bout; recent addition Charles “Killa”

Whitaker; and 2008 U.S. Olympians Shawn Estrada and Javier Molina.

Ramos (13-0, 8 KO), who hails from Los Angeles, puts his perfect record on the line against the very tough

Alejandro Perez (14-1-1, 9 KO), of Salinas, CA, in a scheduled eight-round super bantamweight tilt. Whitaker

(34-12-2, 22 KO), a native of George Town in the Cayman Islands, will be featured in a junior middleweight

contest. Estrada (6-0, 6 KO) , from East LA, will be after his seventh straight win in a four-round super

middleweight bout. Molina (2-0, 2 KO), a welterweight from Norwalk, CA, has a four-rounder on tap.

“John Molina is one of the most exciting fighters in the sport today. If he continues to improve and show that

he can handle the big boys of the division, there will be no stopping his popularity. He has it all: looks, wit

and one-shot knockout power,” promoter Dan Goossen said. “He hits like a heavyweight in a lightweight

body.

“This will be the first major test for Rico Ramos also. He wins this fight, he’ll be moving up the ranks in the

super bantamweight division and believe me the sport will take notice.”

It promises to be a tremendous night of boxing entertainment with “Killa” Whitaker in action for the first time

since signing with us,” Goossen continued. “He is a real crowd-pleaser and has knocked out his last five

opponents. Fans in attendance will also get to see 2008 Olympians Shawn Estrada and Javier Molina take

the next step in their young careers.”

Tickets priced at $65 Ringside, $50 VIP and $35 General Admission are available at the Pechanga Box

Office from 10am to 10pm or by calling 1-877-2WIN and press 2. Doors open at 5:00 PM. First Bout is at

6:00 PM.
 

For more information on Goossen Tutor Promotions, visit: www.goossentutor.com.

- Press Release issued by Goossen Tutor Promotions

Subject to change

(11/19/09)