LOS ANGELES, CA (November 22, 2008) Friday night in front of a sold out crowd of 1,100 at the Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello, flyweight contender Manny Roman overcame a first round knockdown to work towards an eight round unanimous decision win over Jose Luis Cardenas by scores of 77-74 twice and 76-75. Cardenas was tough throughout the whole fight. In the later rounds I thought I might be able to finish him, but he proved too tough for that. It was a good shot he hit me with in the first that knocked me down but I was able to control the tempo from that point on said Roman who stayed undefeated and improved his record to 14-0-1 (5KOs). The bout was a rematch of a four round decision win by Roman in April 2006. With the win, the 20 year old Roman is looking toward a Southern California showdown with former world champion Brian Viloria. "Thats the fight we want said manager Frank Espinoza. I really liked what I saw from Manny in this fight .Weve talked about him being more aggressive and using tighter combinations and I saw a lot of that tonight. Continued Espinoza, Id like to make the fight with Viloria, hes a former world champion with more ring experience that Manny, but I think were ready. It would be a terrific fight in Southern California early next year. Roman is currently worked ranked #9 in the World Boxing Council rankings. This content is protected
