who is Julio Gonzalez and how in the world did he get a shot at Roy Jones undisputed light-heavyweight title?
* Gonzalez, who’ll face Jones Saturday night at Staples Center, is a relative unknown and Jones, although considered among the best fighters in the world, seems to like unheralded opponents who don’t have to make him work too hard. Jones has fought a policeman, a mailman and a schoolteacher, and presumably is looking for a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker. * Gonzalez is a local kid, from La Habra and Huntington Beach, and promoter Bob Arum needed a local angle for Jones’ first fight in Los Angeles. * Gonzalez is a strong, but slow, methodical puncher, a perfect foil for the nimble, quick Jones, who is always looking for guys he can dance around in order to preserve his brittle hands. Some of the media have overlooked Gonzalez in the days leading to this fight, choosing instead to question Jones about the possibility of a fight against Felix Trinidad or Dariusz Michalczewski, as if Gonzalez was a sparring partner. The oddsmakers have dismissed Gonzalez as well, making him a 20-1
