Magdaleno-Gonzalez June 26th TruTV

Diego Magdaleno was scheduled to be on the Timothy Bradley-Jesse Vargas fight card Sat, Jun 27 2015 @ StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA. Frank Espinoza who is Magdaleno promoter has move the fight as the co-feature to Gilberto Ramirez vs Derek Edward on Fri, Jun 26 2015 @ State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, USA on TruTv. Magdaleno will be facing Jose Gonzalez in a 12-round lightweight bout.

Gonzalez (24-1, 19 KOs), 31, of Puerto Rico, has won his last two fights. He lost to Ricky Burns in May 2013 in Scotland. Gonzalez was ahead on all three scorecards when he retired after the ninth round because of a wrist injury.

Diego Magdaleno is coming off a TKO win over Hevinson Herrera and four consecutive wins.

Diego has an opportunity to fight for the WBO lightweight eliminator, this was the reason for moving the bout. Its a better opportunity for Magdaleno.