{"id":438768,"date":"2017-11-19T08:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T08:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/19\/duke-micah-beats-jose-gonzalez-to-defend-wbc-belt\/"},"modified":"2017-11-19T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T08:13:24","slug":"duke-micah-beats-jose-gonzalez-to-defend-wbc-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/19\/duke-micah-beats-jose-gonzalez-to-defend-wbc-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Micah beats Jose Gonzalez to defend WBC Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 19 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/21589333.295.jpg\" alt=\"DUKE2\" title=\"DUKE2\" width=\"295\" height=\"254\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Duke Micah and his manager Michaael Amoo-Bediako<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541642576\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541642576\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511079204_170_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">On Saturday night at the Resort World Casino in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Ghana\u2019s Duke Micah (21-0, 18 KO\u2019s) successfully defended his WBC international bantamweight belt.The clash was Micah\u2019s debut fight in the United States of America (USA).<\/p>\n<p>Micah won via a majority decision over Mexico\u2019s Jose Santos Gonzalez 23-5 (13 KO\u2019s). The clash was the Ghanaian\u2019s first defense of the belt \u2013 he won the belt last March when he stopped Jonathan Aguilar in round seven.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports gathered by Ghanacrusader.com, Micah started the fight very well, and he landed some telling punches.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gonzalez counted on his ring experience and he warmed himself into the fight very well.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Mexican gave the Ghanaian a good run for his money but the James Town native won the fight to defend his belt.<\/p>\n<p>The judges\u2019 score cards reads, 95-95, 96-94 and 96-94.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 61 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 19 November 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-11-19 Duke Micah and his manager Michaael Amoo-Bediako On Saturday night at the Resort World Casino in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Ghana\u2019s Duke Micah (21-0, 18 KO\u2019s) successfully defended his WBC international bantamweight belt.The clash was Micah\u2019s debut fight in the United States of America (USA). 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