Z Gorres

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Z Gorres
Gorres in 2007
Born	Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres (1982-04-18) April 18, 1982 (age 43) Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Other names	The Dream
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight Super flyweight Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (164 cm)
Reach	64+1⁄2 in (164 cm)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	35
Wins	31
Wins by KO	17
Losses	2
Draws	2

Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres (born 18 April 1982) is a Filipino former professional boxer who challenged once for the WBO super-flyweight title.

Personal life

Gorres has a brother named Jun Gorres who was formerly a boxer but was stabbed to death in a street fight. His real name is a combination of those of his parents; Zeta (mother) and Celestino (father) Gorres. ^[1] Gorres is married to Datchess Gorres and has four children. ^[2]

Boxing career

Gorres became a boxing practitioner at 9 years of age. ^[3] He began fighting as a professional on March 31, 2001. After winning 13 bouts in a row, he fought Edgar Rodrigo for the Philippine flyweight title on June 1, 2003. He, however, lost to Rodrigo by TKO in the 9th round which marked his first defeat.

One of Gorres' significant victories was his 1st round stoppage of Glenn Donaire, brother of pound for pound champion Nonito Donaire, on March 19, 2005. This was his first bout in the United States.

About a year later, he won the OPBF super flyweight title against Waenpetch Chuwatana.

On February 24, 2007, Gorres got a shot for a world title where he challenged WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel in a bout held in Gorres' hometown. There, Gorres was docked a point twice (one in the 10th and another in the 12th round) for holding. Montiel won the fight and defended the title in a split decision.

He fought former IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan on February 2, 2008, in an IBF title eliminator. The winner was to face then IBF super flyweight titlist Dimitri Kirilov of Russia who would later be dethroned by Darchinyan on August 2, 2008. The match, however, was tarnished by poor refereeing and bottle-throwing from spectators who disliked it. The bout ended in a split draw. Nonetheless, Darchinyan won the right to fight for the championship because he was ranked higher than Gorres in IBF.

Gorres moved to bantamweight and won his first match in that division on March 14, 2009. There, he bested former IBF minimumweight champion Roberto Carlos Leyva in 7 rounds.

Career-ending injury

On November 13, 2009, after winning a 10-round bout against Luis Melendez in which he was knocked down with 30 seconds remaining in the final round, Gorres collapsed in the ring and was removed on a stretcher. ^[4] He underwent surgery to relieve swelling to the left side of his brain. Originally, doctors were going to keep him in a medically induced coma for a few days, but Gorres reacted to the treatment much better than anticipated and came out of it. ^[5] The injury he suffered ended his boxing career. ^[6]

Professional boxing record

35 fights	31 wins	2 losses
By knockout	17	1
By decision	14	1
Draws	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Opponent's Record	Type	Round, Time	Date	Location	Notes
35	Win	31–2–2	Luis Melendez	26–3–1	UD	10	13 Nov 2009	Mandalay Bay House of Blues, Las Vegas
34	Win	30–2–2	Cruz Carbajal	29–16–2	RTD	6 (10) 0:10	12 Sep 2009	Palenque de la Feria, Tepic	Stopped due to Dislocated Arm
33	Win	29–2–2	Roberto Carlos Leyva	26–8–1	TKO	7 (12) 1:29	14 Mar 2009	Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City	Won vacant WBO Oriental bantamweight title
32	Win	28–2–2	Nick Otiento	15–1	UD	10	31 May 2008	Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City
31	Draw	27–2–2	Vic Darchinyan	29–1	SD	12	2 Feb 2008	Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City	IBF super flyweight Title eliminator
30	Win	27–2–1	Eric Ortiz	27–6–1	TKO	8 (12) 2:15	11 Aug 2007	Arco Arena, Sacramento	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental super flyweight title
29	Loss	26–2–1	Fernando Montiel	33–2–1	SD	12	24 Feb 2007	Cebu City Sports Complex, Cebu City	For WBO super flyweight title
28	Win	26–1–1	Sonny Manakane	9–3–1	TKO	4 (10) 1:11	21 Oct 2006	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
27	Win	25–1–1	Pedro Rincon Miranda	30–10–2	UD	10	27 May 2006	Home Depot Center, Carson
26	Win	24–1–1	Waenpetch Chuwatana	23–7–2	UD	12	18 Mar 2006	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City	Won vacant OPBF super flyweight title
25	Win	23–1–1	Jose Alfredo Tirado	20–7	UD	10	3 Feb 2006	Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
24	Win	22–1–1	Wisanu Kokietgym	16–5–1	TKO	4 (10) 1:36	29 Oct 2005	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City	OPBF super flyweight title eliminator
23	Win	21–1–1	Krabuan Butrprom	22–11–2	UD	10	30 Jul 2005	San Andres Civic & Sports Center, District of Malate, Manila
22	Win	20–1–1	Glenn Donaire	13–1	TKO	1 (10) 2:03	19 Mar 2005	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
21	Win	19–1–1	Chaiyong Sithsaithong	6–3	UD	10	11 Dec 2004	MC Home Depot Open Air Arena, Taguig City
20	Win	18–1–1	Sairung Singwancha	32–6	UD	10	4 Sep 2004	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
19	Win	17–1–1	Yun Chul Yuh	7–14–3	TKO	2 (10) 2:36	31 May 2004	University Gym, Bucheon
18	Draw	16–1–1	Randy Mangubat	32–18–11	TD	2 (10) 1:35	20 Feb 2004	Makati Coliseum, Makati City
17	Win	16–1	Eric Barcelona	25–4–5	SD	10	20 Dec 2003	Subic Sports Complex, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City
16	Win	15–1	Ryan Campesino	6–2–1	KO	5 (10) ?	4 Oct 2003	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
15	Win	14–1	Rommel Libradilla	11–12	TKO	3 (10) 1:17	30 Aug 2003	Gaisano Country Mall Parking Lot, Barangay Banilad, Cebu City
14	Loss	13–1	Edgar Rodrigo	9–3–4	TKO	9 (12) 1:00	1 Jun 2003	Makati Coliseum, Makati City
13	Win	13–0	Roy Balataria	8–6–1	TKO	6 (12) ?	15 Mar 2003	Luna Park Quirino Grand Stand, Manila
12	Win	12–0	Ricky Escaner	8–3	KO	4 (10) 0:40	19 Jan 2003	Gaisano Country Mall Parking Lot, Barangay Banilad, Cebu City
11	Win	11–0	Sherwin Manatad	6–4–2	KO	4 (10) 2:17	16 Dec 2002	Municipal Coliseum, Sogod
10	Win	10–0	Flash Murillo	24–8–1	UD	10	19 Oct 2002	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
9	Win	9–0	Jonnie Coma	6–7–1	TKO	3 (10) 2:39	31 Aug 2002	New Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City
8	Win	8–0	Reynaldo Mutia	0–1	KO	2 (10) ?	31 Jul 2002	Gaisano Country Mall Parking Lot, Barangay Banilad, Cebu City
7	Win	7–0	Allan Ranada	4–2	UD	10	25 May 2002	Mandaue City Sports & Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
6	Win	6–0	Flash Eraham	14–6–3	PTS	10	13 Apr 2002	Makati Coliseum, Makati City
5	Win	5–0	Junric Velono	11–11	TKO	2 (?) ?	20 Jan 2002	Barangay Banilad, Cebu City
4	Win	4–0	Bert Cano	23–6–3	MD	10	7 Dec 2001	Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
3	Win	3–0	Sornthong Mungmeeveeraphum	Debut	TKO	8 (?) ?	10 Aug 2001	Barangay Lahug, Cebu City	Injury Stoppage.
2	Win	2–0	Efren Ubanan	Debut	TKO	4 (?) ?	20 Apr 2001	Barangay Pitalo, San Fernando
1	Win	1–0	Rudy Hibaya	1–0	UD	6	31 Mar 2001	Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City	Professional Debut

Going home

In February 2010, Gorres was well enough to fly home to the Philippines, where he was greeted at the airport by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His physical therapy continued at Perpetual Succur Hospital in Cebu. His therapy involved the strengthening and conditioning of his muscles to help him regain the ability to do functional activities. Gorres began to regain his ability to walk and regained partial control of his left hand. He also underwent a series of surgeries for throat blockage. ^[7]

References

1. "Gorres, Darchinyan clash in 'Now or Never' match". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
2. Joaquin Henson (November 16, 2009). "Gorres shows signs of recovery". The Philippine Star. p. A-32.
3. Anson Wainwright (October 6, 2009). "Q & A with Z "THE DREAM" GORRES". 15rounds.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
4. Hale, Andreas (2009-11-13). "Rosas decisions Catubay". Fight News. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
5. Giongco, Nick. "Gorres on road to recovery". The Manila Bulletin Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
6. "The Fabulous Forum". Los Angeles Times. 2009-11-14.
7. "Gorres recovers from throat surgery". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-04.

External links

• Boxing record for Z Gorres from BoxRec (registration required)