Banks-Ayala II set just three months after split decision

Press Release: The heavily-anticipated rematch between super middleweight prospects Elvin Ayala (16-1, 7 KOs) and David Banks (13-1-1, 2 KOs), from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, will air live Friday on the Telefutura network, beginning at 8 PM E/T. The two promising super-middleweights first clashed on November 24, 2006 at The Roxy in Boston, with Banks earning a split-decision victory. Banks travelled cross-country on Thanksgiving day, and managed to hand Ayala his first professional defeat. Banks, much to his credit, is not only giving Ayala a rematch, but is also be doing so in Ayala's home state of Connecticut. Ayala resides in New Haven, CT, while Banks will once again travel cross-country from his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Guatemalan-born featherweight Castulo Gonzalez (8-2, 3 KOs) climbs back in the ring for the second time since his February 2005 loss at the hands of Mike Oliver, when he takes on Barbaro Zepeda (8-10, 2 KOs).