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. Gorres is married to Datchess Gorres and has four children.

Boxing career Gorres became a boxing practitioner at 9 years of age. 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. 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. The injury he suffered ended his boxing career.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentOpponent's RecordTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes35WinLuis Melendez26–3–1UD1013 Nov 200934Win30–2–2Cruz Carbajal29–16–2RTD6 (10) 12 Sep 200933Win29–2–2Roberto Carlos Leyva26–8–1TKO7 (12) 14 Mar 200932Win28–2–2Nick Otiento15–1UD1031 May 200831Draw27–2–2Vic Darchinyan29–1SD122 Feb 200830Win27–2–1Eric Ortiz27–6–1TKO8 (12) 11 Aug 200729Loss26–2–1Fernando Montiel33–2–1SD1224 Feb 200728Win26–1–1Sonny Manakane9–3–1TKO4 (10) 21 Oct 200627Win25–1–1Pedro Rincon Miranda30–10–2UD1027 May 200626Win24–1–1Waenpetch Chuwatana23–7–2UD1218 Mar 200625Win23–1–1Jose Alfredo Tirado20–7UD103 Feb 200624Win22–1–1Wisanu Kokietgym16–5–1TKO4 (10) 29 Oct 200523Win21–1–1Krabuan Butrprom22–11–2UD1030 Jul 200522Win20–1–1Glenn Donaire13–1TKO1 (10) 19 Mar 200521Win19–1–1Chaiyong Sithsaithong6–3UD1011 Dec 200420Win18–1–1Sairung Singwancha32–6UD104 Sep 200419Win17–1–1Yun Chul Yuh7–14–3TKO2 (10) 31 May 200418Draw16–1–1Randy Mangubat32–18–11TD2 (10) 20 Feb 200417Win16–1Eric Barcelona25–4–5SD1020 Dec 200316Win15–1Ryan Campesino6–2–1KO5 (10) 4 Oct 200315Win14–1Rommel Libradilla11–12TKO3 (10) 30 Aug 200314Loss13–1Edgar Rodrigo9–3–4TKO9 (12) 1 Jun 200313Win13–0Roy Balataria8–6–1TKO6 (12) 15 Mar 200312Win12–0Ricky Escaner8–3KO4 (10) 19 Jan 200311Win11–0Sherwin Manatad6–4–2KO4 (10) 16 Dec 200210Win10–0Flash Murillo24–8–1UD1019 Oct 20029Win9–0Jonnie Coma6–7–1TKO3 (10) 31 Aug 20028Win8–0Reynaldo Mutia0–1KO2 (10) 31 Jul 20027Win7–0Allan Ranada4–2UD1025 May 20026Win6–0Flash Eraham14–6–3PTS1013 Apr 20025Win5–0Junric Velono11–11TKO2 (?) 20 Jan 20024Win4–0Bert Cano23–6–3MD107 Dec 20013Win3–0Sornthong MungmeeveeraphumDebutTKO8 (?) 10 Aug 20012Win2–0Efren UbananDebutTKO4 (?) 20 Apr 20011Win1–0Rudy Hibaya1–0UD631 Mar 2001

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.

References

External links