By Miguel Rivera

Former world champion Jhonny 'Bomber' Gonzalez began his training to return on May 18 in Saltillo, Coahuila, and has added to his team the renowned coach Manny Robles, with whom he has been working with in California for the past week, according to ESPN Deportes.

Gonzalez, 37, with a professional record of 66-11 and 54 knockouts, knows that he is reaching the final stage of his career and can not waste any time while a new opportunity comes about to challenge for a 130-pound world championship.

Manny Robles excelled in taking Oscar Valdez from Sonora and Mexican-American Jessie Magdaleno to world championships, although he has also had other fighters such as Michael Conlan and Joselito Velázquez, although they have all decided to change teams.

IN OTHER NEWS:  Central Asia has already produced some world-conquering boxers and in Shakhobidin Zoirov, Hurshid Tojibaev, Sultan Zaurbek, Nurtas Azhbenov, Viktor Kotochigov and Abilkhaiyr Shegaliyev, MTK Global may boast six future superstars.

The ground-breaking #DXBUncovered show in Dubai provided the stage for debutant Zoirov – an Olympic champion – to stun spectators with an 18-second stoppage win. If there was any doubt as to how fast the diminutive Uzbek is capable of rising in the paid ranks, that’s how long it took to dispel.

And all that after Kazakhstan’s Shegaliyev had also dismantled his man inside a single round. Not to be outdone, Zaurbek duly brought the crowd to its feet again with a highlight reel KO of his own against China’s valiant Chenghong Tao.

All three were brutal displays – not just in terms of the weight and velocity of the punches thrown but in their pinpoint accuracy and devastating technique.

With Zaurbek already delighting Sky Sports subscribers on multiple Matchroom shows, his Kazakh compatriot and close friend Azhbenov battering his way to 4-0 with ease, Uzbekistan’s Tojibaev producing a clinical debut stoppage the previous week and Kotochigov already 8-0-KO4 and Shegaliyev 3-0-KO2, the region may be set for a golden era.

The technical level of Central Asian fighters is no surprise given their success in amateur competition; Zoirov’s 2016 Rio Games gold is by no means the only palpable proof of their prowess.

Two-time Olympian Tojibaev, who seized a medal at the Asian Games, became AIBA world champion before turning professional. Zaurbek won the Asian Games and a medal at AIBA world youth level. Both he and Azhbenov, who along with Kotochigov and Shegaliyev also boast multiple amateur medals, beat Olympic champions.