Tito Sanchez will face Edwin Palomares in a 10-round junior featherweight co-main event October 24 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday in finalizing the show’s undercard.
Sanchez-Palomares will be the primary support for headliners Manuel Flores, 18-1 (14 KOs), and Victor Olivo, 21-4-1 (9 KOs), in a 10-round bantamweight fight on “Golden Boy Fight Night” (DAZN, 9 p.m. ET/ 6 PT), which will showcase Golden Boy’s top prospects from California’s Coachella Valley.
In addition to Cathedral City’s Sanchez, 13-0 (7 KOs) facing Mexico City’s Palomares, 18-5-3 (9 KOs), Coachella Valley’s Grant Flores, 6-0 (5 KOs), will take on Luis Ramos, 7-4-1 (7 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, in a six-round junior middleweight contest.
Also, Denver’s Daniel Garcia, 9-0 (7 KOs), will face Oxnard, California’s Jorge Villegas, 14-3 (13 KOs) in a six-round lightweight bout; prospect Gael Cabrera, 5-0 (3 KOs), of Sonora, Mexico, will contest a six-round junior featherweight fight against an opponent to be announced; and Coachella Valley’s Cayden Griffiths, 1-0 (1 KO) will meet Roxboro, North Carolina’s Markus Bowes, 3-6 (2 KOs) in a four-round junior welterweight bout in the broadcast opener.
On the preliminary card, Santa Ana, California’s Johnny Cañas, 5-0 (2 KOs), will battle Pedro Cruz, 3-5 (2 KOs), of San Jose, California, in a six-round lightweight fight. In another four-round lightweight contest, Victorville, California’s Daniel Luna, 4-1 (4 KOs) will square off against Caracas, Venezuela’s Giovanny Gonzalez, 2-5 (2 KOs). And in the show opener, West Covina, California’s Kevin Gudiño will make his professional debut against Bryan Cox, 0-1, of Cedar Hill, Texas, in a four-round bantamweight fight.
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