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Results From Indio: Flores KO's Olivio in One

Miguel Maravilla


Coachella Valley's super bantamweight Manuel “Gucci Manny” Flores (19-1, 15 KOs) made quick work of Sonora, Mexico's Victor Olivo (21-5-1, 9 KOs) in front of his homecrowd Thursday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in headlining on DAZN. A body shot by Flores did it as he dropped Olivio and was done at 1:50 in the first.



"“I’m feeling good," said Manuel Flores. "It was only one round, so I feel good, I can go again. I give myself a B today, I should have stopped him earlier.”



In the co-main event Cathedral City’s featherweight Tito Sanchez (14-0, 8 KOs) scored a knockout over the tough Edwin “Pupo” Palomares (18-5-3, 9 KOs). Starting off slugging it out, the two fighters went at it and in the eighth Sanchez finsished off Palomares at 0:53 of the eighth.



“I feel really great," said Tito Sanchez. "My performance wasn’t great in the earlier rounds because I wasn’t letting go yet, but once I threw my right hand, it connected, and that’s what we were waiting for, for that moment. Palomares wouldn’t stop throwing; he wouldn’t let me plant my feet, so I can could catch him with a right. His condition was excellent. He was on point today."



Coachella Valley’s Grant Flores (7-0, 5 KOs) went the distance against Carolina, Puerto Rico’s Luis Ramos (7-5-1, 7 KOs) in a six-round middleweight bout. Flores scoed the unanimous decision as the judges scored the bout. of 60-53, 59-54, and 60-53.



Denver's Daniel “Junebug” Garcia (10-0, 8 KOs) scored a second round knockout over Oxnard, California’s Jorge Villegas (14-3, 13 KOs). Villegas succumbed to Garcia’s power twice and as he was down on the canvas and did not make it to his feet.



Cayden Griffiths (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a third-round knockout of Markus Bowes (3-7, 2 KOs) of Roxboro, North Carolina in a welterweight fight scheduled for four-rounds.



Opening the DAZN broadcast, Santa Ana’s Johnny “Sugarcane” Cañas (6-0, 2 KOs) went the distance against Pedro “Zurdo de Oro” Cruz (3-6, 2 KOs) of San Jose. Cañas dominated and cruisded his way to a decision win. All three judges scored the fight 60-54 for Cañas.




Victorville’s Daniel “Ikaika” Luna (5-1, 5 KOs) added another knockout to his fight resume with a second-round stoppage over Caracas, Venezuela’s Giovanny Gonzalez (2-6, 2 KOs). Scheduled as a four-round lightweight match, Luna sent Gonzalez to the mat twice in the second round, the referee waving the fight off at 2:44.



Opening up fight night with a bout scheduled for four-rounds of super bantamweight action, Kevin Gudiño (1-0, 1 KO) of West Covina made a successful professional debut with a technical knockout victory over Bryan Cox (0-2) of Cedar Hill, Texas. Cox was sent down to the mat during the first round, and his corner stopped the fight at the conclusion of the first-round.

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