Coachella bantamweight Manuel "Gucci Manny" Flores (20-1, 16 KOs) was victorious Thursday night as stopped Jorge "Zurdo" Leyva (18-4, 13 KOs) of La Paz, Mexico in four rounds in the Golden Boy DAZN main event at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
Flores scored a knockdown in the third round and sent Leyva to the canvas a second time in the fourth. Leyva was unable to continue as the referee stopped the fight at 55 seconds into the fourth round.
“I feel good. I feel amazing. It’s just a blessing to showcase my skills in front of my hometown, it’s just a blessing," said Flores. "What I believe is next for me is to face someone in the top ranks, maybe within the top 10. I want to get myself within the rankings and work our way to a belt. ”
Coachella’s welterweight Grant Flores (9-0, 7 KOs) had a solid performance in front of his hometown as he scored a stoppage over Philadelphia’s LaQuan Evans (5-4, 2 KOs). Flores was too much for Evans with an offensive attack leading the referee to wave off the fight at 1:18 of the second round.
Olympian and amateur standout Ruslan Abdullaev (1-0, 1 KO) made his pro and Golden Boy promotional debut with a second-round knockout over Mexico’s Jose Alvarado (3-20-1, 2 KOs). Abdullaev landed a crunching body shot that sent Alvarado to the canvas and was down for the count as the the fight was over at 2:33 of the second.
South Central Los Angeles heavyweight Federico Pacheco (8-0, 6 KOs), the brother of undefeated super middleweight top contender Diego Pacheco stopped Arnulfo Cazares (2-5, 2 KOs). Pacheco attacked Cazares as the referee stepped in to stop the fight at 1:46 of the fourth round.
Opening the DAZN broadcast, Johnny “Sugarcane” Cañas (7-0, 2 KOs) defeated Jesus Perez (14-20-1, 8 KOs) of Sinaloa, Mexico. Cañas was warned for low blows midway through the fight, which sent Perez to the mat. All three judges scored the bout unanimously 60-54.
Kicking off fight night, Mongolia's Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu (6-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of Los Angeles, took home a majority decision victory against Santa Ana’s Mario Hernandez (12-6-1, 4 KOs) with scores of 57-57, 59-55, and 59-55
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