Unbeaten super bantamweight Jose “Tito” Sanchez (12-0, 7 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Walter Santibanes (12-3, 2 KOs) on Thursday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Sanchez went ten tough rounds with the rugged Santibanes, winning 99-91, 99-91, 98-92.
Unbeaten middleweight Eric Priest (12-0, 8 KOs) blew away Paul Mendez (21-5-2, 11 KOs) in the first round. Priest dropped Mendez in round one and got a referee’s stoppage with his follow-up barrage. Time was 2:09.
Undefeated featherweight Jorge Chavez (9-0, 7 KOs) defeated Jerson Ortiz (17-10, 8 KOs) via second round stoppage. Chavez sent Ortiz to the mat once during the second round. Ortiz’s corner ultimately waving the white towel after the round.
Welterweight Ricardo Ruvalcaba (11-0-1, 9 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Irvin Macias (15-4, 10 KOs). The judges scored the action fight 80-72, 78-74, and 80-72.
Super welterweight Justin “Just-in-time” Figueroa (7-0, 6 KOs) defeated Jerome Clayton (3-3-1, 3 KOs) via third-round knockout.
That main event was fantastic. The scores were wide (and fair imo), but it was a very good fight.
I thought about going to this show, but it wasn’t even listed on Golden Boy’s website. I thought it was canceled, so I instead went to the 9-bout boxing card in Costa Mesa.