Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Gregory Morales scheduled to face Jayvon Garnett in Rocha-Dominguez undercard

A conflict between once-beaten prospects has been added to Friday’s Golden Boy Combat Evening on DAZN card.

Featherweight Gregory Morales will sq. off in opposition to Jayvon Garnett of Cincinnati, Ohio. The ten-round bout will happen on the Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California and can precede the primary occasion bout between welterweight contender Alexis Rocha and unbeaten Santiago Dominguez.

Each fights will stream reside on DAZN (9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT).

Morales (16-1, 9 knockouts), who resides in San Antonio, Texas, defeated Ronal Ron by unanimous determination in his final bout on February 27. The win over Ron came about over six months after Morales stopped Ernesto Salcedo within the fifth spherical.

The 23-year-old has received his final three fights since dropping by determination to unbeaten bantamweight prospect Katsuma Akitsugi in April 2022.

Morales has fought below the Golden Boy Promotions banner since January 2020. He made his professional debut on the age of 16 in July 2017 in Mexico.

Garnett (10-1, 5 KOs) has not fought in virtually three years, which came about on a ShoBox telecast. Garnett misplaced a one-sided determination to featherweight contender Luis Nuñez.

Three months previous to the loss to Nuñez, the 29-year-old defeated once-beaten Jose Argel by unannmous determination.

Additionally on the cardboard in Indio, junior middleweight Grant Flores (5-0, 4 KOs) of close by Coachella will face Juan Meza (4-5, 3 KOs) of Los Angeles in a six-round bout.

The 19-year-old, who additionally resides within the Coachella Valley, simply fought on June 27, additionally on the Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino, knocking out Josias Gonzalez within the third spherical.

In featherweight motion, Jorge Chavez (11-0, 8 KOs) of San Diego will sq. off in opposition to Mexico Metropolis’s Riku Kitani (8-2, 3 KOs) in a six-round bout.

Junior middleweight Fabian Guzman (4-0, 4 KOs) of Orange, California will face Corey Prepare dinner (2-1-1, 1 KO) and light-weight Juan Estrada, Jr. (2-0, 1 KOs) will sq. off in opposition to Salt Lake Metropolis’s Dyllon Cervantes Alvarado (3-2-1, 2 KOs).

Each fights are scheduled for 4 rounds.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]


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