Antonio Orozco Wins Big at Fantasy Springs – Full Report with Pictures

By Anthony “Stacks” Saldaña
Photos by Cynthia “Cindy Lou” Saldaña

Last night Golden Boy Promotions brought a night of entertainment to the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, California. The night was headlined by undefeated Antonio “Relentless” Orozco, 23-0, 15 KO’s as he took on the battle tested Miguel Acosta, 28-8-2, 23 KO’s from Philadelphia, PA. Undefeated Antonio Orozco took out the veteran fighter Acosta in the 1st round. Acosta who is coming off four straight losses was completely outclassed from the start.”We take every fight seriously,” said Antonio Orozco. “We knew that Acosta is a former world champion, and we made sure to be as prepared as possible.

Fortunately, I was able to go in there and execute my game plan and ended the fight early. I want to fight a few more times this year and am ready to take on the best in the division. I am ready for the title shot. After the fight Acosta stated “when I found out I was fighting Orozco I started training vigorously to become a stronger fighter, but Orozco came out aggressively from the beginning”. “There was a moment in the ring when I had a small doubt, that’s when Orozco hurt me, I didn’t have time to recover he was aggressive and I couldn’t continue”. Orozco plans on spending some time with his children, then meeting with Golden Boy with hopes of fighting for a title at Super Lightweight by the end of the year.

The Orozco fight was Co-headlined by local favorite Andrew “El Chango” Cancio, 16-3-2, 12 KO’s from Blythe, California as he took on Hugo Cazarez, 40-8-2, 27 KO’s from Los Mochis, Mexico. Andrew came out blazing, hitting Cazarez with swift combinations and timed power shots to the body. El Chango hurt Cazarez several times in the first round leaving Hugo stumbling back to his corner. The 2nd round brought much of the same as Andrew continued to land a barrage of punches to the face of Hugo. The end came at 2:49 of the 3rd as the corner of Cazarez had seen enough and threw in the towel. After the fight Cancio stated “I’m in shape i’m back in the ring, and I want a rematch with Ronnie Rios, I fought him good the first time but I know I can do better, I want to go out there and get that W”

Also showcased on the card was undefeated prospect Jason “El Animal” Quigley, 10-0, 9 KO’s. Quigley made quick work of Freddy Lopez, 10-3, 7 KO’s. Jason came out and stopped Lopez with a devastating body shot. Quigley stated after the fight “although I’m out here all smiling and happy, I love doing what I’m doing but at the end of the day all my hard work and everything I sacrifice, the guy across the ropes from me is in there to take it away from me and by God I’m not going to let anyone take that from me”.

In other action

Marco Magdaleno 2-0, 1 KO battled Luis Silva 2-7, 1 KO. The active scrap saw the fighters go at each other with Magdaleno delivering a devastating blow to Silva at 1:29 mark of the second round to win the fight by knockout.

Emilio Sanchez 12-0, 9 KO’s of Pacoima, California participated in a scheduled eight-round featherweight fight against Gustavo Molina 12-10, 5 KO’s from Tlaxcala, Mexico. Sanchez used an effect jab that saw Molina hit the canvas in the second round. Molina made the count but was stopped at 2:03 of the round by the referee as Sanchez unleashed an attack to win the fight via technical knockout.
“I made sure to listen to my corner, keep my distance and work the body and it paid off,” said Emilio Sanchez. “I am glad I added another knockout victory to my record and beating a fighter with more experience shows that I am progressing. I am hoping to add a 10-rounder by the end of the year and hopefully fight for a regional title early 2017.”

Undefeated top prospect of St. Louis, MO KeAndre “The Truth” Gibson 14-0-1, 6 KO’s participated in an eight-round super welterweight against Hector Velazquez 57-27-3, 39 KO’s of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The fight stole the show as the most action-packed fight of the night, going to six-rounds before Gibson sent Velazquez to the mat to win the fight via knockout. “I had a long training camp preparing myself for anyone who dared to get in the ring with me tonight,” said KeAndre Gibson. “I knew that Velazquez was a veteran fighter who was going to bring a lot of experience with him and I knew he was going to be resilient. I wanted to make sure I kept my distance and fought the fight I wanted to, and at the end of the night I am happy with the knockout victory. I am ready to step it up this year and go up to the 10-rounders.”

Opening up the night Jon Jon Dinong 2-0, 2 KO’s of Los Angeles took on Jared Teer 2-6 of Olympia, WA in a scheduled four-round welterweight bout. Dinong and Teer kept-up a good pace exchanging blows throughout all four rounds of the bout. Towards the end of the fourth round, Dinong landed a right to Teer’s face that saw him hit the mat at the 2:10 mark of round missing the count, giving Dinong another knockout victory to add to his record.

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