Adan Ochoa and Anthony Garnica perceive the stakes and know what a much-needed win would do for his or her respective careers.
The pair of featherweight will sq. off Saturday night at Thunder Studios in Lengthy Seaside, California. The eight-round bout will headline a Showtime Boxing and Westside Boxing Promotions card that can stream dwell on the World Boxing Council (WBC) web site and Fb web page (10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT).
At Friday’s weigh-in, each fighters weighed in at 126 kilos.
The conflict between Ochoa and Garnica is a crossroads bout between a former prospect and an unbeaten fighter who has fought sporadically in recent times.
Ochoa (13-4, 6 knockouts; 1 No Contest), who resides in close by Downey, was a prime novice standout in Southern California earlier than turning professional in November 2016. In his final bout on January 27, Ochoa stopped John Mark Alimane within the second spherical.
In his earlier struggle on August 26 of final 12 months, Ochoa misplaced by cut up resolution to once-beaten Arnold Alejandro.
The 26-year-old has struggled in current fights, shedding three of his final six fights, together with a unanimous resolution loss to unbeaten featherweight Omar Trinidad on April 14 of final 12 months.
Garnica (11-0-1, 6 KOs), who resides in Oakland, California, knocked out journeyman Oscar Negrete within the first spherical of his final bout on April 14 of final 12 months. In his earlier struggle, which passed off seven months earlier, Garnica defeated gatekeeper Juan Antonio Lopez by majority resolution.
The 24-year-old Garnica fought thrice in 2021 and thrice in 2022.
Additionally on the cardboard, featherweight Malikai Johnson of Sacramento, California will face Aidyn Yelzhanov in an eight-round bout.
Johnson (12-0-1, 8 KOs) has not fought since November 4, knocking out Eugene Lagos within the third spherical. In his earlier struggle on July 28 of final 12 months, Johnson defeated Ivan Varela by unanimous resolution.
The 27-year-old is promoted By Patrick Regan.
Yelzhanov (6-2-1, 4 KOs), who’s initially from Kostanay, Kazakhstan and now resides in San Francisco, California, misplaced his final struggle to unbeaten featherweight prospect Albert Gonzalez on August 19 of final 12 months.
Fringe welterweight contender Vlad Panin of Belarus will sq. off in opposition to Argentina’s Victoriano Sanilltan (12-6-2, 8 KOs) in an eight-round bout.
Panin (19-1, 11 KOs), who now lives and trains in Los Angeles, stopped former world titleholder Devon Alexander within the second spherical of his final bout on Could 24. The 28-year-old has gained his final 12 bouts since a February 2020 loss to Moises Fuentes.
The 29-year-old Santillan has misplaced solely as soon as in his final six fights.
In junior light-weight motion, Jalan Walker (12-1-1, 10 KOs) of Los Angeles will face Colombia’s Pedro Pinillo (5-8, 5 KOs) in a six-round bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He could be reached at [email protected]
