Antonio Orozco: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - When Keandre Gibson was 8-0-1, he thought that his next opponent would be Terence Crawford. Gibson and Crawford, who had almost twice as many pro fights as Gibson at that time, both were promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. Gibson signed his contract, but the fight didn’t happen. He turn...
On Saturday night from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, a match-up of two undefeated junior welterweights takes place on ESP2, when Antonio Orozco (25-0, 16 KO's) takes on Keandre Gibson (16-0-1, 7 KO's).
On April 1st, unbeaten welterweight prospect Antonio Orozco (25-0) will return to the ring against fellow unbeaten prospect Keandre Gibson (16-0-1). The fight takes place at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. The fight will be the second installment of Orozco and Gibson's promoter Golden Boy's new output deal with ESPN. The series will premiere on March 23rd.
Golden Boy Promotions head matchmaker Robert Diaz has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that unbeaten welterweight prospects Antonio Orozco (25-0) and Keandre Gibson (16-0-1) will square at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on April 1st. The bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, will headline the second edition of Golden Boy's new series on ESPN.
Argentinean puncher Lucas 'La Maquina' Matthysse could end up facing Pablo Cesar Cano of Mexico on May 6th, according to a source who spoke with ESPN Deportes. Matthysse (37-4, 34 KO) has been out of the ring since October 2015, when he suffered an unexpected knockout loss to Viktor Postol in their WBC junior welterweight title fight.
Junior welterweight contender Antonio Orozco was scheduled to face Fidel Maldonado tomorrow night as the co-feature on HBO Latino from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Unfortunately, Orozco - who is rated number one by the WBC - has been pulled out of this contest.
Super lightweight standout and undefeated contender Antonio "Relentless" Orozco (25-0, 16 KOs)will face one of his toughest challenges to date, taking on the always-dangerous and exciting Fidel "The Atrisco Kid" Maldonado Jr. (22-3-1, 19 KOs) for the vacant WBC International Super Lightweight Championship in the 10-round co-main event of the Dec. 16 HBO Latino® Boxing tripleheader at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.
Multiple sources have advised BoxingScene.com that WBO/WBC super lightweight champion Terence "Bud" Crawford (29-0) will return to the ring in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska on December 10th.
While the main event for December 17th at the Forum in Inglewood, California is set with Orlando Salido facing Takashi Miura for the WBC interim super featherweight title, work still has to be done to round out the rest of this HBO telecast.
It was announced last week by Golden Boy Promotions that a bout between Orlando Salido and Takashi Miura for the WBC interim 130-pound title would headline a card at the Forum in Inglewood, California that would be televised by HBO on December 17th.