By any measure, Cain Sandoval's boxing career got off to a tremendous start. He was young, undefeated, and beginning to gain attention among the sport’s hardcore with a series of impressive performances. Outside of a pair of decision wins in 2024, he had stopped every opponent he had faced; in his first outing following those decisions, he halted Romero Duno with a body shot to bring his record to 14-0 (12 KOs). 

But he felt something was missing, that he wasn’t quite reaching his full potential. So he left his home town of Sacramento, California and headed to Hollywood to work with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club.