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“Gucci” Manny Flores came in at the weight limit of 118 lbs. ahead of his ten-round bantamweight fight on Thursday night against Jorge Leyva, who came in at 117.2 lbs.
The fight, which headlines a Golden Boy Fight Night card, will be the sixth in seven outings for Flores at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
Both looked in tip-top shape, with Flores, 26, of Coachella, California offering a cordial and sportsmanlike handshake during the final stare-down.
Flores enters with a professional record of 19-1 (15 KOs) and is on a four-fight winning streak since his lone career loss to Walter Santibanes in 2023. Leyva, 23, of La Paz, Mexico, enters with a record of 18-3 (13 KOs). He won a unanimous decision over David Carmona in June after losing a split-decision in Argentina to Jose Alberto Arias three months prior. Leyva was on a seven-fight win streak before that loss.
The co-feature will see junior middleweight Grant Flores, the cousin of Manny, in action against Philadelphia’s Laquan Evans. Flores, the 20-year-old from Coachella, California, came in at 154lbs, as did Evans. Flores last fought in January, knocking out David Lobo Ramirez in two rounds. He currently holds a professional record of 8-0 (6 KOs).
Evans is 5-3 (2 KOs) as a professional with his last bout being a split-decision loss to Rasheed Johnson.
It was also announced that Junior welterweight Cayden Griffiths will no longer be on the card, though no additional details were given.
Weights for the card:
Bantamweight - 10 rounds
Manny Flores (118lbs)
Jorge Leyva (117.2lbs)
Junior welterweights - six rounds
Grant Flores (154lbs)
LaQuan Evans (154lbs)
Heavyweights – six rounds
Federico Pacheco Jnr (271lbs)
Arnulfo Cazares (190.8lbs)
Junior welterweight – four rounds
Ruslan Abdullaev (144.4lbs)
Jose Alvarado (143.4lbs)
Lightweight – six rounds
Jonathan Canas (134.6lbs)
Jesus Ramon Perez (134.4lbs)
Bantamweight – six rounds
Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu (117.4lbs)
Mario Hernandez (117.8lbs)
