Manny Flores is ready to return to the venue where he has made a name for himself in his young career on Thursday at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.
Flores, 18-1 (14 KOs), the 26-year-old hometown fighter from Coachella, California, will face Victor Olivo, 21-4-1 (9 KOs), a 28-year-old veteran from Sonora, Mexico, at the top of a card to be broadcast on DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions' YouTube channel. On Wednesday, Flores tipped the scales at 119.0lbs, while Olivo weighed in at 117.8lbs.
Although the bantamweight limit is 118lbs, Flores' contracted weight was 119.
Flores has been on a three-fight knockout streak since suffering his lone career defeat, to Walter Santibanes in June 2023.
Olivo enters this bout following a unanimous decision loss to former title challenger Argi Cortes. He has fought across three divisions, from junior bantamweight to junior featherweight.
In the co-feature, undefeated featherweight Jose Sanchez of Cathedral City, California, will take on Mexico’s Edwin Palomares in a 10-round fight.
Sanchez, 24, has fought six times at or around the featherweight limit, though he had been campaigning at junior featherweight in recent bouts. After defeating Erik Ruiz at junior featherweight in April, Sanchez is moving up to featherweight.
Palomares, 28, enters the fight coming off an eight-round draw in September against Isaac Ezequiel Aranda Castaneda in Mexico. In September 2023, Palomares faced Golden Boy contender Victor Morales, losing by unanimous decision.
Full weigh-in results are as follows:
Bantamweight – 10 rounds
Manuel Flores (119.0lbs) vs Victor Olivo (117.8lbs)
Featherweight – 10 rounds
Jose Sanchez (126.0lbs) vs Edwin Palomares (126.0lbs)
Junior middleweight – six rounds
Grant Flores (154.2lbs) vs Luis Ramos (153.8lbs)
Lightweight – six rounds
Daniel Garcia (135.2lbs) vs Jorge Villegas (135.2lbs)
Junior welterweight – four rounds
Cayden Griffiths (141.8lbs) vs Markus Bowes (138.8lbs)
Lightweight – six rounds
Jonathan Canas (137.2lbs vs Pedro Cruz (140.0lbs)
Junior lightweight – four rounds
Daniel Luna (129.8lbs) vs Giovanny Gonzalez (131.0lbs)
Bantamweight – four rounds
Kevin Gudino (117.6lbs) vs Bryan Cox (119.4lbs)
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