Local boxing hero from Avenal Jose Ramirez returned to the Save Mart Center on Friday night to defend his junior welterweight title against San Diego native Antonio Orozco. Ramirez successfully retained the belt after a 119-107 unanimous decision.
Both Ramirez and Orozco came out firing from the opening bell. The boxers traded some good shots and neither fighter seemed to win the first round convincingly.
Ramirez landed a big left hook that stuns Orozco early in the second round, but Orozco weathered the storm.
The kid from Avenal was more of the aggressor in the second round, but even so, Orozco landed several crosses to Ramirez’s head.