On August 10, 2019, a 31-year-old Antonio Orozco (28-1, 17 KOs) and a 21-year-old American boxer Vergil Ortiz Jr. (13-0, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Orozco came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Ortiz Jr. was on a 13-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 6 days.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Antonio Orozco via KO in the 6th round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 14-0 (14 KOs), while Orozco adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On September 14, 2018, a 30-year-old Antonio Orozco (27-0, 17 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBC title held by José Carlos Ramírez.
Orozco came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days.
Antonio Orozco was defending his super-lightweight titles and, fighting for the super-lightweight WBC titles against José Carlos Ramírez and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-lightweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 27-1.