CANCUN, Mexico (Februari 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Tinju Cancun” siri, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Hiburan, akan ke udara esok malam (malam Jumaat, Februari. 10) di Amerika Utara, bermula 11 petang. DAN / 8 petang. PT, di Rangkaian Sukan CBS.

The event took place Feb. 4 di Grand Oasis Cancun Hotel Complex, HANYA Resort Hiburan All-Inklusif Cancun, yang menganjurkan semua acara bersiri.

The main event and co-feature showcased a pair of world-class Mexican fighters, former minimumweight world champion Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez and No.1 world rated lightweight Dante “Crazy” Jardon, in critical matches that had immediate world title fight implications.

The main event was a scheduled 10-round flyweight bout between Rodriguez (20-4-1, 13 KOs) dan Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 KOs), of Japan. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 di Mexico, by way of a 10-round technical knockout over previously unbeaten Merlito Sabillo (23-0-1), who was making his third title defense.

Rodriguez dropped IBF minimumweight title-holder Katsunari Takayama (27-6) once en route to his 12-round unanimous decision victory August 9, 2014, di Mexico, in their unification match. Rodriguez later vacated both of his world minimumweight titles.

Rated as the No. 3 flyweight contender in the world by the WBO and No. 11 oleh IBF, dan Tiada. 9 as a light flyweight by the World Boxing Council (WBC), Rodriguez can position himself for a potential title shot against WBO reigning flyweight champion Zou Shiming (9-2, 2 KOs), the 2-time Olympic gold medalist from China, who is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined Mac 6 di Macau.

Pada 10-pusingan bersama-ciri, WBC No.. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 KOs) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Francisco “Nyamuk” Merah (18-2, 11 KOs).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) dalam mereka 2012 perlawanan semula, dunia pencabar gelaran Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Gamaliel Diaz (KO8) dalam 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (DEC12) last March.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world champion, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs), of Venezuela, dijadualkan untuk melawan Laut. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 KOs) di Manchester, United Kingdom.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, as the No. 1 pencabar mandatori, he could take on new WBC lightweight king Mickey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs), the rising American star who recently knocked out defending WBC 135-pound division champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 KOs). Garcia was rated No. 2 to Jardon in the most recent WBC lightweight world ratings.

The televised action starts with an eight-round welterweight bout between John “Kidal” Alvarez (24-7, 16 KOs) dan prospek tanpa ditewaskan Henry “Bestia” Franco (8-0, 5 KOs). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, bopeng Francisco “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 KOs) berbanding Francisco “Relampago” Hernandez (6-1, 2 KOs).

Rangkaian Sukan CBS tersedia di seluruh negara melalui kabel tempatan, video dan penyedia telekomunikasi dan melalui satelit di DIRECTV Channel 221 dan Dish Network Channel 158. Untuk maklumat lanjut, termasuk jadual pengaturcaraan penuh dan bagaimana untuk mendapatkan CBS Sports Network, pergi ke www.cbssportsnetwork.com

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