CANCUN, Мексика (Февраль 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancun бокса” серия, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Развлечения, будет транслироваться завтра ночь (вечер пятницы, Февраль. 10) в Северной Америке, начиная с 11 p.m. И / 8 p.m. PT, на CBS Sports Network.

The event took place Feb. 4 в Grand Oasis Cancun гостиничный комплекс, Cancun`s ТОЛЬКО Окончательный Все включено Развлечения Курорт, где проходят все мероприятия серии.

The main event and co-feature showcased a pair of world-class Mexican fighters, former minimumweight world champion Франциско “Чихуа” Родригес 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 КО) и Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 КО), Японии. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 в Мексике, by way of a 10-round technical knockout over previously unbeaten Мерлито Сабилло (23-0-1), who was making his third title defense.

Rodriguez dropped IBF minimumweight title-holder Кацунари Такаяма (27-6) once en route to his 12-round unanimous decision victory August 9, 2014, в Мексике, 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 по версии IBF, а также Нет. 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 Цзоу Шимин (9-2, 2 КО), the 2-time Olympic gold medalist from China, who is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined Март 6 в Макао.

В 10-раундовом совместно функцию, WBC Нет. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 КО) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Франциско “Пакито” Красный (18-2, 11 КО).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) в их 2012 ответный матч, титул чемпиона мира Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Гамалиил Диас (Kho8) в 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (DEC12) в марте прошлого года.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world champion, Хорхе Линарес (41-3, 27 КО), of Venezuela, планирует бороться Море. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Энтони Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 КО) в Манчестере, Великобритания.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, как Нет. 1 обязательным претендентом, he could take on new WBC lightweight king Mickey Garcia (36-0, 30 КО), the rising American star who recently knocked out defending WBC 135-pound division champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 КО). 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 Джон “Левша” Альварес (24-7, 16 КО) и непобежденным перспективы Генри “Bestia” Франко (8-0, 5 КО). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, выкрашивание Франциско “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 КО) против Франциско “Relampago” Эрнандес (6-1, 2 КО).

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