cancun, Meksika (Şubat 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancun Boxing” dizi, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Eğlence, hava olacak yarın gece (Cuma gecesi, Şubat. 10) Kuzey Amerikada, başlayan 11 um. VE / 8 um. PT, CBS Sports Ağında.

The event took place Feb. 4 at Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s ONLY Ultimate All-Inclusive Entertainment Resort, which hosts all series events.

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 “Çılgın” 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) ve Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 KOs), of Japan. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 Meksika'da, 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, Meksika'da, 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 IBF tarafından, yanı sıra No. 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 Mart 6 Macau.

10-yuvarlak ko-özelliği ise, WBC No. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 KOs) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Francisco “Paquito” Rojo (18-2, 11 KOs).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) içinde onların 2012 rövanş, dünya şampiyonluğu challenger Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Gamaliel Diaz (KO8) içinde 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (Aralık 12) last March.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world champion, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs), of Venezuela, mücadele planlanıyor Deniz. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 KOs) Manchester, Birleşik Krallık.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, No olarak. 1 zorunlu rakibi, 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 “Solak” Alvarez (24-7, 16 KOs) ve namağlup umudu Henry “Bestia” Franco (8-0, 5 KOs). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, karıncalanma Francisco “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 KOs) karşı Francisco “Relampago” Hernandez (6-1, 2 KOs).

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