CANCUN, 墨西哥 (二月 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancun Boxing” 系列, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & 娛樂, 將播出 明天 夜晚 (週五晚, 二月. 10) 在北美, 開始 11 P.M. AND / 8 P.M. PT, on CBS Sports Network.

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 舊金山 “Chihuas” 羅德里格斯 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 科斯) 和 Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 科斯), 日本的. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 在墨西哥, 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, 在墨西哥, 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 由IBF, 還有沒有. 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 鄒市明 (9-2, 2 科斯), the 2-time Olympic gold medalist from China, who is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined 三月 6 澳門.

在10輪的共同特徵, WBC No. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 科斯) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, 舊金山 “Paquito” Rojo (18-2, 11 科斯).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) 在他們的 2012 複賽, 世界冠軍挑戰者 Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist 加馬迪亞茲 (KO8) 在 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado的佔位符圖像 (DEC12) 去年三月.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world champion, 豪爾赫·利納雷斯 (41-3, 27 科斯), of Venezuela, 計劃打 海. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion 安東尼克羅拉 (31-5-3-3, 13 科斯) 在曼徹斯特, 英國.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, 作為無. 1 強制性的挑戰者, he could take on new WBC lightweight king Mickey Garcia (36-0, 30 科斯), the rising American star who recently knocked out defending WBC 135-pound division champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 科斯). 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 約翰· “左撇子” 阿爾瓦雷斯 (24-7, 16 科斯) 和不敗的前景 Henry “Bestia” 佛朗哥 (8-0, 5 科斯). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, 點蝕 舊金山 “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 科斯) 與 舊金山 “Relampago” 埃爾南德斯 (6-1, 2 科斯).

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