CANCUN, México (Abril 19, 2017) – The second installment of the 2017 “Cancun Boxing” serie, presented by Pepe Gomez Boxing in association with Neon Sports & Diversión, vai ao aire mañá noite (Xoves noite, Abril 20) in North America, a partir de 10 p.m. E / 7 p.m. PT, on CBS Sports Network.

The event took place this past April 8th at Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s ONLY Ultimate All-Inclusive Entertainment Resort, which hosts all series events.

Three-time world champion Cristian “Diamente” Mijares (55-8-2, 26 Kos) and former super flyweight titlist Tomas “Gusano” Rojas (48-14-1, 32 Kos) squared off in the 10-round main event in a showdown between a pair of veteran Mexican featherweights.

Mijares vs. Rojas was a rematch of their March 12, 2004 fight in Mexico, in which Mijares won a 12-round unanimous decision for the Mexico super flyweight championship. They had a combined pro record of 103-22-3 (58 Kos), along with four world titles in two divisions, upon entering the ring last Saturday evening.

The reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion, Mijares is rated No. 4 and positioned for another world title shot with a victory over Rojas. Mijares is a three-time world super flyweight champion who is 11-5 en loitas polo título mundial.

The 35-year-old boxer has defeated a Who’s Who of lower weight division boxers during his decade-plus professional career, Incluíndo Reynaldo Lopez, Jorge Arce,Chatchai Sasakul, Francisco Arce, Juan Alberto Rosas, Jonathan Perez,Alexander Valdez, Rafael Márquez, Johnny Soto, Teppei Kikui, Jose Navarro,Alexander Munoz e Katsushige Kawashima.

WBC No. 18-rated Rojas is a former WBC super flyweight champion and the reigning WBC Americas featherweight titlist. Rojas, 36, was the WBC super flyweight world champion from September 20, 2010 a agosto 19, 2011.

His most notable wins have been against Kohei Kono, Noburo Mashiro, Juan Jose Montes, Everado Morales e Evans Mbamba.

In the eight-round co-feature event, undefeated Mexican bantamweight prospect Aaron “pantasma” Alameda (18-0, 10 Kos) stepped up in class to fight battle-tested Edgar “Poder” Jimenez (22-12-2, 16 Kos), de México.

The 24-year-old Alameda was relatively untested, in terms of facing high-quality opposition, while Jimenez is a proven upset specialist having taken a 10-round majority decision over 28-0 Ivan Morales en 2015.

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