PARK CITY, Kansas (Mayo 11, 2017) – Unfazed Mexico-native Jose Rodriguez is determined to knockout 2016 medallista de bronce olímpico Nico Hernandez en Sábado, Junio 17, en el “KO Noche de Boxeo: Fuego rápido” headline event.

Hernández, nativo de Wichita (1-0, 1 KO) will be fighting at home against Rodriquez (2-0, 2 KOs), a flyweight living in Wisconsin,in the six-round main event that will air (10 p.m. Y / 7 p.m. PT) en CBS Sports Network en vivo desde Hartman Arena en Park City, Kansas.

“KO Noche de Boxeo: Fuego rápido” es una presentación de KO Night Boxing LLC.

Hernandez drew nearly 3,200 fans for his professional debut, Marzo 25, en las cercanías de Mulvane (Kansas), in which the 21-year-old future star stopped Patrick Gutiérrez en la cuarta ronda del evento principal, which was also televised live on CBS Sports Network.

Rodriguez is chasing the American dream having moved 12 years ago to Wisconsin for a job opportunity and better life for his family. He had started boxing in Mexico but was unable to continue because he needed to work. A few years after he moved to Wisconsin, Rodriguez decided he wanted to box again, although he had a difficult time finding a trainer who wanted to work with a 24-year-old novice. Entrenador Eddie Haynes gave Rodriguez an opportunity to join Team Certified, which includes former world title challenger Ángel manfredy, who also works Rodriguez’ esquina.

After a brief yet undefeated amateur career, highlighted by Rodriguez’ gold-medal performance in the in the Milwaukee Golden Gloves Championships, Jose turned pro last July in Milwaukee against Nicholas Brand. Ahora, he has a pair of first-round knockouts, the last this past September against Richard Tallmadge, who was coached by Nate Jones, irónicamente, also an American Olympic bronze-medal winner in 1996.

Rodríguez, who drives 1 ½-hours to train at his gym, works the night shift in a factory. “I fight for my wife and three children,” the 29-year-old Rodriquez said. “This is a very important fight for me because, when I knock him out, it’ll open doors for me and my team. I train very hard every day because I want to make a living boxing, or at least enough to work less hours, so I can see my kids more than the hour a day I do now. I’ve already lost too much time

“This is going to be a good action-fight, de principio a fin, as long as it lasts. I like to fight inside, putting a lot of pressure on my opponent. I don’t want to leave it in the hands of the judges. No decision, I’m knocking him out. If he thinks this is going to be an easy fight, he’ll know who I am after our fight. Voy a acabar con él!”

Unbeaten Canadian featherweight Marc “Gwapo” Pagcaliwangan (10-0-1, 8 KOs) takes on Mexican invader Ángel “Terrible” Monrreal (9-8-1, 3 KOs) en la co-característica de ocho rondas. Pagacaliwangan is a Taekwondo-trained fighter of Filipino heritage. He is a three-time Ontario Golden Gloves and two-time Provincial amateur champion in his native Canada.

Wichita junior middleweight Noel Esquada (7-3-2, 5 KOs) se reúne 2012 Chicago Golden Gloves champion Limberth “El Gallito” Ponce (12-3, 9 KOs) in a scheduled six-round bout. Garden City (Kansas) prospecto de peso pluma Eric Vargas (2-0, 1 KO) faces pro-debuting Humberto “Tito” Tellez, fighting out of Winfield (Kansas).

Non-televised “KO Noche de Boxeo: Fuego rápido” undercard bouts featuring additional Kansas fighters will soon be announced. Todas las peleas y los luchadores están sujetos a cambio.

Tickets are on sale at the Hartman Arena box office and http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/060052A193761C74. Los precios son $175.00 (Boleto de paquete VIP para el ringside que incluye una camiseta del evento de edición limitada y un boleto para la fiesta posterior oficial con una oportunidad de conocer y saludar), $150.00 (asiento en el suelo que incluye una camiseta del evento de edición limitada), $75.00, $35.00 y $20.00. Las entradas también se venderán en Wichita en Angela's Café. (2119 La. 21^st St. N, o llama al equipo Nico (Jeremías @ 316. 393.3743 o Lewis @ 316.806.0144).

Este es un todo-edades muestran. Las puertas abren a 6:00 p.m. Connecticut con el combate de apertura programada en 7:00 p.m. Connecticut.

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