| LAS VEGAS (Desember 1, 2016) – A super flyweight twin-title fight between undefeated Oscar Cantu en “Mighty” Aston Palicte headlines the final 2016 installment of the popular “Uitklophou Night at the D” reeks Saterdag nag, Desember 17, uitsaai live (7 namiddag. PT / 10 namiddag. EN) op CBS Sports Network from inside the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center indoor facility, geleë in die hartjie van die sentrum van Las Vegas casino distrik, een blok weg van die wêreldbekende Fremontstraat (200 S. 3rd St.).
FloBoxing.tv will live stream the Dec. 17ste “Uitklophou Night at the D” undercard worldwide, begin by 5 namiddag. PT / 8 namiddag. EN), in addition to three main card TV bouts – excluding North America – begin by 7 namiddag. PT / 10 namiddag. EN).
Cantu will defend his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super flyweight title against Palicite. The vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental super flyweight championship will also be contested in the 10-round main event.
“The Cantu-Palicte fight is a classic match-up between a boxer and puncher,” Roy Jones jr. Boxing Promotions co-founder/CEO Keith Veltre gesê. “It’s for two title belts and the winner will be positioned for a possible world title shot in 2017. Our final event of the year promises to be our best yet with evenly matched, entertaining fights that our ‘Knockout Night at the D’ series is known for with môre se stars up-and-down the card.”
Die “Uitklophou Night at the D” reeks, aangebied deur die D Las Vegas and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, is promoted by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boks Promotions. Jim “J.R.” Ross en Joey Varner will call the action live from ringside, terwyl Jeff Huston will be the ring announcer and fight week master of ceremonies.
 The 25-year-old Cantu (14-0, 1 KO), fighting out of Kingsville, Texas, is a pure boxer who is the reigning North American Boxing Federation (NABF) kampioen, ingedeel No. 3 by the WBO North American Boxing Organization ( NABO) en Geen. 6 by the NABA. He is a belt collector having been the former NABF Junior super flyweight, World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth Intercontinental bantamweight and World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super flyweight title holder. In sy laaste stryd, this past May at home in Kingsville, Cantu captured the vacant NABF flyweight title with a 10-round split decision victory over Samuel Gutierrez. Cantu’s most notable win to date is a 10-round split decision against previously undefeated Juan Antonio Lopez plekhouer beeld (10-0) in 2014 for the vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental bantamweight crown.
 Palicte, who will be making his US debut Dec. 17 having resettled in Los Angeles, where he’s training at the famed Wild Card Gym, to enhance his boxing career. Palicte has fought only once outside of his native Philippines as a professional. He has an experience advantage over Cantu in terms of fighting higher quality opponents. World rated at No. 11 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) en Geen. 15 deur die WBO, Palicte captured the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super flyweight championship this past June in his most recent fight, stop Vergilio Silvano (21-6-1) in the seventh round of their rematch, which was also won by Palicte via a 12-round unanimous decision a year ago for the vacant WBO Oriental super flyweight title. The heavy-handed Palicte, who has knocked out 18 van sy 21 victims, is rated No. 5 by the NABF and No. 15 by the NABA. Palicte, 25, also owns his share of title belts, including the IBF Youth super flyweight strap. In Palicte’s only pro fight outside of his native Philippines, he lost a highly disputed 10-round split decision (97-94, 93-97, 94-97) last March to local favorite Junior Granados (14-4-1) in Mexiko.
Chilean junior middleweight champion Angelo Baez (15-0-1, 11 Uitklophoue) takes on Jamaican-native Nathaniel Gallimore (15-1-1, 12 Uitklophoue), fighting out of Evanston, Illinois, in the eight-round co-feature.
Undefeated welterweight Flavio Rodriguez (5-0, 4 Uitklophoue) faces Mexican invader Dilan “Die Verskriklike” Loza (5-0, 3 Uitklophoue) in the six-round television opener.
Las Vegas’ terrific trio of undefeated promising prospects – 20-year-old junior lightweight Randy “Die Matador” Moreno (7-0, 6 Uitklophoue), 26-year-old welterweight Jeremy “J-flits” Nichols (7-0, 2 Uitklophoue) and 18-year-old bantamweight Max “The Baby-Faced Assassin” Ornelas (6-0, 3 Uitklophoue) – are all scheduled to be on action Desember. 17ste.
Bykomende gevegte sal binnekort bekend gemaak word. Alle gevegte en vegters is onderhewig aan verandering.
Kaartjies, geprys teen $1,000.00 VIP booth (sluit 15 admissions), $50.00 VIP ringside, $25.00 en $15.00 algemene toelatingsvereistes, is te koop by www.Ticketmaster.com of www.DLVEC.com. Belasting en fooie is van toepassing op alle verkoopte kaartjies. Deure open om 4:00 namiddag. PT met die opening bout geskeduleer 5:00 namiddag. PT.
Die “Uitklophou Night at the D” series was developed in partnership with the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center and Neon Star Media.
INLIGTING:
Twitter: @thedlasvegas, @dlvEventsCenter, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Volg hierdie vegters op Twitter: @AstonPalicte, @_RandyMoreno, @JFlashGang, @Ornelas_Max
RIVAL BOXING GEAR & EQUIPMENT is the official gloves partner for the “Uitklophou Night at the D” reeks. www.rivalboxing.com, @rivalboxinggear
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