| LAS VEGAS (Diciembre 1, 2016) – A super flyweight twin-title fight between undefeated Oscar Cantu y “Poderoso” Aston Palicte headlines the final 2016 installment of the popular “Knockout Night at the D” serie en sábado noche, Diciembre 17, será transmitido en vivo (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. Y) en CBS Sports Network from inside the El centro de Las Vegas Events Center indoor facility, located in the heart of the downtown Las Vegas casino district, one block away from the world famous Fremont Street (200 S. 3rd St.).
FloBoxing.tv will live stream the Dec. 17º “Knockout Night at the D” undercard worldwide, a partir de 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. Y), in addition to three main card TV bouts – excluding North America – a partir de las 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. Y).
Cantu will defend his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super flyweight title against Palicite. The vacant World Boxing Organization (OMB) 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 dicho. “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 de mañana stars up-and-down the card.”
La “Knockout Night at the D” serie, presentado por the D Las Vegas y el centro de eventos del centro de Las Vegas, es promovido por Roy Jones Jr. (JJR) Promociones de boxeo. Jim “J.R.” Ross y Joey Varner will call the action live from ringside, mientras 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) campeón, No se ha clasificado. 3 by the WBO North American Boxing Organization (LOS VECINOS) y n. 6 by the NABA. He is a belt collector having been the former NABF Junior super flyweight, Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB) Youth Intercontinental bantamweight and World Boxing Council (CMB) United States super flyweight title holder. En su última pelea, 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 (10-0) en 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 por la Federación Internacional de Boxeo (FIB) y n. 15 por la OMB, Palicte captured the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super flyweight championship this past June in his most recent fight, parada 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 de su 21 víctimas, 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) en México.
Chilean junior middleweight champion Angelo Baez (15-0-1, 11 KOs) takes on Jamaican-native Nathaniel Gallimore (15-1-1, 12 KOs), fighting out of Evanston, Illinois, en la co-característica de ocho rondas.
El invicto peso welter Flavio Rodriguez (5-0, 4 KOs) se enfrenta a invasor mexicano Dilan “El Terrible” Loza (5-0, 3 KOs) in the six-round television opener.
Las Vegas’ terrific trio of undefeated promising prospects – 20-ligero junior de un año Cachondo “El Matador” Moreno (7-0, 6 KOs), 26-peso welter de un año Jeremy “J-Flash” Nichols (7-0, 2 KOs) and 18-year-old bantamweight Max “El asesino con cara de niño” Ornelas (6-0, 3 KOs) – are all scheduled to be on action Diciembre. 17º.
Peleas adicionales pronto serán anunciados. Todas las peleas y los luchadores están sujetos a cambio.
Entradas, precio de $1,000.00 VIP booth (incluye 15 admissions), $50.00 VIP ringside, $25.00 y $15.00 entrada general, are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com o www.DLVEC.com. Los impuestos y tasas se aplican a todas las entradas vendidas. Las puertas abren a 4:00 p.m. PT con el combate de apertura programada en 5:00 p.m. PT.
La “Knockout Night at the D” La serie fue desarrollada en asociación con el Centro de Eventos del Centro de Las Vegas y Neon Star Media..
INFORMACIÓN:
Gorjeo: @thedlasvegas, @dlvEventsCenter, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Siga estos combatientes en Twitter: @AstonPalicte, @_RandyMoreno, @JFlashGang, @Ornelas_Max
RIVAL BOXING GEAR & EQUIPMENT is the official gloves partner for the “Knockout Night at the D” serie. www.rivalboxing.com, @rivalboxinggear
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