| Las Vegas (Hakihea 1, 2016) – A super flyweight twin-title fight between undefeated Oscar Cantu a “Mighty” Aston Palicte headlines the final 2016 installment of the popular “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa i runga i Rāhoroi po, Hakihea 17, kia whakakitea ora (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND) i runga i CBS Sports Whatunga from inside the Rō 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. 17th “Knockout Night at the D” undercard worldwide, tīmata i 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. AND), in addition to three main card TV bouts – excluding North America – timata i 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. AND).
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 mea. “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 apopo a stars up-and-down the card.”
Te “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa, te aroaro e te D Las Vegas and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, is promoted by Roy Jones Jr. ( RJJ) Boxing Promotions. Jim “J.R.” Ross a Joey Varner will call the action live from ringside, ia 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) toa, runga No. 3 by the WBO North American Boxing Organization ( NABO) a No. 6 by the NABA. He is a belt collector having been the former NABF Junior super flyweight, Kaunihera mekemeke World (WBC) Youth Intercontinental bantamweight and World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super flyweight title holder. I roto i tona whawhai whakamutunga, 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) i roto i te 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) a No. 15 i te WBO, Palicte captured the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super flyweight championship this past June in his most recent fight, ka tu 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 o tona 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) i roto i te Mexico.
Chilean junior middleweight champion Angelo Baez (15-0-1, 11 Koó) takes on Jamaican-native Nathaniel Gallimore (15-1-1, 12 Koó), fighting out of Evanston, Illinois, in the eight-round co-feature.
Undefeated welterweight Flavio Rodriguez (5-0, 4 Koó) faces Mexican invader Dilan “Ko te Terrible” Loza (5-0, 3 Koó) in the six-round television opener.
Las Vegas’ terrific trio of undefeated promising prospects – 20-year-old junior lightweight Randy “Ko te Matador” Moreno (7-0, 6 Koó), 26-year-old welterweight Jeremy “J-Flash” Nichols (7-0, 2 Koó) and 18-year-old bantamweight Max “The Baby-Faced Assassin” Ornelas (6-0, 3 Koó) – are all scheduled to be on action Dec. 17th.
Hohoro ka kauwhautia tahi atu whawhai. He whawhai me whawhai katoa raro ki te huringa.
Tickets, utu i $1,000.00 VIP booth (ngā 15 admissions), $50.00 VIP ringside, $25.00 a $15.00 whakauru whānui, are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com ranei www.DLVEC.com. Taxes and fees apply to all sold tickets. Doors tuwhera i 4:00 p.m. PT ki te a'ee tuwhera whakaritea i 5:00 p.m. PT.
Te “Knockout Night at the D” series was developed in partnership with the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center and Neon Star Media.
KŌRERO:
Twitter: @thedlasvegas, @dlvEventsCenter, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @RoyJonesJrBoxing
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @AstonPalicte, @_RandyMoreno, @JFlashGang, @Ornelas_Max
RIVAL BOXING GEAR & EQUIPMENT is the official gloves partner for the “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa. www.rivalboxing.com, @rivalboxinggear
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