CANCUN, Мексика (Феврал 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancun Boxing” силсила, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Вақтхушӣ, пахши хоҳад Фардо шаб (Ҷумъа шаб, Feb. 10) in North America, сар карда дар 11 Земле. ВА / 8 Земле. PT, on CBS Sports Network.

The event took place Feb. 4 at Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s ONLY Ultimate All-Inclusive Entertainment Resort, which hosts all series events.

The main event and co-feature showcased a pair of world-class Mexican fighters, former minimumweight world champion Франсиско “Chihuas” Rodriguez and No.1 world rated lightweight Dante “Crazy” Jardon, in critical matches that had immediate world title fight implications.

The main event was a scheduled 10-round flyweight bout between Rodriguez (20-4-1, 13 KOs) ва Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 KOs), of Japan. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 дар Мексика, by way of a 10-round technical knockout over previously unbeaten Merlito Sabillo (23-0-1), who was making his third title defense.

Rodriguez dropped IBF minimumweight title-holder Katsunari Takayama (27-6) once en route to his 12-round unanimous decision victory August 9, 2014, дар Мексика, in their unification match. Rodriguez later vacated both of his world minimumweight titles.

Rated as the No. 3 flyweight contender in the world by the WBO and No. 11 аз ҷониби IBF, инчунин Не. 9 as a light flyweight by the World Boxing Council (WBC), Rodriguez can position himself for a potential title shot against WBO reigning flyweight champion Zou Shiming (9-2, 2 KOs), the 2-time Olympic gold medalist from China, who is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined Март 6 дар Макао.

Дар 10-даври ҳамкорӣ хусусияти, WBC No. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 KOs) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Франсиско “Paquito” Rojo (18-2, 11 KOs).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) дар онҳо 2012 rematch, ба унвони рақиби ҷаҳон Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Ҷамлиил Диаз (KO8) дар 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (DEC12) last March.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world champion, Хорхе Линарес (41-3, 27 KOs), of Venezuela, Дар назар аст, ки ба ҷанг Баҳр. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Энтони Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 KOs) дар Манчестер, Инглистон.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, as the No. 1 рақиби ҳатмӣ, he could take on new WBC lightweight king Mickey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs), the rising American star who recently knocked out defending WBC 135-pound division champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 KOs). Garcia was rated No. 2 to Jardon in the most recent WBC lightweight world ratings.

The televised action starts with an eight-round welterweight bout between Юҳанно “Southpaw” Alvarez (24-7, 16 KOs) ва дурнамои Рокки Henry “Bestia” Франко (8-0, 5 KOs). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, pitting Франсиско “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 KOs) рӯ ба рӯи Франсиско “Relampago” Эрнандес (6-1, 2 KOs).

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