CANCUN, México (Febrero 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancún Boxing” serie, presented by Pepe Gomez’ Cancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Entretenimiento, saldrá al aire mañana noche (Viernes noche, Febrero. 10) en Norte América, a partir de 11 p.m. Y / 8 p.m. PT, en CBS Sports Network.

The event took place Feb. 4 en Grand Oasis Cancún el Complejo Hotelero, El ÚNICO Resort de Entretenimiento Todo Incluido Definitivo de Cancún, que alberga todos los eventos de la serie.

The main event and co-feature showcased a pair of world-class Mexican fighters, former minimumweight world champion Francisco “Chihuas” Rodríguez and No.1 world rated lightweight Dante “Loca” 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) y Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 KOs), de Japón. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (OMB) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 en México, 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, en México, 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 por la Federación Internacional de Boxeo, así como No. 9 as a light flyweight by the World Boxing Council (CMB), 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 Marzo 6 en Macao.

En la pelea co-estelar de 10 asaltos, Sin CMB. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 KOs) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Francisco “Paquito” Rojo (18-2, 11 KOs).

Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) en sus 2012 revancha, retador mundial Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Gamaliel Díaz (KO8) en 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (DIC12) Marzo pasado.

WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (AMB) lightweight world champion, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs), of Venezuela, está programado para pelear Mar. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 KOs) en Manchester, Reino Unido.

If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, o ahora, como el n. 1 retador obligatorio, 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 Juan “Zurdo” Alvarez (24-7, 16 KOs) y el invicto prospecto Enrique “Bestia” Franco (8-0, 5 KOs). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, picaduras Francisco “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 KOs) versus Francisco “Relampago” Hernández (6-1, 2 KOs).

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