LAS VEGAS (دسامبر 20, 2019) – روی جونز جونیور. Boxing Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions will co-promote a potential early candidate for the 2019 مبارزه از سال, when world title challenger “توانا”
استون Palicte (24-2-1, 20 کوس) takes on unbeaten خوزه “Chiquiro”
مارتینز (20-0-2, 13 کوس) in a World Boxing Organization (WBO)
junior bantamweight title eliminator on Thursday, ژانویه 31, at Viejas Casino & Resort in Alpine, کالیفرنیا.
Palicte vs.Martinez will headline a soon-to-be-announced card in the 12-round main event, held on the Thursday night of Super Bowl week, in the Oak Ballroom. Viejas Casino & Resort is located 35 miles outside of San Diego.
برنده Palicte vs. مارتینز title eliminator will become the
mandatory challenger for the winner of the New Year’s Eve match in
China for the vacant WBO Junior Bantamweight World Championship,
between No. 1 مدعی دونی نیس (41-1-5, 23 کوس) و بدون. 3
مجاز Kazuito Ioka (23-1, 13 کوس).
Palicte and Martinez will continue a Philippines-Puerto Rico boxing
rivalry that dates back many years, شاید, هایلایت شده توسط 2009
مرحله نهایی مسابقات بین مانی Pacquiao و میگل کوتو, in which the
fabulous Filipino defeated the Puerto Rican warrior by way of a 12هفتم
ضربه فنی دور. It marks the first time Jones and Cotto, دو
of the greatest boxers of all-time, will be in opposite corners, in terms of competing fighters they promote, به ترتیب, Palicte and Martinez.
“Having our new partnership with Viejas Casino & Resort allows us to
host these great fights,” روی جونز جونیور. تبلیغات بوکس
CEO/Co-founder کیت Veltre اظهار داشت. “Having a Roy Jones Jr. و
Miguel Cotto fighter face-off makes this fight even more exciting. 2019 is going to be the biggest and most active year for RJJ Boxing.”
“This is the type of fight that changes your career,” Hall of
Famer/promoter Cotto said. “We know ‘Chiquiro’ Martinez is ready for
the challenge and it will be an exciting fight. Promoting this fight,
together with Roy Jones, جونیور, will be great for boxing. We really look
forward to start 2019 with a great fight like Martinez vs. Palicte.”
“All of us at Viejas are excited to be working with Roy Jones, جونیور. and look forward to this amazing event,” اضافه Jimmy Wild, GM Viejas Casino & رفت و آمد مکرر.
Palicte (WBO نه. 2) heads the latest wave of world-class Filipino boxers, who is coming off a controversial 12-round split draw with his fellow
countryman, 3-division world champion Nietes, for the vacant WBO
Junior bantamweight title this past September in Inglewood, کالیفرنیا. Many at ringside felt that Palicte should have won the Filipino showdown, based on his relentless pressure and considerably higher activity rate, throwing 300-plus more punches than Nietes.
Palicte is also ranked No. 9 in independent world ratings by حلقه
مجله.
مارتینز (WBO نه, 4), who captured the vacant WBO North American Boxing Organization (همسایه) Championship on November 16, 2017,
ضربه زدن از Jesus Martinez (23-2-1, 11 کوس) in Cancun Mexico, دارد
also held the World Boxing Council Latino and WBC USNBC Silver
تاج.
“I want to thank God for this great opportunity,” Martinez commented. “متشکرم, Miguel Cotto and the WBO. I feel excited because this is
the most important fight of my career with a high-level boxer as Palicte. I will train really hard to be in the best condition. We are really focusing on getting the big win on January 31ST.”
قیمت $65.00, $55.00 و $45.00, tickets go on sale tomorrow (جمعه, دسامبر. 21), and are available to purchase by going online at
www.viejas.com.
اطلاعات:
وب سایت: www.RoyJonesJrBoxing.com, www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com, www.www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com
توییتر: RoyjonesJRfa, CottoPromotions, @viejascasino, @AstonPalicte
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