LAS VEGAS (ธันวาคม 20, 2019) – รอยโจนส์จูเนียร์. Boxing Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions will co-promote a potential early candidate for the 2019 การต่อสู้ของปี, when world title challenger “Mighty”
Aston Palicte (24-2-1, 20 คอส) takes on unbeaten โฮเซ “Chiquiro”
มาร์ติเน (20-0-2, 13 คอส) in a World Boxing Organization (WBO)
junior bantamweight title eliminator on Thursday, มกราคม 31, at Viejas Casino & Resort in Alpine, แคลิฟอร์เนีย.
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.
ผู้ชนะของ Palicte vs. มาร์ติเน 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 คู่แข่ง Donnie Nietes (41-1-5, 23 คอส) และไม่มี. 3
ซึ่งได้ประเมิน Kazuito Ioka (23-1, 13 คอส).
Palicte and Martinez will continue a Philippines-Puerto Rico boxing
rivalry that dates back many years, บางที, โดยเน้น 2009
ประลองระหว่าง Manny Pacquiao และ มิเกลคอตโต้, in which the
fabulous Filipino defeated the Puerto Rican warrior by way of a 12th
round technical knockout. It marks the first time Jones and Cotto, สอง
of the greatest boxers of all-time, will be in opposite corners, in terms of competing fighters they promote, ตามลำดับ, Palicte and Martinez.
“Having our new partnership with Viejas Casino & Resort allows us to
host these great fights,” รอยโจนส์จูเนียร์. Boxing Promotions
CEO/Co-founder Keith Veltre ตั้งข้อสังเกต. “Having a Roy Jones Jr. และ
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, จูเนียร์, 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, จูเนียร์. and look forward to this amazing event,” ที่เพิ่ม Jimmy Wild, GM Viejas Casino & รีสอร์ท.
Palicte (WBO No. 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, แคลิฟอร์เนีย. 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 แหวน
magazine.
มาร์ติเน (WBO No, 4), who captured the vacant WBO North American Boxing Organization (NABO) Championship on November 16, 2017,
เคาะออก Jesus Martinez (23-2-1, 11 คอส) in Cancun Mexico, มี
also held the World Boxing Council Latino and WBC USNBC Silver
ครอบฟัน.
“I want to thank God for this great opportunity,” Martinez commented. “ขอบคุณ, 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 31เซนต์.”
ราคาที่ $65.00, $55.00 และ $45.00, tickets go on sale tomorrow (ศุกร์, ธันวาคม. 21), and are available to purchase by going online at
www.viejas.com.
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