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WORLD CLASS BOXING RETURNS TO THE RENO/SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER NOVEMBER 17TH

 

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October 18th, Reno — Let’s Get It On Promotions and the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa are pleased to announce an exciting night of world-class professional boxing Saturday, Kaum ib hlis 17th, 2017 at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. The card will be co-headlined by lightweight sensation Gabriel Flores Jr., and Reno’s own Oscar Vasquez in separate bouts.

 

The youngest-ever Top Rank Inc. signed fighter, Gabe Flores Jr. (4-0, 3Kos) is on a meteoric rise in the fight game. The Stockton, CA seventeen-year-old manages to fight as he is completing high school. For the third time he will fight in Northern Nevada, where he regularly draws hundreds from his hometown. Flores will fight in a four-round lightweight bout.

 

Reno’s own Oscar Vasquez (14-1) is coming off an impressive ten-round unanimous decision victory this August in Fallon against the tough Javier Gallo. Vasquez is currently ranked fifteenth in the world in the flyweight division by the World Boxing Organization. Vasquez will be fighting Victory Ruiz (22-7) in a ten-round fight.

 

Ricardo Lucio Galvan, also from Reno, will be making his pro debut on Kaum ib hlis 17th. Galvan, a second-year business major at UNR, is also a Dreamer. He is enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) and hopes he can use his boxing career to bring awareness to the issue. He is an experience amateur with nearly eighty bouts. Galvan will be fighting in a four-round jr. lightweight bout.

 

Carson City’s Diego Elizondo (1-0) will be returning to the ring on Kaum ib hlis 17th after beating Chandler Clements via unanimous decision in Fallon in August. Elizondo attributes his toughness to his Basque and Mexican heritage. He will be fighting in a four-round lightweight bout.

 

Super flyweight Bruno Escalante (14-3-1) of Redwood City, CA is slated to fight in a six-round bout in Reno. Escalante is trying to get his world title run back on track after some recent bumps in the road. Born in Cebu City, Philippines, Escalante is one of a handful of young Filipino boxers who are carrying the torch for Pinoy boxing. Escalante will be fighting the tough Alex Rangel (17-7).

 

Rounding out the card is bantamweight Brent Venegas (3-0) ntawm Stockton, XWS LI. Venegas is scheduled for a four-round scrap.

 

More information will be announced soon. Sib ntaus card kawm rau kev hloov.

 

First bell is at 7pm. Tickets are available and can be purchased at the Atlantis Gift Shop $35, $65, $100, by calling Atlantis Special Events 888.551.7007 los yog 775.824.4467, or via ticketmaster.com.

Undefeated prospect Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez yog nyob rau hauv sawv

Lub WBA Fedelatin thiab WBC Latino bantamweight zus, Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez ( 13-0, 9 KO ) ntawm Puerto Rico tau officially ranked # 6 los ntawm lub ntiaj teb Boxing Association ( WBA ), thiab #7 los ntawm lub ntiaj teb Boxing Council ( Qhov ).
Rodriguez yuav ob lub npe rau Lub yim hli ntuj, 22, 2015 los ntawm defeating tawv Mev, Alex Rangel ntawm TKO hauv round 7 ntawm Fajardo, Puerto Rico. ( Video – Rodriguez KO'd Rangel https://youtu.be/BLujMj34QoQ )
“Kuv zoo siab heev nrog rau cov WBA thiab WBC vim hais tias qhov no yuav txhais li cas lub ntiaj teb no title sib ntaus nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej nyob ze. Kuv twb yeej ob yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title contenders thiab kuv cia li tos rau lub kauj ruam tom ntej. Kuv xav tias npaj txhij thiab kaj siab lug rau tej kev sib tw kuv yuav muaj. Ob, kuv saib xyuas Juan Orengo, thiab tus kws qhia Jim Pagan tau ua ib tug zoo kawg li hauj lwm. Kuv ntseeg hais tias 2016 yuav tsum yog kuv xyoo”, Emmanuel Rodriguez hais tias.
On May 2015, Rodriguez khob qhov rooj tawm txias nyob rau hauv lub thib peb puag ncig, Dominican Luis Hinojosa, ib tug qub ntiaj teb no title challenger, thiab WBA #11 nyob rau momment ntawm qhov kev sib ntaus. ( Video – tag nrho sib ntaus Rodriguez vs. Hinojosahttps://youtu.be/pOWiCcfQ6lI )
Rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 2014, lub undefeated Puerto Rican nov ntawm nqaij tawv, yog tej lub WBO Latino title los ntawm knocking tawm Miguel 'Tsis Ntshai’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena yog ib tug qub ob lub sij hawm United States National zus, thiab 11 lub sij hawm Golden Cov hnab looj tes khiav nyob rau hauv Philadelphia. ( Video – tag nrho sib ntaus Rodriguez vs. Cartagena https://youtu.be/sMjC6CysttI )
Rodriguez muaj lwm yam tseem ceeb yeej los ntawm sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab tshaj lub ntiaj teb no title contender, David Quijano, thiab yav tas los WBC FECARBOX zus, Felix Perez.
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Thaum pib xyaum ua boxing, Rodriguez los ua tus thawj Puerto Rican boxer los yeej kub puav pheej ntawm ib tug hluas Olympic ua si ( Singapore 2010 ). Nws cov ntaub ntawv 171-11 muaj notable yeej tshaj qub Cuban Olympic kub puav pheej, Robeisy Ramirez, Jonathan Gonzalez, Vasily Vetkin, ntawm lwm tus neeg.

Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez is set to defend his WBO Latino title against Alex Rangel in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Bantamweight WBO Latino champion Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Rodriguez ( 12-0, 8 KO lub ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO lub ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, teem rau Saturday, Lub yim hli ntuj, 22 at the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Rangel is a good fighter that throws lots of punches, has faced good fighters and I understand that this fight will be a war. I have no doubt about itsaid Emmanuel Rodriguez, uas txuas ntxiv, “Rangel went the distance with Cesar Seda and lasted nine rounds against Alexis Santiago. In both fights, Rangel looked good in losing effort, so I have to be in excellent condition to keep the belt in Puerto Rico”.
Rodriguez, who is the first Puerto Rican boxer to grab gold at a Youth Olympic Games ( Singapore 2010 ), had on last May, the biggest win of his young career by defeating via spectacular KO in the third round, former WBA rated #11, Luis Hinojosa.
Rangel is the kind of opponent important and necessary on Rodriguez’s developmentsaid Juan Orengo, manager of Emmanuel Rodriguez, “We expect Rangel to be in great shape. The fight may go the distance but nothing is guaranteed because ‘Mannyhas gained a lot of power, and is knocking out his opponents with one punch”.
Rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 2014, lub undefeated Puerto Rican nov ntawm nqaij tawv, yog tej lub WBO Latino title los ntawm knocking tawm Miguel 'Tsis Ntshai’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena yog ib tug qub ob lub sij hawm United States National zus, thiab 11 lub sij hawm Golden Cov hnab looj tes khiav nyob rau hauv Philadelphia.
Rodriguez muaj lwm yam tseem ceeb yeej los ntawm sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab tshaj lub ntiaj teb no title contender, David Quijano, thiab yav tas los WBC FECARBOX zus, Felix Perez.
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Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena