| LAS VEGAS (Desembre 1, 2016) – A super flyweight twin-title fight between undefeated Iscar Cantú i “Fort” Aston Palicte headlines the final 2016 installment of the popular “Knockout Night at the D” sèrie en dissabte nit, Desembre 17, serà transmès en viu (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. I) a CBS Sports Network from inside the El centre de Las Vegas Events Center instal·lació interior, situat al cor del districte de casinos del centre de Las Vegas, a una quadra del famós carrer Fremont (200 S. 3rd St.).
Floboxing.tv will live stream the Dec. 17º “Knockout Night at the D” undercard worldwide, a partir de 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. I), in addition to three main card TV bouts – excepte Amèrica del Nord – a partir de les 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. I).
Cantu will defend his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super flyweight title against Palicite. The vacant World Boxing Organization (OMB) Inter-Continental super flyweight championship will also be contested in the 10-round main event.
“The Cantu-Palicte fight is a classic match-up between a boxer and puncher,” Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions co-founder/CEO Keith Veltre dit. “It’s for two title belts and the winner will be positioned for a possible world title shot in 2017. Our final event of the year promises to be our best yet with evenly matched, entertaining fights that our ‘Knockout Night at the D’ series is known for with de demà stars up-and-down the card.”
La “Knockout Night at the D” sèrie, Presentat per the D Las Vegas i Centre d'esdeveniments del centre de Las Vegas, està promogut per Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Promocions de boxa.
Jim “J.R.” Ross i Joey Varner will call the action live from ringside, mentre Jeff Huston will be the ring announcer and fight week master of ceremonies.
The 25-year-old Cantu (14-0, 1 KO), fighting out of Kingsville, Texas, is a pure boxer who is the reigning North American Boxing Federation (NABF) campió, No s'ha classificat. 3 by the WBO North American Boxing Organization (TAMBÉ) i n. 6 by the NABA. He is a belt collector having been the former NABF Junior super flyweight, Consell Mundial de Boxa (CMB) Youth Intercontinental bantamweight and World Boxing Council (CMB) United States super flyweight title holder.
En la seva última baralla, this past May at home in Kingsville, Cantu captured the vacant NABF flyweight title with a 10-round split decision victory over Samuel Gutierrez. Cantu’s most notable win to date is a 10-round split decision against previously undefeated Juan Antonio Lopez (10-0) a 2014 for the vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental bantamweight crown.
 Palicte, who will be making his US debut Dec. 17 having resettled in Los Angeles, where he’s training at the famed Wild Card Gym, to enhance his boxing career. Palicte has fought only once outside of his native Philippines as a professional. He has an experience advantage over Cantu in terms of fighting higher quality opponents. World rated at No. 11 per la Federació Internacional de Boxa (FIB) i n. 15 per l'OMB, Palicte captured the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super flyweight championship this past June in his most recent fight, parada Vergilio Silvano (21-6-1) in the seventh round of their rematch, which was also won by Palicte via a 12-round unanimous decision a year ago for the vacant WBO Oriental super flyweight title.
The heavy-handed Palicte, who has knocked out 18 de la seva 21 victims, està qualificat núm. 5 by the NABF and No. 15 by the NABA. Palicte, 25, also owns his share of title belts, including the IBF Youth super flyweight strap. In Palicte’s only pro fight outside of his native Philippines, he lost a highly disputed 10-round split decision (97-94, 93-97, 94-97) last March to local favorite Granados júnior (14-4-1) a Mèxic.
Chilean junior middleweight champion Angelo Baez (15-0-1, 11 KOs) takes on Jamaican-native Nathaniel Gallimore (15-1-1, 12 KOs), fighting out of Evanston, Illinois, A la co-casal de vuit rondes.
Pes welter invicte Flavio Rodriguez (5-0, 4 KOs) s'enfronta a un invasor mexicà Dylan “El Terrible” Perill (5-0, 3 KOs) in the six-round television opener.
Las Vegas’ terrific trio of undefeated promising prospects – 20-year-old junior lightweight Divertit “El Matador” Moreno (7-0, 6 KOs), 26-pes welter d'un any Jeremy “J-Flash” Nichols (7-0, 2 KOs) and 18-year-old bantamweight Màxim “L’assassí amb cara del nadó” Ornelas (6-0, 3 KOs) – are all scheduled to be on action Desembre. 17º.
Baralles addicionals aviat seran anunciats. Totes les baralles i els lluitadors estan subjectes a canvi.
Entrades, preu de $1,000.00 VIP booth (inclou 15 admissions), $50.00 VIP ringside, $25.00 i $15.00 entrada general, are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com o www.DLVEC.com. S'apliquen impostos i taxes a totes les entrades venudes.
Les portes obren a 4:00 p.m. PT amb el combat d'obertura programada en 5:00 p.m. PT.
La “Knockout Night at the D” La sèrie es va desenvolupar en col·laboració amb el centre de Las Vegas Events Center i Neon Star Media.
INFORMACIÓ:
Refilo: @thedlasvegas, @dlveventsCenter, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @Royionjrboxing
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @Royionjrboxing
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @AstonPalicte, @_RandyMoreno, @JFlashGang, @Ornelas_Max
Rival en equip de boxa & L’equip és el soci oficial dels guants per al “Knockout Night at the D” sèrie. www.Rivalboxing.com, @RivalboxingGear
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