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Unbeatens Ernesto Delgadillo vs. Jade Bornea Battle For
Vacant NABF Super Flyweight Title On Jan. 30
Three days prior to Super Bowl LIV, Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ)
Boxing Promotions, in association with Sanman Boxing, will
present its first RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS® event of
2020, Thursday night, January 30, at Legends Casino and
Hotel in Toppenish, Washington.
RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS will be streamed live and
exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®, the world's leading digital
subscription service for combat sports, starting at 10 p.m.
ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Unbeaten Ernesto Delgadillo (11-0-2, 2 KOs) will battle
undefeated Jade "Hurricane" Bornea (14-0, 10 KOs) for the
vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super
flyweight title in the 10-round main event.
Delgadillo, fighting out of Dallas, is a former World Boxing
Council (WBC) United States super flyweight and Texas State
flyweight titlist.
Rated No. 10 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF)
and No. 15 by the World Boxing Association (WBA), Bornea is
a former IBF Youth World champion, as well as the latest
member of a new wave of gifted Filipino fighters.
Delgadillo will be in action for the first time since the
summer of 2018, when he won a 10-round decision over 10-1
Nate Green. "I am excited to be fighting for the NABF super
flyweight title on UFC FIGHT PASS," Delgadlillo said. "On
January 30th, I'll be in the best shape of my career, and
bring that belt back to Dallas with me to prove that I
belong in there with the very best of the division."
Bornea will be making his United States debut having fought
exclusively as a professional at home in the Philippines. "I
want to thank my promoter, Sanman, Roy Jones Jr. Boxing
Promotions and UFC FIGHT PASS for this opportunity," Bornea
commented. "I have been training for three months and have
no excuses. I am ready to show the world my abilities and
come January 30th, I'm going to make a statement to all
super flyweights."
"The 115-pound weight class has always been my favorite
division," RJJ Boxing's veteran matchmaker Guy Taylor added.
"Last year, we opened up UFC FIGHT PASS with a WBO super
flyweight (115 lbs.) world title 'Eliminator' and almost a
year to the day later, we are opening up 2020 with an NABF
super flyweight title fight. The winner of this intriguing
match-up will solidify himself as a new face of the super
flyweight division."
Undefeated Mexican knockout artist, rising star Santiago "Somer"
Dominguez (20-0, 16 KOs) will put his WBC USNBC Silver
welterweight title on the line against his Brazilian
challenger, Victor "La Amenza" Jones Freitas (16-5, 10 KOs),
in the 10-round, co-featured event.
Undefeated middleweight Connor "The Kid" Coyle (11-0, 4
KOs), the Northern Ireland sensation who has become as
regular on RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS events, takes on
Miguel Dumas (11-2, 9 KOs), of Mexico, in an 8-round bout.
A pair of undefeated Northwest prospects, light heavyweights
Richard Van Sicien (7-0, 3 KOs) and Abraham Martin (5-0, 5
KOs), open the UFC FIGHT PASS segment of the evening in a
6-round match. Van Sicien is from Seattle, Oregon, Martin
from Medford, Oregon, by way of Mexico.
Card subject to change.
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