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RODELA INJURED AND FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM OCTOBER 10 BOUT
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 07 Oct 2009
LOS ANGELES, October 6 - "Dangerous" David Rodela suffered a hip and spine injury during the final days of sparring over the weekend and has been forced to withdraw from his Saturday, October 10 bout against Aldo Valtierra on the undercard of "The Return" Vazquez vs. Priolo" at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.. In place of Rodela vs. Valtierra, two of Golden Boy Promotions' unbeaten rising stars, Carlos Molina (9-0, 5 KO's) and Luis Grajeda (6-0, 5 KO's), will now appear in separate co-featured bouts on HBO Plus' "Next Boxing Generation" broadcast. Norwalk, California's rising star Carlos Molina will face Grand Junction, Colorado native Cesar Holguin (9-2, 3KO's) in a six round junior welterweight bout and welterweights Luis Grajedaof Chihuahua, Mexico and Mexico City's Juan Carlos Diaz (3-0, 2 KO's)will battle in a six rounder.
In the evening's main event, Two-time Junior Featherweight World Champion Israel Vazquez will take on perennial contender Angel Priolo in a ten round featherweight fight which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions, Espinoza Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Southwest Airlines. The Vazquez vs. Priolo, Molina vs. Holguin and Grajeda vs. Diaz fights will be broadcast live on the HBO Plus service in Latin America beginning at 7 PM local time (10 PM ET). Doors open at 3:30 PM and the first fight begins at 4:30 PM
Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the STAPLES Center Box Office.
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