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Undefeated junior welterweight Jason Cintron, of Reading, PA, will box lefty Pascali Adorno, of Corozal, Puerto Rico, in an eight-r ound contest Friday evening, Dec. 5, at the The Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Events Center.
Topping the seven-fight card is a scheduled 10-round welterweight contest between unbeaten puncher Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, and rock-chinned Luciano Perez, of Chicago, IL. Rock Allen, of Philadelphia, PA, a member of the 2004 US Olympic team, will box in the eight-round co-featured attraction.
Cintron, 26, is coming off the best win of his career, an eight-round shellacking of Tyric Robinson, of Philadelphia, PA, in the latter’s backyard Oct. 17.& nbsp; Cintron won every round and several times had Robinson on the verge of a knockout.
A pro since less than three years, Cintron is 9-0, 2 K0s. He is the brother of former IBF we lterweight champion Kermit Cintron.
Adorno, 26, is 10-7-3 (4). A pro since 2000, he has boxed some of the best lightweights and junior welterweights around, including Lamont Pearson, Kid Diamond, Miguel Angel Huerta, Tyrone Harris and Vicente Escobido. He has beaten Justo Sencion and boxed a draw in his last fight Aug. 16 with unbeaten Ramesis Gil.
Six-round prelims on the Dec. 5 card include: Lucian Gonzalez, Rea ding, PA, vs. Robert DaLuz, Jacksonville, FL, featherweights; William Bailey, Chesapeake, VA, vs. Julio Cesar Matthews, Reading, PA, cruiserweights; Marvin Rivera, Allentown, PA, vs. Latif Mundy, Philadelphia, PA, junior middleweights.
In a four-round junior lightweight contest, Esteban Rodriguez, of Allentown, PA, takes on Paul Fernandez, of Philadelphia, PA.
Tickets are priced at $65, $50, $35 and $25. They are on sale at the Sovereign Center Box Office, all TicketMaster outlets (610-233-0006), Peltz Boxing Promotions (215-765-0922) or by going online at www.peltzboxing.com.
Telefutura/Univision will televise the card on its popular Solo Boxeo series, beginning at 8pm EST. First of seven live fights begins at 7:15 pm.
The show is being promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with King’s Promotions and Peltz Boxing.
