“BOXEO TELEMUNDO FORD” PRESENTS A BATTLE FOR THE WBC FECARBOX SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE

Miami – October 23, 2014 – “BoxeoTelemundo Ford,” the number one boxing show on US television regardless of language, culminates its successful 25th anniversary year with the fourth fight of the fall 2014 season: the WBC FECARBOX Super Flyweight title match, pitting Mexican-American Ricardo “Meserito” Rodríguez against Puerto Rico’s Edwin Rodríguez, this Friday, October 24th at11:35PM/10:35C. Veteran boxing commentators René Giraldo and Jessi Losada will bring viewers all the details of this stellar encounter at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Florida.

Full coverage of the fight will be available on Deportes Telemundo’s full range of digital platforms, deportestelemundo.com and Twitter @telemundosports, with all of the best photos on Instagram @deportestelemundo.

Ricardo Rodríguez (9-2, 3 KO) takes to the ring for the third time in 2014. He beat Ricardo “Alacrán” Alvarado by decision in March. On July 25th he faced David “Severo” Carmona. It was the first time in his career that he fought more than six rounds. That night “Meserito” fell just short in his attempt to capture Carmona’s for the WBO World Youth Super Flyweight Title, but the experience learned was of value, and secured him a second shot at a title Friday night.

The October 24th fight will be the third this year for Edwin Rodríguez (7-2, 4 KO), as well. The Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico native had his last fight on July 28 against Luis Ortiz, beating him for the second time in his career. Earlier this year, on March 23rd, he defeated Héctor González by decision. Rodriguez won all three of his fights in 2013, against Joseph Santos (KO in the second round), Jean Carlos Molina (KO in the first), and Luis Ortiz (by decision in the sixth). He also had an outstanding amateur career, defeating 2012 Olympian Félix Verdejo on one occasion. Verdejo is now an unbeaten professional, and seen as the future of Puerto Rican boxing.

Deportes Telemundo, Telemundo Network’s sports division, is one of the United States’ leading providers of Spanish-language sports content and is the only sports division in any language broadcasting the world’s most watched sporting events: The FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl. In addition to being “the home of the Olympic Games in Spanish in the United States,” Deportes Telemundo presents Mexican national team games during the World Cup eliminations; all Club León and Club Pachuca home games of the Liga MX; the number 1 boxing show regardless of language, “Boxeo Telemundo”. It also has the TV and online rights in the US Spanish-language market to the FIFA World Cup, the world’s top soccer tournament, on all platforms (except radio) from 2015 to 2022.

In addition to top sporting events, Deportes Telemundo provides content for mun2 Network and produces three leading sports and entertainment shows: “Titulares y más,” “Titulares Telemundo” and “Ritmo Deportivo,” which provide analysis of the latest sports news along with entertainment and lifestyle segments. The award-winning Deportes Telemundo team of sportscasters is led by the world-famous Andrés Cantor, with Jessi Losada, Sammy Sadovnik, Carlos Hermosillo, Leti Coo, Edgar López, Karim Mendiburu, Ana Jurka, René Giraldo and Kaziro Aoyama.