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Showtime Championship Boxing® Vit à 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Billets en vente maintenant!
NEW YORK (Jan. 20, 2015) – Invaincu en trois division champion du monde Lion “Tremblement de terre” Santa Cruz will make the first defense of his Featherweight World Championship against former world champion Kiko Martinez sur Samedi, Février. 27, survivre AFFICHER L'HEURE® à partir de Honda Center à Anaheim, Californie.
L'émission de télévision Showtime commence à BOXE CHAMPIONNAT 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to have another opportunity to fight in front of my L.A. amis,” ledit Santa Cruz. “I’ve been in the gym and staying ready for anyone that’s put in front of me. Je vais être 100 percent ready for this fight and I plan to go out there and look great.”
“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to face off against Leo Santa Cruz on Février 27,” a déclaré Martinez. “Santa Cruz is clearly one of the very best featherweights in the world but I have what it takes. I’ve already begun working very hard with my longtime trainer Gaby Sarmiento and I will be victorious.”
“It’s always great to be able to bring quality fights to the Southern California fight fans,” dit Tom Brown du TGB Promotions. “The Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez battle couldn’t be in a better venue or town and it will provide non-stop action from the opening bell. TGB Promotions is honored to once again work with SHOWTIME and the team at the Honda Center on another great event.”
Les billets pour l'événement en direct, qui est promu par Promotions TGB, sont au prix de $27, $54, $104 et $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Honda Center Box Office. The popular Mexican-American Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs), combats de Los Angeles, won the 126-pound title in a “Combat de l'Année” candidate against former three-division champ Abner Mares last August at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. It was just the second fight in the featherweight division for Santa Cruz, who has won belts at 118 et 122 livres tout en gagnant une réputation comme l'un des plus actifs combattants et passionnants de boxe. The 27-year-old also holds victories over Cristian Mijares et Eric Morel and has fought in world title bouts in 10 de son dernier 12 combats depuis 2012.
Martinez (35-6-0, 26 KOs), of Valenciana, Espagne, is a former super bantamweight world champion who won the IBF belt with a sixth-round knockout of Jhonatan Romero en 2013. The 29-year-old made two successful title defenses against Jeffrey Mathebula and long-time titlist Hozumi Hasegawaavant de perdre une décision 2014 dans un match revanche contre Carl Frampton. Martinez challenged Scott QUIGG for the 122-pound belt in July of 2015 before moving up to 126 livres, where he bounced back to record knockouts in two of his three fights in just two months. A world traveler who frequently fights on his opponent’s home turf, Martinez will now challenge Santa Cruz in just his second fight in the U.S. with his sights set on becoming a two-division world champion.
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