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Showtime Championship Boxing® Vivere a 10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT
Biglietti in vendita ora!
NEW YORK (Jan. 20, 2015) – Imbattuto campione del mondo di tre divisioni Leone “Terremoto” Santa Cruz will make the first defense of his Featherweight World Championship against former world champion Kiko Martinez su Sabato, Febbraio. 27, vivere ORARIO DELLO SPETTACOLO® da Honda Center a Anaheim, Calif.
La trasmissione televisiva Showtime Championship Boxing inizia alle 10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT.
“I’m excited to have another opportunity to fight in front of my L.A. amici,” ha detto Santa Cruz. “I’ve been in the gym and staying ready for anyone that’s put in front of me. lo sarò 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 Febbraio 27,” , ha detto 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,” ha detto Tom Brown di Promozioni TGB. “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.”
I biglietti per l'evento dal vivo, che è promossa da Promozioni TGB, sono al prezzo di $27, $54, $104 e $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster punti vendita o chiamando 800-745-3000. I biglietti sono disponibili anche presso il Centro Honda Box Office. The popular Mexican-American Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KO), combattimento da Los Angeles, won the 126-pound title in a “Fight of the Year” 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 e 122 pounds while earning a reputation as one of boxing’s most active and exciting fighters. The 27-year-old also holds victories over Cristian Mijares e Eric Morel and has fought in world title bouts in 10 del suo ultimo 12 combatte da allora 2012.
Martinez (35-6-0, 26 KO), of Valenciana, Spagna, is a former super bantamweight world champion who won the IBF belt with a sixth-round knockout of Jhonatan Romero in 2013. The 29-year-old made two successful title defenses against Jeffrey Mathebula and long-time titlist Hozumi Hasegawaprima di perdere una decisione 2014 in un rematch contro Carl Frampton. Martinez challenged Scott Quigg for the 122-pound belt in July of 2015 before moving up to 126 libbre, 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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