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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP Бокс® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Февруари 12, 2016) – Неизследван 2012 U.S. Олимпиец Майкъл Хънтър (10-0, 7 Нокаута), средната категория Paul Mendez (20-2-2, 10 Нокаута) and exciting featherweight contender Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (19-1, 14 Нокаута) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on Събота, Февруари 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Халиф.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Лъв “Земетресение” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Кико Мартинес.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Юли Ceja и Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, гиганти Gerald “The Black Петела” Вашингтон и Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas will put their unblemished records on the line in a 10-round matchup. The telecast will air live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. И/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Билети за събитието на живо, която се насърчава от TGB Промоции, са с цени $27, $54, $104 и $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. Hunter will compete in an eight-round cruiserweight bout while Mendez will enter the ring in a 10-round middleweight affair against Joshua Okine (22-4, 15 Нокаута). Marrero takes on Jonathan Arellano (16-6-2, 4 Нокаута) in a 10-round featherweight attraction.
The action continues with 27-year-old Ceferino Rodriguez (20-1, 11 Нокаута) of Spain in an eight-round welterweight bout against Mexico’s Ernesto Ortiz (10-3, 7 Нокаута) plus 29-year-old South Korean brawler Min Wook Kim (14-1, 11 Нокаута) in a super lightweight contest against Mexico’s Хосе Луис Родригес (14-6, 9 Нокаута).
Rounding out the night of fights is unbeaten 25-year-old Los Angeles-native Anthony Flores (9-0, 5 Нокаута) in an eight-round super lightweight bout against Daniel Nava (7-3-2, 3 Нокаута) while Leo Santa Cruz’s cousin,Antonio Santa Cruz (1-2, 1 KO) enters the ring in a four-round bantamweight fight against California’s Jorge Perez (2-0, 1 KO) and undefeated Mexican King Vargas (25-0, 20 Нокаута) в категория перо действие.
Тъй като в началото на превръщането на професионална 2013 след Олимпийските игри в Лондон, 27-годишният Хънтър, биете се на Las Vegas, NV, продължава да свети. With four victories in 2015, the last three by knockout, he will be looking to march again into the win column to kick off his 2016 кампания.
Fighting out of Delano, Калифорния, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Февруари 27. Той влезе в тази борба на разстояние от победи над Давид Алонсо Лопес, Santiago Perez, Raul Casarez, Andrik Saralegui and Ernesto Berrospe twice. He takes on the experienced Okine, who was born in Ghana but who fights out of Silver Spring, Maryland.
След като спечели сребърен медал на 2007 Панамериканските игри, в допълнение към няколко други самодейни отличия, Marrero Доминиканската република спечели първата 14 излети на про си кариера. The 26-year-old brings a five-fight winning streak to the ring and in his most recent bout he delivered a sensational one-punch knockout victory over former world champion Rico Ramos. Marrero takes on the 28-year-old Arrellano out of Commerce, Калифорния.
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