ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Febrero 12, 2016) – El invicto 2012 U.S. Olímpico Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 KOs), contendiente de peso medio Pablo Méndez (20-2-2, 10 KOs) and exciting featherweight contender Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (19-1, 14 KOs) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on Sábado, Febrero 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion León “Terremoto” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martínez.En la pelea co-estelar, Mexican warriors Julio Ceja y Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, pesos pesados Gerald “El Gallo Negro” Washington y 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. Y/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).

Las entradas para el evento en vivo, que está promovido por Promociones TGB, tienen un precio de $27, $54, $104 y $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 KOs). Marrero takes on Jonathan Arellano (16-6-2, 4 KOs) en una atracción de peso pluma de 10 asaltos.

The action continues with 27-year-old Ceferino Rodríguez (20-1, 11 KOs) of Spain in an eight-round welterweight bout against Mexico’s Ernesto Ortiz (10-3, 7 KOs) plus 29-year-old South Korean brawler Min Wook Kim (14-1, 11 KOs) in a super lightweight contest against Mexico’s Jose Luis Rodriguez (14-6, 9 KOs).

Rounding out the night of fights is unbeaten 25-year-old Los Angeles-native Anthony Flores (9-0, 5 KOs) in an eight-round super lightweight bout against Daniel Nava (7-3-2, 3 KOs) 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 Rey Vargas (25-0, 20 KOs) en la acción de peso pluma.

Desde que se hizo profesional a principios de 2013 después de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, el joven de 27 años de edad, Hunter, luchando fuera de Las Vegas, Nevada, no ha dejado de brillar. 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 campaña.

Fighting out of Delano, California, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Febrero 27. Él entra en esta lucha fuera de victorias sobre David Alonso López, Santiago Pérez, Raul Casarez, Andrik Saralegui and Ernesto Berrospe twice. Se enfrenta al experimentado Okine, who was born in Ghana but who fights out of Silver Spring, Maryland.

Después de ganar una medalla de plata en el 2007 Juegos Panamericanos, además de varios otros reconocimientos aficionados, Marrero de la República Dominicana ganó el primero 14 salidas de su carrera profesional. 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, California.

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