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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP NYRKKEILY® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Helmikuu 12, 2016) – Lyömätön 2012 US-. Jumalainen Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 KOs), keskisarjan haastaja Paul Mendez (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 Lauantai, Helmikuu 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Kalifornia.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Leijona “Maanjäristys” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Heinäkuu Ceja ja Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, ajokoiraa Gerald “Musta Kukko” Washington ja 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. JA/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Liput livetapahtuman, joka edistävät TGB Promotions, hinnoitellaan $27, $54, $104 ja $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster vähittäiskaupan paikoissa tai soittamalla 800-745-3000. Liput ovat saatavilla myös 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) in a 10-round featherweight attraction.
The action continues with 27-year-old Ceferino Rodriguez (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 Kuningas Vargas (25-0, 20 KOs) in höyhenenkevyt toiminta.
Koska ammattiurheilu alussa 2013 seuraava Lontoon olympialaisiin, 27-vuotias Hunter, taistelevat ulos Las Vegas, NV, on jatkanut loistaa. 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 kampanja.
Fighting out of Delano, Kalifornia, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Helmikuu 27. Hän tulee tässä taistelussa pois voittoja yli David Alonso Lopez, 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.
Voitettuaan hopeamitalin 2007 Pan American Games, lisäksi useita muita amatööri huomionosoituksia, Dominikaanisen tasavallan Marrero voitti ensimmäisen 14 retket hänen pro uran. 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, Kalifornia.
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