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Showtime gasar dambe® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Fabrairu 12, 2016) – Unbeaten 2012 U.S. Tseren Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 Kos), middleweight contender 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 Asabar, Fabrairu 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Zaki “Girgizar kasa” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Yuli Ceja da kuma Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, Olympics Gerald “A Black Cara” Washington da kuma 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. DA/7 p.m. Santa) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Tikiti ga live taron, wanda aka ciyar da TGB Promotions, An saka farashi a $27, $54, $104 da kuma $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) 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 Sarkin Vargas (25-0, 20 Kos) a featherweight mataki.
Tun juya masu sana'a a farkon 2013 bin London gasar Olympics, 27 mai shekaru Hunter, fada daga Las Vegas, NV, ya ci gaba da haskakawa. 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 yaƙin neman zaɓe.
Fighting out of Delano, California, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Fabrairu 27. Ya zo a cikin wannan yaki kashe na cin nasarar yaki a kan 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.
Bayan ya lashe a azurfa samu lambar a 2007 Kwanon rufi American Games, ban da dama sauran mai son accolades, da Dominican Republic ta Marrero lashe farko 14 outings da ya pro aiki. 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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