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Showtime Championship Boxing® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Febbraio 12, 2016) – Imbattuto 2012 U.S. Olimpionico Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 KO), medi contendente Paul Mendez (20-2-2, 10 KO) and exciting featherweight contender Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (19-1, 14 KO) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on Sabato, Febbraio 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Leone “Terremoto” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.Nel co-feature incontrofe, Mexican warriors Luglio Ceja e Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, pesi massimi Gerald “Il Gallo Nero” Washington e 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. E/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
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. 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 KO). Marrero takes on Jonathan Arellano (16-6-2, 4 KO) in a 10-round featherweight attraction.
The action continues with 27-year-old Ceferino Rodriguez (20-1, 11 KO) of Spain in an eight-round welterweight bout against Mexico’s Ernesto Ortiz (10-3, 7 KO) plus 29-year-old South Korean brawler Min Wook Kim (14-1, 11 KO) in a super lightweight contest against Mexico’s Jose Luis Rodriguez (14-6, 9 KO).
Rounding out the night of fights is unbeaten 25-year-old Los Angeles-native Anthony Flores (9-0, 5 KO) in an eight-round super lightweight bout against Daniel Nava (7-3-2, 3 KO) 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 Re Vargas (25-0, 20 KO) in azione piuma.
Dal passaggio al professionismo nei primi mesi 2013 seguendo i Giochi Olimpici di Londra, il 27-year-old Hunter, combattimento da Las Vegas, NV, ha continuato a brillare. 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 campagna.
Fighting out of Delano, California, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Febbraio 27. Egli viene in questa lotta al largo di vittorie su 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.
Dopo aver vinto una medaglia d'argento al 2007 Pan American Games, oltre a diversi altri riconoscimenti amatoriali, Marrero della Repubblica Dominicana ha vinto il primo 14 uscite della sua carriera da professionista. 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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