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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. (Februari 12, 2016) – Ongeslagen 2012 U.S. Olympiër Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 KO), middengewicht mededinger 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 Zaterdag, Februari 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Leeuw “Aardbeving” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Juli Ceja en Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, zwaargewichten Gerald “The Black Rooster” Washington en 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. EN/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Tickets voor de live-evenement, die wordt bevorderd door TGB Promotions, zijn geprijsd op $27, $54, $104 en $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 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 Koning Vargas (25-0, 20 KO) in vedergewicht actie.
Omdat hij professioneel in het begin 2013 naar aanleiding van de Olympische Spelen in Londen, de 27-jarige Hunter, uitvechten van Las Vegas, NV, is blijven schijnen. 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 campagne.
Fighting out of Delano, Californië, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Februari 27. Hij komt in deze strijd off van overwinningen op 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.
Na het winnen van een zilveren medaille op de 2007 Pan American Games, in aanvulling op een aantal andere amateur-onderscheidingen, de Dominicaanse Republiek Marrero won de eerste 14 uitstapjes van zijn professionele carrière. 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, Californië.
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