UNBEATEN 2012 U.S. OLYMPIAN MICHAEL HUNTER, MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER PAUL MENDEZ & FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER CLAUDIO MARRERO FEATURED IN UNDERCARD ACTION SATURDAY, Pebrero. 27 FROM HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, Calif.

Showtime Championship Boxing® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Pebrero 12, 2016) – Hindi iginuho 2012 U.S. Ng Olimpus Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 Kos), middleweight kalaban Paul Mendez (20-2-2, 10 Kos) and exciting featherweight contender ClaudioThe Matrix” Marrero (19-1, 14 Kos) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on Sabado, Pebrero 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Leon “Lindol” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Hulyo Ceja at Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, heavyweights Gerald “Ang Black tandang” Washington at 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. AT/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (Dagta).
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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 Hari Vargas (25-0, 20 Kos) sa featherweight aksyon.
Dahil ang paggawa sa mga propesyonal sa unang bahagi ng 2013 pagsunod sa London Olympic Games, ang 27-taong-gulang na Hunter, aaway out sa Las Vegas, NV, ay patuloy na lumiwanag. 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 kampanya.
Fighting out of Delano, California, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Pebrero 27. Siya ay dumating sa ito labanan off ng tagumpay sa 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.
Pagkatapos ng panalong ng isang pilak medalya sa 2007 Pan American Games, bilang karagdagan sa ilang iba pang mga amateur accolades, ang Dominican Republic Marrero nanalo ng unang 14 outings ng kanyang pro career. 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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