Keeping busy is the key for promotional free agent Hunter (18-1-1, 12 KOs) and it all starts for him December 18º, when he faces West Virginia’s Shawn Laughery (10-3, 6 KOs), who has replaced veteran Chauncy “Hillyard Hammer” Welliver, in the 10-round co-featured event on “Battle of Rio Grande” targeta, airing live on pay per view from Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.
La “Battle of Rio Grande,” main event pits undefeated, antic campió mundial de pes súper mitjà Gilberto “Esquerrà” Ramírez (40-0, 26 KOs), who challenges North American Boxing Federation (NABF) light heavyweight titlist Alfonso “El Tigre” López(32-3, 25 KOs).
“Battle of Rio Grande” will be available for live viewing on digital, cable i satèl·lit, a partir de 8 p.m. I / 5 p.m. PT, on pay per view for a suggested retail price of only $24.99. FITE will stream worldwide on the FITE mobile apps, totes les principals aplicacions OTT i lloc web (www.FITE.tv), i Integrated Sports Media es distribuiran a tota Amèrica del Nord a través de DirecTV, a la demanda, i DISH als Estats Units, as well as in Canada on Shaw and SaskTel.
Addicionalment, preceding the live pay-per-view broadcast at 7 p.m. I / 4 p.m. PT, fans may view a free LIVE PPV PRE-SHOW featuring some undercard bouts. “Battle of Rio Grande” Pre-Show will be available at FITE, DirecTV, DISH, Shaw and select cable operators.
“I think that dealing with Zurdo Promotions and getting this first fight off as a free agent really sets the tone,” Hunter said. “I plan to stay busy the next couple of months Teaming up with ‘Zurdo’ and having such a big name next to mine is a great way to put myself in position for the world heavyweight title.”
The 32-year-old Hunter, who fights out of Las Vegas, was a decorated amateur boxer who represented the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He captured gold medals at the 2012 U.S. National Championships and 2011 Guants d'Or Nacionals, silver medal at the 2006 Guants d'Or Nacionals, and bronze at the 2006 Campionat del Món Júnior.
The son of a former pro boxer, la tarda Micro “La recompensa” Hunter, Michael turned pro March 9, 2013, parada Chad Davis a la tercera ronda. Hunter won his first 12 baralles com a professional, including a 10-round decision over previously undefeated Isiah Thomas (15-0), before losing by way of a 12-round unanimous decision to Oleksandr Usyk (11-0) for the World Boxing Organization (OMB) junior heavyweight title. He is unbeaten in the following seven fights, moving up to heavyweight to collect six victories and a 12-round split decision versus Alexander Povetkin (35-2) in his most recent bout a year ago. Povetkin, 1 2004 Olympic gold medalist from Russia, currently is the reigning WBC Interim world heavyweight champion.
Hunter is a top 10-ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies — #4 Federació Internacional de Boxa (FIB), #7 OMB, #10 WBC and World Boxing Association (AMB) – in addition to being # 8 a L'Anell magazine’s independent ratings.
La targeta està subjecta a canvis.
Les butlletes estan a $65.00, $135.00, $250.00 i $400.00 per a VIP estan a la venda i es poden comprar a www.zurdopromotions.events.com.
INFORMACIÓ:
Lloc web: www.ZurdoPromotions.com
Instagram: @zurdoramirez, @zurdopromotions, @eltigrepromotions, @bedefsports
Refilo: @ZurdoPromotions, @GilbertoZurdoRamirez, MichaelHunter II, @Fititv, @Integratedppv
