Christopher Martin Peña
Encyclopedia
Christopher Joshua Martin Peña (born July 5, 1986 in San Diego, California
) is an undefeated Mexican American
boxer
in the Super Bantamweight
division and is the current WBO NABO
Super Bantamweight
Champion.
at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota
. The bout was televised on a Showtime undercard.
In May 2011, Christopher again won an upset, this time over contender Charles Huerta
to win the vacant WBO NABO
Super Bantamweight
Championship.. This bout was the main-event of a TeleFutura
boxing card.
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
) is an undefeated Mexican American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in the Super Bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....
division and is the current WBO NABO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
Super Bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....
Champion.
Professional career
In August of 2010, Peña upset an undefeated Christopher AvalosChristopher Avalos
Christopher Matthew Avalos is a Mexican American boxer in the Bantamweight division and is the current WBO NABO Bantamweight Champion.-WBO NABO Championship:...
at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota
Hinckley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,291 people, 551 households, and 332 families residing in the city. The population density was 454.3 people per square mile . There were 614 housing units at an average density of 216.0 per square mile...
. The bout was televised on a Showtime undercard.
In May 2011, Christopher again won an upset, this time over contender Charles Huerta
Charles Huerta
Charles Huerta is a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.-Pro career:On July 23, 2010 Huerta stopped veteran Jonathan Arias by knockout in the sixth round, the fight was shown on Telefutura....
to win the vacant WBO NABO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
Super Bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....
Championship.. This bout was the main-event of a TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
boxing card.