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Campillo, Martinez to return in Spain

Light heavyweight contender Gabriel Campillo and former junior featherweight titlist Kiko Martinez will both appear in scheduled eight-round fights on Dec. 12 in Barcelona, Spain, their home country, on a card being put on by Maravilla Box Promotions, former middleweight champion Sergio Martinez’s company.

Oscar Zardain of Maravilla Box Promotions told ESPN.com that Campillo (24-6-1, 11 KOs) will face Czech Republic’s Tomas Adamek (21-10-2, 8 KOs), who should not be confused with Poland’s Tomasz Adamek, the former light heavyweight and cruiserweight titleholder and longtime heavyweight contender.

Campillo, a former light heavyweight titleholder, put himself back in the title picture with a fifth-round upset knockout of rising contender Thomas Williams Jr. on Aug. 1 on ESPN2.

Kiko Martinez (31-5, 23 KOs) will face France’s Amor Belahdj Ali (13-3-1, 2 KOs). Martinez is moving down to bantamweight for the fight, where he and trainer Gaby Sarmiento believe he will be a force.

Martinez is looking to rebound from a decision loss to Carl Frampton that cost him his world title on Sept. 6 in Frampton’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Also on the card will be an anticipated all-Spanish showdown between junior middleweights Roberto Santos (21-7-3, 12 KOs) and Javier Garcia Roche (15-2-1, 10 KOs).