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| MAYWEATHER VS. HATTON TICKETS SOLD OUT FOR FIGHT AT MGM GRAND IN DECEMBER MGM MIRAGE To Host Closed Circuit Viewing; Tickets Now On Sale LAS VEGAS – With tickets for “UNDEFEATED,” the welterweight championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton, having sold out immediately earlier this morning, MGM MIRAGE will host closed circuit viewing at several properties, including MGM Grand, where tickets went on sale today. The championship card scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena will be produced and distributed live by HBO-Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST. Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Treasure Island, New York-New York, Luxor, Monte Carlo and Excalibur also will host closed circuit viewing with tickets going on sale Monday, Oct. 1. Tickets for the closed circuit telecast are priced at $50, not including handling fees. The venues will televise the most highly anticipated welterweight showdown in years and will open doors at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at each individual property’s box office outlets or by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711. For MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay venues, tickets also will be available by visiting www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 702-474-4000. Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person and all seats are general admission. The fight features two undefeated welterweights with a combined record of 81- 0. Mayweather, a six-division champion and boxing’s pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, will face the British icon Hatton, a two-time world champion and universally recognized as the best junior welterweight in the world today. This will be the biggest match-up of two undefeated welterweights since the record-setting mega-fight between Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad in 1999. Mayweather vs. Hatton is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions and supported by presenting sponsor Rockstar Energy Drink, and secondary sponsors Tecate Beer and Southwest Airlines. |
| COUNTDOWN TO TAYLOR-PAVLIK PREMIERES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ON HBO AT 11:00PM (ET/PT) NEW YORK, September 18th - HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special analyzing the upcoming middleweight title fight between reigning champion Jermain Taylor and fast-charging challenger Kelly Pavlik. The highly anticipated 160-pound bout is set for Saturday, September 29th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and will be carried live on HBO in one of the network's signature broadcasts of the year. The fight is an intriguing match-up between the division's most acclaimed competitors. The special "COUNTDOWN TO TAYLOR-PAVLIK," which will feature fighter profiles, expert analysis and forecasts for the showdown in Atlantic City, will premiere on Saturday, September 22 at 11:00PM (ET/PT). Jermain Taylor (27-0-1, 17KO's) of Little Rock, Arkansas, is one of the sport's most accomplished stars. Two years ago he upset reigning middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins to take his place atop the 160-pound division. Kelly Pavlik (31-0, 28KO's) of Youngstown, Ohio, is a fast -rising power puncher who is hoping to replace Taylor as the division's top act. The countdown special will also be available to HBO ON DEMAND subscribers 24 hours a day from Monday, September 24th thru Monday, October 8th. ADDITIONAL HBO REPLAY DATES: Sunday, September 23 at 11:45am & 10:30pm Monday, September 24th at 3:30pm & 9:30pm Tuesday, September 25th at 9:30pm & 5:05am Wednesday, September 26th at 11:30am Friday, September 28th at 1:00am Saturday, September 29th at 10:30am ADDITIONAL HBO2 REPLAY DATES: Thursday, September 27th at 11:00pm Friday, September 28th at 11:00pm Saturday, September 29th at 5:45pm ALL TIMES ARE ET/PT |
| Dino Duva, promoter for Sam Peter, says that the heavyweight contender now has two nicknames. He remains "The Nigerian Nightmare," but has been dubbed "The Sledgehammer" by Duva because of his KO power and this photo, on a recent visit to Peter's training camp in the Poconos. Peter gets a shot at the title against champion Oleg Maskaev at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, October 6. Showtime will televise. |
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| WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP OLEG MASKAEV AND SAMUEL PETER SET TO ‘RING’ IN THE NEW NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2007) - WBC Heavyweight World Champion Oleg Maskaev, and his impending challenger Samuel Peter joined “Smokin” Joe Frasier, Emile Griffith, Iran Barkley and a host of world-class prizefighters at Madison Square Garden today to retire the historic boxing ring that has hosted world championship title fights since 1925. Frazier, Maskaev and Peter conducted the ceremonial 10-count to officially retire the ring by striking the Garden’s original brass bell. The bell, the one that has adorned the Garden’s ring for 82 years, will continue in service alongside the new boxing ring that will host Maskaev and Peter when they clash for the WBC heavyweight world championship on Oct. 6, 2007 (live on SHOWTIME, 10 p.m. ET/PT). Following the ceremony, the fighters met with members of the media for one- on-one interview sessions. Oleg Maskaev: 34-5, 26 KOs – Fighting out of Staten Island, N.Y. by way of Zambuhl , Kazakhstan “It is a big honor to be in this ring with all these great champions today, especially here at Madison Square Garden . This is a big event for me in my life. Oct. 6 will be a big event as well. It’s a big test for me to get through. “In my career, every fight is a special fight. If you loose the opportunity to defend your world title, then that is it, you’re out. “It is one job to win the world title. It is another job to defend it.” “There is much more pressure on you to defend the title. You have to be a champion in every way. You have to be a champion in training, a champion on days like today and a champion on the street. This, here today, is part of being a world champion. “I have a big responsibility to my friends, my fans, my family and my children and all of their friends. I can’t let them down. “This is my motivation. I put pressure on myself and that pressure has helped me prepare for this fight. It helps me keep my focus.” Sam Peter: 28-1, 22 KOs – Fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev. by way of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria “I am very disappointed that I could not win the heavyweight world championship in this sacred ring – in its last fight. But I am equally as excited that I will win my heavyweight championship in the very first fight in a new ring. I am honored that I will be the first world champion to bless it… the new ring. “It is great to be around so many of these great champions. Frazier, Hopkins, Barkley, everybody. We have been in this ring for nearly an hour today and it really is an exciting experience, a special day. No one can take that from me. “On Oct. 6, I will be making history of my own. I have waited a long time for this opportunity and I am not going to let Maskaev leave this building with the title. In 100 years, when they retire the new boxing ring, they will have to say that ‘Sam Peter was here in 2007, he knocked out Maskaev for the title. What a great night for boxing’.” |
| WBC No. 1-Ranked Mandatory Challenger Adrian ‘The Shark’ Diaconu Suffers Serious Hand Injury; Epifanio ‘Diamante’ Mendoza Named as Replacement To Fight WBC Light Heavyweight Champion ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson At Sacramento’s ARCO Arena on Sept. 29 SACRAMENTO, Calif—World Boxing Council No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu, scheduled to fight for a title against WBC lightweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, suffered a training injury on Thursday forcing him to pull out of the Sept. 29 match. Dangerous light heavyweight knockout artist Epifanio Mendoza (28-4-1, 24 KOs), from Barranquilla, Colombia, has agreed to replace Diaconu and will face Dawson in the Sept. 29 main event. “This is a dream come true to have the opportunity to fight Chad Dawson for the WBC light heavyweight title,” an obviously enthused Mendoza said after flying into promoter Don King’s Deerfield Beach, Fla., headquarters to sign the match contract this afternoon [Sept. 18]. “I have fought in and won numerous national and continental championships but this will be my first world title fight. I plan on taking the title back to Colombia.” Fight promoter Don King likened the event to a Rocky movie, but this time it’s for real. “Adrian Diaconu’s misfortune becomes Epifanio Mendoza’s opportunity to make history,” King said. “Adrian will recover to fight another day and Epifanio has a chance to become a real-life Rocky, just like in the movies. This type of thing happens from time to time in boxing and it adds another level of intrigue into our September 29 main event.” The training injury occurred on Thursday [Sept. 13], the day after Diaconu and his trainer Pierre Bouchard had attended Sacramento and San Francisco press conferences promoting the fight on Wednesday [Sept. 12]. Diaconu was so anxious to not miss another day of his scheduled training that he took a late-night flight back to Montreal, which arrived on Thursday at 7 a.m. During his sparring session later that day, he injured his right hand. He complained of pain on the base of the hand between his knuckles and wrist. Dawson vs. Mendoza lead release On Friday morning, Diaconu visited Dr. Claude LeBlanc, a noted sports physician in Montreal, who advised him to undergo an immediate M.R.I., which was completed yesterday afternoon [Sept. 17]. The imaging revealed that Diaconu suffered bone contusions on the base of his hand on the third and fourth metacarpals with soft tissue damage in the surrounding areas. After LeBlanc read the results, he advised Diaconu to not participate in his scheduled match with Chad Dawson. He also prescribed rehabilitative treatment for the next few weeks until the injury heals to the point where it can be re-evaluated. A second world championship remains on the card featuring two once-beaten fighters with Luis “El Demoledor” Perez (25-1, 21 KOs), from Nicaragua, making the first defense of his International Boxing Federation bantamweight title opposing British Commonwealth champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko (24-1, 21 KOs), from Ghana. Eight bouts are expected to be on the full card. Tickets priced at $30, $50, $75, $100 and $250 are on sale now and may be purchased most easily by calling Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone at (916) 649- TIXS or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available at the ARCO Arena Box Office and at all Sacramento-area Ticketmaster outlets. Both world championships will be televised on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The event is being promoted by Don King Productions in association with Maloof Sports & Entertainment. Dawson (24-0, 16 KOs), a 25-year-old southpaw from New Haven, Conn., possesses the WBC 175-pound title Roy Jones Jr. held from 1997 to 2004. Dawson upset previously unbeaten Tomasz Adamek (31-0) to win the WBC crown on Feb. 3 in Kissimmee, Fla. In his most recent appearance he made a successful title defense against Jesus “Chuy” Ruiz on June 9 in Hartford, Conn. |
| DUVA SAYS RAPPAPORT WAS DISRESPECTFUL OF MSG SACRED RING FOR INSISTING ON CHANGE PRIOR TO MASKAEV-PETER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP; ADDS THAT PETER WILL CHRISTEN IN NEW GARDEN RING WITH A VICTORY New York, September 20—Dino Duva, president of Duva Boxing, the promoter of WBC no. 1 contender Samuel Peter, was very emotional about the fact that the sacred Madison Square Garden boxing ring has been retired before Peter’s October 6 World Heavyweight Title fight against Oleg Maskaev, and not after the fight. “Yesterday, I had chills the entire time during the MSG ring retirement ceremony,” said Duva. “Anyone whose life has been boxing had to feel that way. I was always told that the plan was to retire the ring AFTER the October 6 event, meaning Samuel would be able to be the last fighter to win a world championship in this sacred ring. “It was a bush league, disrespectful manuever by Dennis Rappaport, to insist on that clause changing the size of the ring without my knowledge or approval,” added Duva. “And this was all over a one and a half foot total difference in ring size! “Not that one and a half feet, or even ten feet, would make a difference in the outcome,” wrapped up Duva. “There will be a major victory for Samuel, but it would have been wonderful for Sam to be the last Champion in history to walk out of that ring. However, there will be a sliver lining to this: Samuel Peter will now be the FIRST fighter in history to win a world title in the new MSG ring, which I'm sure over time will have an equal amount of history to it.” |
| KLITSCHKO FIGHT AGAINST MCCLINE CANCELLED DUE TO SURGERY Innsbruck/Hamburg, September 11 – The boxing match between Vitali Klitschko (36) and American boxer Jameel McCline(37), scheduled for September 22nd in Munich , has been cancelled, as the Ukrainian boxer has just undergone surgery for a herniated disc. Last weekend Klitschko suffered an acute herniated disc at his training camp in Going , Austria , necessitating immediate surgery. The emergency surgery was performed late Saturday night at the University Clinic in Innsbruck . According to the attending physician Prof. Dr. Twerdy, “the operation was a complete success, but obviously Mr. Klitschko will not be able to compete in a match in two weeks. After 4 to 6 weeks of rehabilitation, Vitali Klitschko will be able to start training again.” Vitali Klitschko: “This is unbelievably bad luck. I’ve been in intense preparations for 9 weeks, had no problems whatsoever, and then a disc goes and slips in my last week of training. I was in prime shape, and was looking forward so much to my match. I feel especially bad for our TV partners RTL and Showtime as well as for my fans who were looking forward to the broadcast or who had bought tickets for the match in Munich .” Klitschko’s coach Fritz Sdunek said: “Vitali was in such good shape. Many representatives of the press were able to see for themselves at the press training session last week. He was completely relaxed and at the same level he was at when he was champion. This is really an incredible blow for Vitali, but he must hang in there now and think positive. I’m sure that we will soon see Vitali in the ring again despite this temporary setback.” Said Davaryl Williamson, Vitali's chief sparring partner: "Vitali was in great shape when I arrived in the training camp in Austria and he looked to be back to a world class level in sparring." Vitali Klitschko will be released from the clinic in Innsbruck today and will return to Hamburg . |