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The
Trilogy Concludes on December 3
LOS ANGELES, October 20 – After two fights and two knockouts, Oscar
Larios and Israel Vazquez, the two premier super bantamweights in the
world, still stand at a stalemate, with neither fighter able to fully
claim superiority over the other.
So what are two Mexican warriors to do?
They fight for a third time - for a unified title, for local bragging
rights, and most importantly, for pride.
Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions
and DiBella Entertainment, is pleased to announce the world championship
rubber match between Larios and Vazquez, which will take place on
Saturday, December 3rd, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las
Vegas , Nevada .
The bout, which is the co-feature to the highly anticipated middleweight
championship rematch between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins, will be
telecast live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.
The Larios-Vazquez rivalry dates back to April 12, 1997, when the
unheralded Vazquez (then 11-1) stunned the 20-0 Larios via a first round
knockout. Both would go on to great success in the fight game, and on
May 17, 2002, the two would meet again, this time with the interim WBC
super bantamweight title on the line. There would be no quick knockout
this time, and Larios and Vazquez waged an epic battle that made its way
on to many ‘Fight of The Year’ lists. But in the end, ‘Chololo’ got his
revenge, stopping Vazquez in the 12th and final round of their
championship belt.
Larios (56-3-1, 36 KOs ) hasn’t given up the belt since, successfully
defending his title nine times. In that same time frame, Vazquez (38-3,
27 KOs) won a world championship of his own, stopping Jose Luis Valbuena
in 12 rounds on March 25, 2004, to win the IBF 122-pound title. He has
successfully defended his title twice, but to him, as well as Larios,
nothing is more important than unifying the title and settling the
score.
That score will be settled on December 3rd.
Tickets priced at $800, $600, $400, $200 and $100, are on sale now at
the Mandalay Bay Theatre box office. Tickets also will be sold at all
Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Tower Records/WOW!, Smith’s Food and
Drug Centers , Robinsons-May stores and Ritmo Latino). To charge by
phone with a major credit card, call the Mandalay Bay box office at
(702) 632-7580 or Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are
available for purchase at www.mandalabay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
