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Undisputed World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor to defend title
(MAR 4) DiBella Entertainment, Gary Shaw Productions and Prize Fight
Promotions announced yesterday that the much anticipated Jermain Taylor
vs. Winky Wright Undisputed World Middleweight Championship, slated for
Saturday, June 17th, will take place at the FedEx Forum in Memphis,
Tennessee.
"Memphis has illustrated clearly that it is a boxing town and the FedEx
Forum is one of the finest arenas in the country," said Taylor Promoter
Lou DiBella, president of DBE. "We look forward to the southern
hospitality in June."
"Having held my last training camp there, and it being just two hours
from Little Rock, Memphis is like a second home to me,
said Taylor. "I can't wait to perform in front of my fans from Arkansas
and my adopted hometown fans in Memphis. It's going to be a great
night."
"This will be a tremendous battle in a tremendous city, and the most
important fight in the 160 pound division," said Gary Shaw, Wright's
promoter.
Said Prize Fight Promotions COO Brian Young: "This is the most
significant middleweight championship fight in the last 25 years since
Hagler vs. Leonard. The stakes couldn't be any higher in what promises
to be the major fight of 2006.Two great fighters with one goal. I could
not be more excited for my hometown to be the site of this epic battle."
