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LOS ANGELES (JAN 27) – WBC Super
Featherweight Champion, Marco Antonio Barrera will meet WBO
Featherweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday, March 17, 2007
at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, it was announced today. This battle
between two of the most recognized Mexican fighters in the world is what
boxing fans have been waiting for.
“Fearless” - Barrera vs Marquez, is a dream fight which has finally
become a reality. The 12-round WBC Super Featherweight Championship,
presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Romanza Boxing, will be broadcast
live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.
Tickets to Barrera vs Marquez are priced at $400, $300, $200, $100 and
$50 and go on sale Thursday, Jan. 25 at noon. Tickets will be sold at
any Mandalay Bay box office and all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations
(Smith’s Food and Drug Centers, Macy’s 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.mandalaybay.com or
www.ticketmaster.com.
These future Hall of Famers have been involved in some of the most
explosive fights in the last 10 years, ensuring that both fighters will
bring out the best in each other. This fight resembles the epic duels of
the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
“For as long as I can remember, when you talked about the best fighters
in the world, the names of Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez
were always mentioned, but a fight between them never came off,” said
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya. “I’m excited that
we’ve finally been able to put these two great warriors together and
present the fans with what I believe will be one of the best fights of
the last 25 years.”
“This is one of the most important fights of my career and I think I am
going to knock out Barrera,” said Juan Manuel Marquez. “Barrera has
fought a lot, but I’m at the peak of my career and it is time for him
(Barrera) to retire and for me to take the reign.”
“Juan Manuel (Marquez) thinks he is going to knock me out, I’d like to
see him try,” said Barrera. “He (Marquez) is dreaming that he is going
to win, but the difference will show that his dreams are not reality.
Instead he should be training because I am going to shut his mouth with
my punches not with words.”
"Boxing fans loved Marco Antonio Barrera's legendary trilogy with Erik
Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez's exciting battle with Manny Pacquiao",
said HBO Pay-Per-View's Mark Taffet. "Barrera vs. Marquez is yet another
great head-to-head, toe-to-toe matchup which boxing fans will look
forward to."
One of the most storied Mexican fighters ever, WBC super featherweight
champion Marco Antonio Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs) has defied description
with a 17-year career that has seen him not only beat the best in the
world and compile world championships in three weight classes while
doing it, but by showing the ability to box or brawl equally, depending
on the situation. This unbelievable talent has assured ‘The Baby-Faced
Assassin’ a place in the Boxing Hall of Fame, but as evidenced by his
recent wins over young gun Rocky Juarez in 2006, this 33-year-old Mexico
City native has plenty left in his tank as he adds more chapters to his
amazing story.
A stellar technician with a warrior’s instincts, Juan Manuel Marquez
(46-3-1, 35 KOs) has long been a favorite among boxing purists for his
counterpunching brilliance and willingness to gut it out in the trenches
when necessary. A native of Mexico City who has been a pro since 1993,
Marquez has held the featherweight championship of the world twice,
facing the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Derrick Gainer, Manuel Medina, and
Chris John along the way. Since 1999, he has compiled 17 wins with just
one disputed decision loss and a controversial draw marring an otherwise
perfect slate. On March 17, Marquez moves up to 130 pounds to fulfill
his long-awaited boxing destiny against Barrera.
Golden Boy Promotions will announce an exciting line-up of supporting
bouts for this mega event at a later date.
The Barrera vs Marquez pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6
p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $44.95, will be distributed by
HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 56 million
pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event
programming to the pay-per-view industry. For your daily Barrera vs
Marquez fight week updates, log onto www.HBO.com. |
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