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Hill-Maske headlines March 31
PPV
March 21, 2007 |
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MUNICH, Germany (March 21, 2007) - If future
Hall of Fame boxer Virgil "Quicksilver" Hill becomes any more popular in
Germany, where he is preparing for his March 31st pay-per-view fight
against Henry "The Gentleman" Maske in the main event on "The Rematch"
card, promoted by WHS International at Olympia Hall in Munich, Bavarians
will make him an honorary Baron.
"The Rematch," headlined by the 12-round Hill-Maske special attraction,
will be broadcast live in the United States on cable and satellite
pay-per-view starting at 4 PM/ET, 1 PM/PT. The event is being
distributed for pay-per-view by Integrated Sports and will be available
via iN Demand, DirecTV and TVN for a suggested retail price of only
$24.95.
"The reception here has been great," Hill said. "I'm a little surprised.
Henry has nobody to blame but himself. You can't forget about the fans.
We've never done anything secretly. We've been enjoying ourselves,
spending time with Germans, letting them do interviews and come to
training. We're pretty confident and have no secrets. I don't speak much
German other than to say hello, but a smile's a smile in any language.
I'm just very relaxed, laughing and being myself. I'm real with it.
"I think I'll have some supporters (at the fight) that are German. It'll
be nice but when push comes to shove, they'll probably still want one of
their boys to get it done. It's the nature of the beast. We're in
Bavaria - meats, potatoes and goulash -- right down my alley. I come
from North Dakota, which is predominantly German and Norwegian, so a lot
of the foods here are the same."
The fan-friendly Hill (50-5, 23 KOs), five-time world champion and
reigning WBA cruiserweight title-holder, knocked previously unbeaten IBF
light heavyweight king Maske into retirement with a 12-round split
decision (116-113, 115-113, 112-116) in their 1996 unification bout at
Olympia Hall. Maske (30-1, 11 KOs) has come out of more than decade in
retirement to fight Hill in their Mar. 31 rematch.
Team Hill, which has been in Germany since March 3, also includes
Virgil's wife and manager, Carla; trainers Allen Larsien, Michael Hall
and Ray Nard; strength-and-conditioning coach Jon Simon, and assistant
trainer Willie Parrish.
"The Rematch" is sold out with more than 13,000 standing-room fans and
projected 20 million viewers worldwide, a figure expected to exceed the
number who watched the March 10th Wladimir Klitschko-Ray Austin IBF/IBO
heavyweight title fight on television. |
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