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Marquez
and Juarez make WBC 30 day weight limit before their upcoming world
championship battle
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 18) – Juan Manuel Marquez, the WBC Super
Featherweight World Champion, and challenger, Ricardo Rocky Juarez, both
weighted in under the WBC 30 day pre-fight weight limit in Mexico City
and Houston, from their respective training camps.
Marquez (47-3-1, 35 KO’s) weighed in at 132.1 pounds and Juarez (27-3,
19 KO’s) was 139 pounds. The maximum weight each fighter could weigh 30
days prior to the fight was 143 pounds.
Marquez will defend his title against Juarez on “Fireworks”, a night of
world-class professional boxing, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions
in association with Romanza Productions and Tournament of Contenders and
sponsored by Tecate Beer, Rock Star Energy Drink and Southwest Airlines.
For more information please visit www.goldenboypromotions.com.
Tickets for this unforgettable night of boxing, priced at $300, $200,
$100 and $50, are on sale now at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office.
Tickets are sold at 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 Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets
also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or
www.ticketmaster.com.
The “Fireworks” pay-per-view telecast featuring Marquez vs. Juarez,
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 61 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading
supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For your
Marquez vs. Juarez fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com. |
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