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Diaz vs Malignaggi and Ortiz
vs Diaz - Final press conference quotes...
JUAN DIAZ, Former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion
"I'm excited, I'm happy and I'm ready. I
feel like Santa Claus came early this year because come
Saturday night, its going to be easy money."
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, Former Welterweight World Champion
"I'm excited about Saturday. We have
worked really hard for this fight. I'm ready and Juan
says he is ready. It's going to be a great fight."
Packed, ten fight undercard
set for 2009's last big night of boxing from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago...
Headlining
this stacked 12 fight card is an HBO "Boxing After Dark"
doubleheader featuring the NABO junior welterweight title
bout between "Baby Bull" Diaz and
Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi in the much
anticipated rematch of their August 22, 2009 bout and a
welterweight showdown between "Vicious" Victor
Ortiz and Antonio "Toño" Diaz.
But that's
not all, as a star-studded array of fistic talent, including
a former world champion, respected top contenders and
boxing's rising stars will enter the ring in pivotal
year-ending match-ups.
An update on "The Magic Man" -
"Tonight (Tuesday) I have been
invited to do an appearance at the Bulls vs. Nets game. I have
trained hard and I am confident... this Saturday, December 12th
there is going to be Magic and it will be performed by the
Magic Man! I want to thank all my fans who are heading to
Chicago and all my fans who are going to be tuning in on HBO
on Saturday will not disappoint you."
Classic match-up in a classic
"fight town" - Malignaggi vs Diaz II review... by
Martin Wade
The fog has now cleared from
Manny Pacquiao's destruction of Miguel Cotto and we won't hear
his name again until sometime in 2010. Everything about the
event was perfect, the spirit of Filipino and Puerto Rican
fans and the mainstream coverage put us on a springboard for a
great 2010. One detail, historic in its context is now taken
for granted in the boxing universe and that is the assumption
that ALL the big fights happen in Vegas. Vegas as the boxing
capital of the world is now an accepted concept, in other
words there are adults who can't reference a time when it
wasn't. The fight game if anything is much like baseball in
that black and white footage is respected, referenced and
woven into the modern tapestry. People born in 1974 have no
problem paying homage to Ray Robinson and Manny Pacquiao is
now synonymous with Henry Armstrong.
Officials
selected for Diaz vs Malignaggi rematch on December 12 at
Chicago's UIC pavilion and live on HBO...
The Illinois State
Athletic Commission has assigned the officials who will
oversee the December 12 junior welterweight battle between
Houston, Texas' Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz and
Brooklyn, New York's Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi
at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago and televised live on HBO's
"Boxing After Dark."
Refereeing the highly-anticipated 12 round rematch will be
Illinois' Genaro "Geno" Rodriguez.
The
three judges scoring the bout will be Illinois'
Mauro DiFiore, Ohio's Tom Miller and
Florida's Michael Pernick.
The co-main event
will feature a ten round welterweight showdown between top
contender "Vicious" Victor
Ortiz and former world title challenger Antonio Diaz. The evening of boxing
is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella
Entertainment in association with 8 Count Productions and
sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Dewalt Tools. The bouts will air live on HBO's Boxing After Dark
beginning at 10:15 pm ET/PT (9:15 pm CT).
Tickets, priced at
$251, $156, $86, $51 and $31, are available for purchase at
ticketmaster.com
or by phone at 1-312-226-5800,
toll free at 1-800-745-3000
and at the UIC Pavilion Box
Office (open Thursday and Friday from
9 am - 4 pm CT).
or more
information regarding "By Popular Demand": Diaz vs. Malignaggi
II, please visit
www.goldenboypromotions.com,
www.dbe1.com
or
www.8countproductions.com.
Johnson
vs Klitschko to air on HBO December 12th...
It has been announced
that HBO's World Championship Boxing will televise the
upcoming bout between Star Boxing's undefeated heavyweight
contender, Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) and Vitali
Klitschko (38-2, 37KO) for the WBC Heavyweight Championship of
the World on December 12th. In addition to Johnson vs.
Klitschko, which will take place at the PostFinance Arena in
Bern, Switzerland, HBO will also be airing Victor Ortiz vs.
Antonio Diaz and the rematch between Juan Diaz and Paulie
Malignaggi from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on HBO's Boxing
After Dark. The special duel site, triple header, will kick
off at 10:15 PM with Oritz vs. Diaz, followed by Diaz vs.
Malignaggi II. Immediately following Diaz vs. Malignaggi, HBO
will air the WBC Title fight from Switzerland, tape delayed.
"I couldn't be more happy or excited that HBO has decided to
air my upcoming fight against Vitali Klitschko," stated
Johnson. "Now all of my fans here in the U.S. will have the
opportunity to witness me becoming Heavyweight Champion. I
want to thank HBO for this opportunity, and remind everyone to
tune in On December 12th, to witness the Kingpin become THE
NEW WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World."
The Kevin Johnson vs. Vitali Klitschko fight for the WBC
Heavyweight Championship of the World is promoted by Joe
DeGuardia's Star Boxing and K2 Promotions.
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