MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007
One of the Most Anticipated Fights Ever
Scheduled for January 19th
at Madison Square Garden
NEW YORK, NY – December 8, 2007 –
Tickets for the highly anticipated match
between Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. will go on
sale Monday, December 10, Madison Square Garden announced
today. The much sought after first row ringside seats will be
available for fans to purchase via a special Ticketmaster
online auction, beginning on December 10th.
Arguably the two top fighters of the past
decade, Trinidad and Jones will step into the Madison Square
Garden boxing ring on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 for a featured
12-round match up. Tickets for the premier boxing event range
from $15,000 to $100.00 and can be purchased via Ticketmaster
beginning at 12 noon on Monday.
The general public will have the rare
opportunity to participate in an online auction to purchase
ultimate ringside seats to one of the sport’s biggest
attractions. Bidders can log onto Ticketmaster.com beginning
at 12 noon on Monday to bid on tickets at the four top-level
prices. Bids will be accepted until the auction closes at 12
noon on Monday, December 17th. In addition to the
auction, Official Platinum Ringside seats will be available
through Ticketmaster Ticket Exchange. Tickets for all other
price levels will be available via Ticketmaster retail
locations and the Madison Square Garden box office also
beginning at 12 noon on Monday, December 10th.
"We expect this fight to be one of the hottest
boxing match ups of all time," said Joel Fisher, senior vice
president, MSG Sports Properties. “We're excited to bring
this fight to New York area boxing fans, and via this unique
partnership with Ticketmaster, the very best seats in the
house will be available to anyone visiting Ticketmaster
Auction or Ticketmaster Ticket Exchange."
Jones is an eight-time world champion, winning
belts in the middleweight, super middleweight, light
heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, becoming the first
former middleweight champion to win a world heavyweight crown
in over 100 years.
Trinidad is a five-time world champion with a
stunning career knockout ratio of 80 percent that has won
titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight and
middleweight classes. He also holds the distinction of having
defeated three Olympic Games gold medalists: Pernell “Sweet
Pea” Whitaker, “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya and David
Reid.
The
event is being promoted by Don King Productions in association
with Madison Square Garden.
MSG Sports Properties is part of Madison Square
Garden, L.P., owned by Cablevision Systems Corporation, which
includes the New York Knicks (NBA); the New York Rangers
(NHL); the New York Liberty (WNBA); the Hartford Wolf Pack
(American Hockey League); MSG Entertainment, which includes
concerts and events at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square
Garden, WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, and the Beacon
Theatre; MSG Media, which is comprised of MSG and FSN New
York; and the Madison Square Garden arena complex, located in
the heart of the New York metropolitan area.