**MEDIA ALERT**
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT! HOPKINS VS. DAWSON”
OFFICIAL FIGHTER WEIGH-IN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 AT 2:00 P.M. PT
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
WHO: BERNARD HOPKINS, WBC & Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion
CHAD DAWSON, Former Light Heavyweight World Champion
ANTONIO DEMARCO, WBC #1 Rated Lightweight Contender
JORGE LINARES, Former Two-Division World Champion
KENDALL HOLT, Former World Champion
DANNY GARCIA, Undefeated Junior Welterweight Contender
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, Former World Champion
ORLANDO LORA, Welterweight Contender
DEWEY BOZELLA, 2011 ESPN Arthur Ashe Courage Award Recipient Making Pro Debut
OSCAR DE LA HOYA, President of Golden Boy Promotions
GARY SHAW, President and CEO of Gary Shaw Productions
WHAT:
Official weigh-in for “Believe It Or Not!: Hopkins vs. Dawson” taking place this Saturday, Oct. 15 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and which will beproduced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®.
WHEN: Friday, October 14
1:30 p.m. PT – Media Call
2:00 p.m. PT – Fighters On Scale
WHERE: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum Hollywood Main Entrance
6780 Hollywood Blvd. (Southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. & Highland Ave.)
Hollywood, CA 90028
FACTS:
“Believe It Or Not!: Hopkins vs. Dawson” is a 12-round bout for Hopkins’ WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship Titles taking place on Saturday, Oct. 15 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif. and will beproduced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. The event is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, AT&T and Ripley’s Believe It or Not. In addition to this championship main event showdown, the televised pay-per-view undercard will also feature Antonio DeMarco vs. Jorge Linares in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Lightweight World Title, Kendall Holt vs. Danny Garcia in 12-round bout for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight Title andPaulie Malignaggi vs. Orlando Lora in a 10-round welterweight bout. DeMarco vs. Linares is presented in association with Teiken Promotions.
Tickets for Hopkins vs. Dawson, priced at $300, $150, $75 and $25, are on sale now and are available for purchase online at www.staplescenter.com,www.ticketmaster.com or via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (800)745-3000. Tickets are also available at STAPLES Center box office.
