“BELIEVE IT OR NOT! HOPKINS VS. DAWSON” OFFICIAL FIGHTER WEIGH-IN

Posted on | October 14, 2011 | No Comments

TODAY, 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.