OAKLAND’S OWN WBA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION ANDRE WARD & WORLD-RANKED KNOCKOUT ARTIST ALLAN GREEN GO FACE-TO-FACE AT THE COURTSIDE CLUB AT ORACLE ARENA

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MEDIA CONFERENCE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 AT 12:30 P.M.

COURTSIDE CLUB AT ORACLE ARENA
WHO: WBA Super Middleweight Champion and 2004 US Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward
Trainer, Virgil Hunter
World-ranked Allan Green
Trainer, John David Jackson
Dan Goossen
Co-promoter, Antonio Leonard
Co-promoter, Lou Dibella

WHAT: Oakland’s own WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and World-
ranked Allan Green will participate in an OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PRESS
CONFERENCE this Wednesday, June 16. Ward will take on his first world title defense
against challenger Allan Green in Group Stage 2 of the Super Six World Boxing
Classic on Saturday, June 19 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California to be
broadcast on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

Ward, who has emerged as a tournament favorite following his win in Group Stage 1
against Mikkel Kessler, is currently listed as a 1-1 favorite to win it all by USA Today
sports analyst Danny Sheridan. A victory over the world-ranked Green (29-1, 20 KOs),
of Tulsa, Okla., will catapult the last American to win an Olympic Games gold medal into
the tournament semi-finals.

The event is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions, TNT Boxing and Dibella
Entertainment and sponsored by Corona, Oakland Tribune and River Rock Casino.

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
12:30 P.M.

WHERE: ORACLE Arena – Courtside Club
7000 Coliseum Way
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-2121

ABOUT SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC

The inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic is a ground-breaking, six-fighter
tournament from SHOWTIME Sports® featuring the class of the super middleweight
(168-pound) division from around the world. All bouts in the Super Six tournament will
be contested under the Unified Rules of Boxing. Each boxer fights three bouts against
different opponents in the field in the points-based Group Stage of competition (Win –
2 pts with a 1-pt bonus for KO/TKO; Loss – 0 pts; Draw – 1 pt.). After the Group Stage,
the four fighters with the highest point totals will advance to the single-elimination
Semi-Finals. The winners of the Semi-Final bouts will advance to the Finals and fight
for the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic trophy.

For information on all SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, including exclusive behind-the
scenes video and photo galleries from its events and complete information on the
Super Six World Boxing Classic, please visit the website at http://www.sports.sho.com