COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR “KNOCKOUT KINGS”:
FIGHTERS MAKE THEIR MGM GRAND ARRIVALS
Canelo Alvarez & Josesito Lopez Just Four Days
From Mexican Independence Day Weekend Blockbuster Event
LAS VEGAS – All eight fighters
participating in Saturday’s blockbuster Mexican Independence Day weekend world championship event on SHOWTIME
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING arrived in grand fashion at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Group Photo (from left to right) - Leo Santa Cruz, Marcos Maidana, Jhonny
Gonzalez, Canelo Alvarez,
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La
Hoya, Josesito Lopez, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Jesus Soto Karass and Eric Morel.
Incredibly
popular and undefeated superstar Canelo
Alvarez will defend his WBC
Super Welterweight World Championship against breakout star Josesito Lopez on Saturday, Sept. 15, live
on SHOWTIME (9 p.m.
ET/ 6 p.m. PT) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas .
The four-fight, three world championship event also
features WBC Featherweight World Champion Jhonny
Gonzalez defending his crown against former World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, former World Champion Marcos Maidana squaring off against
perennial contender Jesus Soto Karass and Leo Santa Cruz defending his IBF
Bantamweight World Championship against former Two-Time World Champion Eric Morel.
Below are two select quotes from Tuesday’s grand
arrivals.
CANELO ALVAREZ:
“Josesito earned the right to be here. I’m
not underestimating him at all. I want to continue on this path, but I
have to get through Josesito first.”
JOSESITO LOPEZ:
“I can’t say I don’t like being the
underdog. It adds excitement to the fight and makes me want to pull off
the upset that much more.”
ABOUT “KNOCKOUT KINGS”:
“Knockout Kings,” headlined
by Canelo Alvarez defending
his WBC Super Welterweight World Championship against breakout star Josesito Lopez, is presented by Golden Boy
Promotions and Canelo Promotions in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions
and Thompson Boxing Promotions and sponsored by
Corona , DeWalt Tools, AT&T and
O’Reilly Auto Parts. In the co-featured attractions, WBC
Featherweight World Champion Jhonny
Gonzalez defends his crown against former World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in fight
presented in association with Promociones Del Pueblo, former World
Champion Marcos Maidana faces
perennial contender Jesus Soto Karass in
a 12-round fight for the vacant WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Title
presented in association with Universum Box-Promotion and Leo Santa Cruz defends his IBF Bantamweight
World Championship against former Two-Time World Champion Eric Morel. The Saturday, Sept. 15
quadruple-header, packed with Mexican pride and power, will take place at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be televised live on SHOWTIME
Saturday, Sept. 15 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT with preliminary fights to air
live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Tickets
priced at $400, $300, $150, $50 and $25, not including applicable service
charges and taxes, are on sale now and available for purchase. Ticket
sales are limited to 10 per person. To charge by phone with a major
credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are
available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
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