LOS ANGELES (January 6, 2009) – As a result of extremely high demand, STAPLES Center, Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions have released upper concourse tickets, reasonably priced starting at $25, to the January 24th World Welterweight Championship showdown between three-time welterweight champion ANTONIO MARGARITO and three-division world champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY.
Remaining tickets, priced at $300, $150, $75, $50, and $25, are on sale now at all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at 213-480-3232 and online at www.ticketmaster.com, and at STAPLES Center Box Office.
Margarito vs. Mosley is promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate. The 12-round world championship fight for Margarito’s World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title takes place on Saturday, January 24 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
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For Additional Information (Media):
Lee Samuels/Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank: (702) 732-2717
Ramiro Gonzalez/Monica Sears, Golden Boy Promotions: (213) 489-5631
Bill Caplan, Top Rank: (818) 515-1616
Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Communications: (303) 740-7746
Denise White/Lauren Renschler, EAG/Mosley: (310) 301-4274
Cara Vanderhook, STAPLES Center: (213) 742-7273
Michael Roth, AEG: (213) 742-7155
Ray Stallone, HBO: (212) 512-1987