TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR ALEXANDER VS. MAIDANA
DEVON ALEXANDER AND MARCOS MAIDANA SET FOR FEBRUARY 25 BATTLE AT ST. LOUIS’ SCOTTRADE CENTER
ADRIEN BRONER TO MAKE FIRST TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST UNDEFEATED #1 RATED CONTENDER ELOY PEREZ
DOUBLEHEADER TO BE TELEVISED LIVE ON HBO’S BOXING AFTER DARK
ST. LOUIS, MO (January 16) – On Saturday, Feb 25, 4 of boxing’s many constrained athletes will start 2012 in pivotal HBO Boxing After Dark televised battles from a Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. In a categorical event, a honour of St. Louis, Devon Alexander “The Great,” squares off opposite Argentinean knockout artist Marcos “El Chino” Maidana as a dual youth welterweight stars pierce adult to face off in a 10-round welterweight showdown. The co-featured quarrel will see Adrien “The Problem” Broner make his initial pretension invulnerability when he puts his WBO Junior Lightweight World Title on a line opposite dominant series one rated WBO contender Eloy “Prince” Perez.
“The categorical eventuality facilities dual tip youth welterweight stars looking to make a matter as they pierce adult to a welterweight division,” pronounced Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions. “Alexander will have his hometown fans entertaining him on opposite Maidana, who is one of a many feared punchers in a game. In a co-feature, we have dual young, undefeated fighters squaring off with a flashy, quick and clever Broner holding on a hungry, encouraged and relentless Perez. These are must-win fights for all 4 fighters and a night fighting fans won’t wish to miss.”
“I’m intensely vehement to make my welterweight entrance in such a large fight,” pronounced Alexander. “Maidana is one of a best fighters in a diversion right now and we trust that if we wish to be a best, we have to flog a best. Come Feb 25, we win this quarrel convincingly.”
“I’m vehement to be scheming myself to quarrel behind in a United States opposite an chosen competition like Alexander on Feb. 25,” pronounced Maidana. “It’s a good eventuality to infer myself and we won’t let it go. we know it’s a tough fight, though we adore large challenges, generally in a new weight division. As always, we guarantee all a fans another quarrel in a ring.”
“Get prepared to come to swag class, since I’m holding Eloy Perez to propagandize on Feb 25,” pronounced Broner. “I’m going to provide this quarrel only like a final 22. we will sight like it’s a final quarrel of my life and will come out victorious.”
“I’m looking brazen to fighting Adrien Broner on Feb 25 and to conference a difference “AND THE NEW…,” pronounced Perez. ”Golden Boy Promotions gave me a eventuality to work with them dual years ago and they have neat me for this impulse and we will not disappoint them.”
“I would like to appreciate Golden Boy and The Great Promotions for creation such a good quarrel possible,” pronounced Darryl Jones President of Boxing Operations of The Great Promotions. ”I trust Alexander vs. Maidana has ‘Fight of a Year’ potential. Devon’s carrying a extensive stay and we are scheming for war.”
“Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana in a categorical eventuality on HBO before a large throng in St. Louis is a recipe for a superb night of fighting action,” pronounced Kery Davis, comparison clamp boss of programming, HBO Sports. “It is a good approach to flog off a deteriorate for Boxing After Dark.”
“This is a superb sports city and Devon Alexander ranks among a city’s biggest sports heroes, both inside and outward a fighting ring,” pronounced Mike McCarthy, CEO of Scottrade Center. ”We’re anxious to acquire Devon and his multitude of fans behind to Scottrade Center as a eyes of a sports universe once again concentration on St. Louis for what promises to be another memorable night of boxing.”
“Alexander vs. Maidana,” a 10 turn welterweight quarrel holding place on Saturday, Feb 25 during a Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in organisation with The Great Promotions and Universum Box Promotions and sponsored by ATT and DeWalt Tools. Also featured will be Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez in a 12 turn quarrel for Broner’s WBO Junior Lightweight World Title that is presented in organisation with RR Promotions. The fights will be promote live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark during 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Tickets, labelled during $250, $125, $75, $50 and $25, are on sale now and accessible for purchase during a Scottrade Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone during 800-745-3000, or online during ticketmaster.com. There is a trickery price on all tickets purchased during all locations, including during a Scottrade Center Box Office. Additional Ticketmaster use charges and doing fees request to all tickets purchased by Ticketmaster outlets, by phone or online. For infirm seating, call 314-622-5420.
A gifted fighter whose technical correctness and defensive ability led him to a WBC Super Lightweight World Title in 2009 with a win over Junior Witter, St. Louis’ possess Devon Alexander “The Great” (22-1, 13 KO’s) one a WBC and IBF World Titles 7 months after with a technical knockout win over Juan Urango. Although he mislaid his belts in Jan of 2011 opposite Tim Bradley, Alexander bounced right behind in Jun with a 10 turn win over tough Argentinean Lucas Matthysse. Now, he looks to conquer a new weight multiplication as he moves adult to welterweight to tackle Matthysse’s countryman Maidana and greatfully his hometown fans in a Gateway City where he has gathered an 8-0 record.
Firmly cemented among a 140-pound weight category elite, Santa Fe’s Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) done it dual for dual in 2011 with a win over destiny Hall of Famer Erik “El Terrible” Morales in a “Fight of a Year” claimant in Apr that warranted him a halt WBA Super Lightweight World Title and afterwards followed that feat adult with a peppery fourth turn knockout over Petr Petrov in Sep in Argentina. Now looking for zero though large fights in 2012, Maidana will contest in a new weight category as he takes on former World Champion Alexander in an intriguing strife of fighter vs. banger.
Cincinnati’s Adrien “The Problem” Broner (22-0, 18 KO’s) has been on a quarrel diversion radar for years as a outcome of his intriguing brew of blinding speed and thudding power, though in 2011, he done his pierce on a chosen in considerable style. Starting off a year with wins over John Revish (first turn technical knockout), former World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (unanimous decision) and Jason Litzau (first turn technical knockout), a 22-year-old won his initial universe pretension in Nov with a third turn knockout over Martin Rodriguez in front of his hometown fans in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now, he turns his courtesy to Feb 25 where he will make his initial pretension invulnerability opposite dominant series one rated contender Eloy Perez.
Salinas, California’s 25-year-old Eloy “Prince” Perez (23-0-2, 7 KO’s) has taken his diversion to a new turn as evidenced by his new fibre of considerable performances. The stream NABO youth lightweight and former WBC USNBC super featherweight champion owns wins over tough challengers such as “Dangerous” David Rodela, Dominic Salcido, Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez, Daniel Jimenez and Ira Terry. Perez has finished his final dual fights with considerable knockoust, promulgation a vigilance to champion Adrien Broner that he’s entrance to quarrel this February.
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