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GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN VS. WILLIE MONROE JR. WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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Tickets on Sale TODAY!!! Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PT!

Photo Op Available to First 100 Box Office Ticket Buyers
Los Angeles, CA (March 17, 2015) Tickets will go on sale TODAY!!, March 17 at 12:00 p.m. PDT for the World Middleweight Championship showdown between Boxing Superstar GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN and #2 Rated Challenger WILLIE MONROE JR. set for Saturday, May 16 at the Forum.

Priced at $300, $200, $100, $60 and $30, tickets will be available through Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000) and at the Forum Box Office.

"Starting at $30, we've priced the tickets very reasonably to give as many fight fans as possible the opportunity to see "The GGG Big Drama Show," said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. "As his last fight in Los Angeles was sold out, we encourage fans to purchase their tickets early."

The first 100 fans purchasing tickets at the Forum Box Office this Tuesday starting at 12:00 p.m. will have an opportunity to have a photograph taken with "GGG" on the press conference stage starting at 1:00 p.m. at the famed venue.

The Forum is located at 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90305. The Box Officecislocated on the West Side of the building, parking can be accessed through the S. Prairie Ave. entrance.


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Presented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Banner Promotions and the Forum, the event will be televised Live on HBO World Championship Boxing? beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

World Boxing Association ('WBA'), International Boxing Organization ('IBO') and World Boxing Council ('WBC') 'Interim' Middleweight World Champion GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN, 32-0-0 (29KO's) of Los Angeles, California via Karaganda, Kazakhstan will make the 14th defense of his title against top rated challenger WILLIE MONROE JR.,19-10 (6KO's), of Ithaca, New York on Saturday, May 16 at The Forum in Inglewood.


On February 21 in Monte-Carlo, Golovkin stopped Martin Murray for his 19th consecutive win by knockout, the most in the history of the middleweight division. This will be Golovkin's second fight in Los Angeles, having stopped former world title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio on October 18, 2014 before a record setting crowd of 9,323 at the StubHub! Center in Carson, CA.



Monroe Jr. won the acclaimed 2014 ESPN Boxcino Tournament defeating fellow contenders Donatas Bondorovas, Vitaliy Kopylenko and Brandon Adams towards the title.

Most recently Monroe Jr. won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Bryan Vera on January 16 in a bout telecast on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

Additionally Monroe Jr. comes from a great boxing pedigree, his uncle Willie "The Worm" Monroe defeated legendary middleweight Marvin Hagler in 1976.

Monroe is currently ranked #2 by the WBA, #5 by the WBO and #9 by the WBC.

SOCIAL MEDIA: For more information, visit www.K2Promos.com, www.GGGBoxing.com, www.Banner-Promotions.com, www.FabulousForum.com and www.HBO.com/boxing.

Follow on Twitter at Gennady Golovkin @GGGBoxing, Willie Monroe Jr. @WillieMonroeJr, Tom Loeffler/K2 Promotions @TomLoeffler1, Banner Promotions @BannerBoxing, the Forum @theForum and HBO Boxing @HBOBoxing and become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com/GGGBoxing, www.facebook.com/WilieMonroeJrFanPage,
www.facebook/BannerPromotions, www.facebook.com/TheForum and www.facebook.com/HBOBoxing.

Use the hashtag #GolovkinMonroe to join the conversation on Twitter.




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