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MATT KOROBOV vs. ANDY LEE WORLD MIDDLWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT ADDED TO BRADLEY-CHAVES/HERRERA-BENAVIDEZ EVENT

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Saturday, December 13, Live on HBO? The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Tickets On Sale Friday, October 24, at 10 A.M. PDT

LAS VEGAS, NV. (October 23, 2014) ? The exciting world championship boxing event, featuring the Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley vs. Diego ?La Joya" Chaves 12-round welterweight rumble and the MAURICIO "El Maestro" HERRERA vs. JOSE BENAVIDEZ, JR. World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Super Lightweight World Championship, taking place Saturday, December 13, inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (3708 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89109), has added another world title fight to its stellar card. Top-rated contenders MATT KOROBOV and ANDY LEE will battle for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Championship. The tripleheader will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing?, beginning at 10:00 p.m. EST/PST.

Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with Golden Boy Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and Tecate, tickets to the Bradley-Chaves/Herrera-Benavidez/Korobov-Lee world championship event go on sale Friday, October 24, at 10:00 a.m. PDT. Priced at $40, $60, $100, $125 and $150, tickets will be available for purchase at www.cosmopolitan.com or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 and www.tickermaster.com. Room/ticket packages will also be available.

"Matt Korobov and Andy Lee will thrill fans in their battle for World Middleweight Championship at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Adding this bout to the already stacked December 13 show featuring Timothy Bradley vs. Diego Chaves and Jose Benavidez vs. Mauricio Herrera makes this an incredible triple header and a wonderful way to close out the year." said Todd duBoef, president, Top Rank.

"Andy Lee is legitimately one of the best middleweights in the world and he will prove that when he defeats Matt Korobov,? said Lou DiBella. ?Korobov-Lee is an evenly matched fight that is sure to bring fireworks. December 13 will be a great night for boxing fans."

Korobov (24-0, 13 KOs), a 2008 Russian Olympian and stellar amateur, made his long-awaited HBO debut in his last fight which took place on June 28. In a battle of undefeated contenders, Korobov won a unanimous decision over Jose Uzcategui (22-0, 18 KOs), to capture the WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight title. Uzcategui had stopped 10 of his 11 previous opponents before that. Now based in St, Petersburg, Fla., Korobov, a six-year veteran of the pro ranks, enters this fight having won three of his last five fights by knockout, including a sixth-round stoppage of Emil Gonzalez on April 16. Korobov is currently world-rated No. 1 by the WBO.

Lee (33-2, 23 KOs), who at 6?2, is three inches taller than Korobov, was born in London but is Irish of heritage. Ireland?s sole boxing representative in the 2004 Olympics, Lee made his professional debut in 2006, winning a six-round decision over Anthony Cannon. Trained at the famed Kronk Gym in Detroit by the late Hall of Fame inductee Emanuel Steward, who referred to Lee as ?my left-handed Tommy Hearns,? Lee possesses exceptional skills, speed and movement, complemented by good punching power and experience against good opposition. He enters this fight riding a two-year, five-bout winning streak with three of those victories coming inside the distance since unsuccessfully challenging previously-undefeated defending World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. in 2012. In his last fight, on June 7, Lee knocked out once-beaten John Jackson (18-1, 15 KOs) in the fifth round. Lee is world-rated No. 4 by the WBO.

For fight updates go to www.toprank.com, www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.dbe1.com or www.hbo.com/boxing, on Facebook at facebook.com/trboxing,facebook.com/trboxeo, www.facebook.com/goldenboyboxing, www.facebook.com/dibellaentertainment or facebook.com/hboboxing and on Twitter at twitter.com/trboxing,twitter.com/trboxeo, www.twitter.com/goldenboyboxing, www.twitter.com/dibellaent or twitter.com/hboboxing. Use the Hashtag #BradleyChaves to join the conversation on Twitter.

For more information on The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, visit www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cosmopolitan_lv or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thecosmopolitan.




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