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THIS THURSDAY! Martinez / Lomachenko / Verdejo / Arum NY Press Conf - 11:30 AM PhilBoxing.com Tue, 26 Apr 2016 ROCKY MARTINEZ / VASYL LOMACHENKO / FELIX VERDEJO / BOB ARUM TO HOST NEWS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE WEEKEND TITLE FIGHTS This Thursday! April 28 at 11:30 A.M. ET Chase Square at Madison Square Garden NEW YORK (April 26, 2016) -- World champions ROMAN "Rocky" MARTINEZ and VASYL LOMACHENKO, the boxing gem of Puerto Rico and undefeated No. 2 world-rated lightweight contender FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO, and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM will host a New York press conference This Thursday! April 28, at Madison Square Garden's Chase Square. Media may report at 11:30 a.m. with the press conference beginning at Noon ET. The media entrance will be located at 32nd St. and 7th Ave. The participants will be announcing a Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend championship card on Saturday, June 11, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Lomachenko (11-1, 3 KOs), of Ukraine, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight world champion, will be moving up to challenge Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs), a three-time world champion from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, for his WBO junior lightweight world title. Verdejo (21-0, 14 KOs), of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be defending his WBO Latino lightweight title. Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with Puerto Rican Best Boxing Promotions and Diamante Promotions, both fights will be televised live on HBO?, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. For fight updates go to www.toprank.com, or www.hbo.com/boxing, on Facebook at facebook.com/trboxing, facebook.com/trboxeo or facebook.com/hboboxing, and on Twitter at twitter.com/trboxing, twitter.com/trboxeo, or twitter.com/hboboxing.  |
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