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TODAY! Lomachenko - Sosa Title Fight Final Press Conf - 1 P.M. ET

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Streamed LIVE at 1 P.M. ET / 10 A.M. ET via www.toprank.tv

OXON HILL, MD (April 6, 2017) ? On the 30th anniversary of the epic Sugar Ray Leonard ? Marvelous Marvin Hagler middleweight championship fight, Hall of Fame Promoter BOB ARUM, the man who staged that event, will host the Final Press Conference for the debut boxing card at the MGM National Harbor. It will take place Today! Thursday, April 6, in the Bellagio Ballroom at MGM National Harbor (101 MGM National Ave., Oxon Hill, MD. 20745.) Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., with the press conference beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET. It will be streamed live at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT via www.toprank.tv.

The championship tripleheader will star two-division world champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and pound for pound superstar VASYL LOMACHENKO (7-1, 5 KOs), of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight world title against former World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight world champion JASON "El Canito" SOSA (20-1-4, 15 KOs), from Camden, NJ, This Saturday, April 8, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. The event has been sold out for over one month.

The championship card will also feature undefeated WBO cruiserweight world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist ALEKSANDR USYK (11-0, 10 KOs), from Kiev, Ukraine, and NABF light heavyweight champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK (12-0, 10 KOs), from Kharkiv, Ukraine, defending their titles against MIKE HUNTER (12-0, 8 KOs), of Las Vegas, Nev., and YUNIESKY GONZALEZ (18-2, 14 KOs), a native of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, who lives and trains in Miami, Fla., respectively, in all-action co-main event battles. All six fighters will be attending the press conference as will undefeated No. 1 super middleweight contender JESSE "Hard Work" HART from Philadelphia, PA., and local favorites from the metro Washington, D.C. area, including undefeated prospects MIKE "Yes Indeed" REED and PATRICK HARRIS who will be fighting in separate bouts on the non-televised undercard.

Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with Peltz Boxing Promotions, K2 Promotions, K2 Promotions Ukraine, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing and Kiddar, the three fights will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing?, 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. Use the Hashtag #LomachenkoSosa to join the conversation on Twitter.




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