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TOMORROW! Valdez/Ramirez/Magdaleno/Stevenson Final LA Press Conf

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?SCAR VALDEZ, GILBERTO RAMIREZ AND JESSIE MAGDALENO WORLD TITLE FIGHTS PLUS THE PRO DEBUT OF U.S. OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST SHAKUR STEVENSON FINAL LA PRESS CONFERENCE LUNCHEON

LOS ANGELES (April 18, 2017) -- Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champions ?SCAR VALDEZ, the ESPN Deportes Mexican Fighter of the Year, GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMIREZ , the Premios Univision Deportes Fighter of the Year, and JESSIE MAGDALENO, who are four days away from their respective title defenses, will host the final press conference luncheon, Tomorrow! Wednesday, April 19, at the Conga Room at LA Live (800 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90015). Luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m. with the press conference beginning at Noon PT. Joining the world champions will be U.S. Olympic silver medalist SHAKUR STEVENSON and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM.

Valdez (22-0, 19 KOs), from Nogales, Mexico, will be making the second defense of his WBO featherweight title against NABO champion and No. 1 contender Miguel Marriaga (25-1, 21 KOs), from Arjona, Colombia; Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will be making his first defense of the WBO super middleweight title against Top-10 contender Max Bursak (33-4-1, 15 KOs), of Kiev, Ukraine; Magdaleno (24-0, 17 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nev., will be making the first defense of his WBO junior featherweight title against WBO Latino champion Adeilson Dos Santos (18-2, 14 KOs), of S?o Paulo, Brasil, and Stevenson, the crown jewel of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team, will be making his eagerly-awaited professional debut in a six-round featherweight bout. Marriaga and Dos Santos will also be at Tuesday's press conference.

The six world championship warriors have a combined record of 156-7-1 for a winning percentage of 95% with a victory by knockout ratio of 71%.

Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with Tecate, All Star Boxing, Zapari Boxing Promotions and Antonio Leonard Productions, the world championship event will take place, This Saturday, April 22, at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. It will be produced and distributed live by Top Rank Pay-Per-View.

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