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OFFICIALS SELECTED FOR DIAZ VS. MALIGNAGGI REMATCH ON DECEMBER 12AT CHICAGO'S UIC PAVILION & LIVE ON HBO
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 08 Dec 2009
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, December 7 - The Illinois State Athletic Commission has assigned the officials who will oversee the December 12 junior welterweight battle between Houston, Texas' Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz and Brooklyn, New York's Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago and televised live on HBO's "Boxing After Dark".
Refereeing the highly-anticipated 12 round rematch will be Illinois' Genaro "Geno" Rodriguez.
The three judges scoring the bout will be Illinois' Mauro DiFiore, Ohio's Tom Miller and Florida's Michael Pernick.
"By Popular Demand": Diaz vs. Malignaggi II features former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz taking on former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi in a 12 round NABO junior welterweight rematch of their exciting August 22, 2009 bout. The co-main event will feature a ten round welterweight showdown between top contender "Vicious" Victor Ortiz and former world title challenger Antonio Diaz. The evening of boxing is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment in association with 8 Count Productions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Dewalt Tools. The bouts will air live on HBO's Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 pm ET/PT (9:15 pm CT).
Tickets, priced at $251, $156, $86, $51 and $31, are available for purchase at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 1-312-226-5800, toll free at 1-800-745-3000 and at the UIC Pavilion Box Office (open Thursday and Friday from 9 am - 4 pm CT).
For more information regarding "By Popular Demand": Diaz vs. Malignaggi II, please visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.dbe1.com or www.8countproductions.com.
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