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MARES-MOREL: EL PASO MEDIA WORKOUT

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World Championship Doubleheader THIS Saturday on SHOWTIME?

With just three days before their SHOWTIME World Championship Doubleheader, World Champions Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno and their challengers, former Two-Time World Champion Eric Morel and bantamweight contender David de la Mora, worked out for the local media in El Paso, Texas, as they make their final preparations for this Saturday?s showdowns, live on SHOWTIME? (9:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso.

Included in this email are photos from the workout as well as exclusive, behind-the-scenes shots from a SHOWTIME creative photo shoot featuring Morel, Moreno and de la Mora.


Mares (top) and Morel (above) during the photo shoot in El Paso. Photos by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME.

Unbeaten former Bantamweight World Champion Mares (23-0-1, 13 KO?s), of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif. by way of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, will return to the 122-pound division for the first time since 2006 to face former Two-Time World Champion Morel (46-2, 23 KO?s), of Madison, Wis. by way of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight World Championship in the 12-round main event.

In a second world title fight, World Boxing Association (WBA) Bantamweight Super World Champion Moreno (32-2-1, 11 KO?s), of Panama City, Panama, will risk his crown for a 10th time when he faces Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico?s de la Mora (24-1, 17 KO?s) in the 12-round co-featured bout.

?Mares vs. Morel: Battle on the Border? is a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship set for Saturday, April 21 at UTEP?s Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The co-featured fights will see Anselmo ?Chemito? Moreno vs. David de la Mora in a 12-round fight for Moreno?s WBA Bantamweight Super Championship. The event is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. The SHOWTIME Championship Boxing doubleheader airs live at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). Just prior to the action on SHOWTIME, preliminary bouts will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME? beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Tickets, priced at $25, $50, $75 and $150, are available for purchase at the UTEP Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, please call: (915) 747-5234.

A special preview episode of THE FRANCHISE: A SEASON WITH THE MIAMI MARLINS will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) immediately preceding SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on SHOWTIME.




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