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TODAY! Final M?rquez & Alvarado Forum Press Conf - 1:30 PM PT

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FINAL NEWS CONFERENCE JUAN MANUEL M?RQUEZ vs. MIKE ALVARADO AND BOXING?S RETURN TO THE FORUM

Today! Thursday, May 15, at 1:30 P.M. PT
The ?Fabulous? Forum - West Concourse
Streamed Live at 4:30 P.M. ET / 1:30 P.M. PT via www.toprank.tv

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. (May 15, 2014) ? Four-division world champion and M?xican icon JUAN MANUEL ?Dinamita? M?RQUEZ and former world junior welterweight champion ?Mile High? MIKE ALVARADO will host their Final News Conference for their 12-round welterweight rumble and the triumphant return of boxing to the Forum. The news conference will take place Today! Thursday, May 15, on the West Concourse at the Forum (3900 West Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, Calif. 90305), beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT. Joining them will be Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions, as well as other notable fighters who will be in action at Saturday's inaugural brawl.

News conference check-in begins at 1:00 p.m. PT. Media may park in front of the Forum Club and walk up the ramp to the concourse. The fighters and their teams will be available for one-on-one interviews.

Fans can watch the live stream of the press conference via www.toprank.tv, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT

M?rquez (55-7-1, 40 KOs), of M?xico City, M?xico, and Alvarado (34-2, 23 KOs), of Denver, CO., will collide in a World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title elimination bout. The winner will become the mandatory challenger to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. M?rquez vs. Alvarado takes place on This Saturday! May 17, and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing?, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will open with the 12-round Viktor Postol vs. Selcuk Aydin World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight title elimination bout. Postol (25-0, 19 KOs), of Brovarsky, Ukraine and Aydin (26-2, 19 KOs), of Trabzon, Turkey, are world-rated No. 1 and No. 2 by the WBC, respectively.

Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with Zanfer Promotions, M?rquez Boxing, PS4 and Tecate, remaining tickets to M?rquez vs. Alvarado, priced at $400, $250, $150, $75 and $35, can be purchased at the Forum box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone (800-745-3000), and online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.fabulousforum.com

Doors on Fight Day open at 3:00 p.m. PT with the first bout on the mega undercard beginning at 3:15 p.m. PT.

Road To M?rquez/Alvarado HBO Replay Schedule (All times are ET/PT):
May 16 (9:00 a.m. & 3:45 p.m.) and 17 (8:15 a.m.).

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FRIDAY'S OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN AT THE FORUM WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

FREE PARKING in the Manchester Lot, North West side will be available for fans at Noon. Doors will open at 2:00 p.m. with the fighters stepping on the scale, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Fans will be directed up Ramp No. 4 for access into the North Entrance. (Media parking will be in the North East side of the Manchester Lot. Media should check in at the Floor Seat entrance).

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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 #MarquezAlvarado to join the conversation on Twitter.

For more information on the Forum visit www.fabulousforum.com.




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