King Adds Perez-Bolano IBF 115-lb, Nanthachai-Mosquera WBA 130-lb Title Fights
4/21 - NEW YORK — Don King has added two more world title fights to his April 30th, Madison Square Garden card that will already showcase the WBA heavyweight title main event featuring two-time and current champ John Ruiz vs. three-time world champ James Toney and two additional heavyweight title matches.
International Boxing Federation junior bantamweight champion Luis “El
Demoledor” Perez will defend his title for the second time against
mandatory
No. 1 contender Luis Bolano.
Perez (22-1, 14 KOs), from Managua, Nicaragua, won the 115-pound title
on
Jan. 4, 2003, by winning a split decision over Felix “Macho” Machado,
who
had held the crown since 2000. Perez accepted an immediate rematch on
Dec.
13, 2003, and displayed a more dominant performance in another great
fight,
winning by unanimous decision.
Perez’s work will get no easier when he faces Bolano (38-2, 28 KOs),
from
Cordoba, Colombia. He suffered only his second career loss in last
appearance against the flyweight and super flyweight kingpin Mark “Too
Sharp” Johnson on March 6, 2004. Bolano has put in a full training
regimen
inside the United States for this fight and is eager to redeem himself
and
win his first world title.
The WBA super featherweight championship will also be on the line when
defending champion Yodsanan Nanthachai faces No. 1 mandatory contender
Vicente Mosquera. Nanthachai (44-2-1, 36 KOs), from Srisaket,
Thailand, has
held the title since 2002 and has not lost a match since 1994 while
reeling
off 37 consecutive victories.
Mosquera (20-1-1, 10 KOs), from Panama City, Panama, will be
participating
in his first world title match and will be making his first appearance
in
America. He has been a force to be reckoned with in his homeland and
has
won his last nine fights. Mosquera has only been defeated once, which
came
via a split decision against Armando Cordoba in 2000.
Tickets priced at $350, $250, $175, $100 and $50 are on sale now at the
Garden box office and all Ticketmaster locations or by calling
Ticketmaster
at 212-307-7171, 201-507-8900, 631-888-9000, or 914-454-3388.
Ticketmaster
purchases are subject to convenience charges.
Don King Productions and Goossen Tutor Promotions in association with
Madison Square Garden are presenting this event.
DKP has promoted more than 500 world championship matches including
some of
the biggest events in history. DKP has promoted or co-promoted 12 of
the
top-20 highest-grossing live gates in the history of the state of
Nevada
including the top five: Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance:
17,078,
gross: $16,860,300 (NOTE: Also highest live-gate gross for any event in
the
history of the world.), date: Nov. 13, 1999; Holyfield vs. Tyson II,
paid
attendance: 16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield
vs.
Tyson I, paid attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9,
1996;
Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date:
Aug.
19, 1995; and De La Hoya vs. Trinidad, paid attendance: 11,184, gross:
$12,949,500 (Also garnered the most pay-per-view buys for a
non-heavyweight
fight at 1.4 million.), date: Sept. 18, 1999.
MSG Sports Properties, a division of Radio City Entertainment, is part
of
Madison Square Garden L.P. Cablevision Systems Corporation owns Madison
Square Garden, L.P., which includes MSG Network; FSN New York; the New
York
Knicks (NBA); the New York Rangers (NHL); the New York Liberty (WNBA);
Radio
City Entertainment; the Hartford Wolf Pack (American Hockey League),
and the
Madison Square Garden arena complex, located in the heart of the New
York
metropolitan area.
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