ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ VS. EDGAR

ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ VS. EDGAR SOSA
LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 --12:00 p.m. PDT
The Palm
LosAngeles,CA(March30,2015)Recentlyaddedtothe“PoundForPound”boxing
extravaganzaattheForumonSaturday,May16th,WorldBoxingCouncilFlyweight
ChampionROMAN“Chocolatito”GONZALEZand#2rankedchallengerEDGARSOSA
willhostaLosAngelesPressConferenceonWednesday,April1atThePalmto
discusstheirhighlyanticipatedshowdown.TheeventwillbetelevisedLiveonHBO
WorldChampionshipBoxing®beginningat10:00p.m.ET/PT.
WHO:ROMANGONZALEZ,WBCFlyweightChampion
EDGARSOSA/#2RankedFlyweightChallenger
TOMLOEFFLER/K2Promotions
WHAT:LosAngelesPressConference
WHEN:Wednesday,April1,2015,12:00p.m.PDT
WHERE:ThePalm
1100S.FigueroaSt.
LosAngeles,CA90015
(FreeValetParking)
FACTS:
FightingoutofManagua,Nicaragua,the27‐year‐oldGonzalez,alongtimefavorite
amonghardcoreboxingfans,hascompiledarecordof42‐0‐0with36knockoutsover
histen‐yearcareer.
CurrentlytheholderoftheWorldBoxingCouncil(‘WBC’)FlyweightTitle,Gonzalezis
ridingaseven‐boutknockoutstreak,mostrecentlystoppingValentinLeoninthethird
roundonFebruary28inManagua,Nicaragua.
TheformerWBCJuniorFlyweightWorldChampion,Sosaentersthecontestagainst
Gonzalezwitharecordof51‐8‐0,havingwona10‐roundshutoutunanimousdecision
overCarlosMeloonNovember8,2014inPetionville,Haiti.
Amongthetopvictoriesonthe35‐year‐oldSosa’sledgerarewinsoverBrianViloria,
GiovanniSegura,UlisesSolis,OmarSotoandSonnyBoyJaro.
OnDecember6,2013,SosatraveledtoToyko,JapanchallengingthenWBCFlyweight
WorldChampionAkiraYaegashi,losingaveryhardfoughtandclose12‐round
decision.
Ticketsfor“PoundForPound”,pricedat$300,$200,$100,$60and$30,arenowon‐
salethroughTicketmaster(Ticketmaster.com,1‐800‐745‐3000)andtheForumBox
Office.Thiswillbearareopportunityforboxingfanstoseetwoofthebest“Pound
ForPound”fightersintheirprimecompetingonthesameshow.
“PoundForPound”isheadlinedbyBoxingSuperstarGENNADY“GGG”GOLOVKIN’s
WorldMiddleweightChampionshipclashwith#2ratedandundefeatedchallenger
WILLIEMONROEJR.withbothfightstelevisedLiveonHBOWorldChampionship
Boxing®beginningat10:00p.m.ET/PT.
“PoundForPound”ispresentedbyK2PromotionsandGGGPromotionsin
associationwithBannerPromotionsandtheForum.
TheGonzalez‐SosaboutispresentedbyK2PromotionsandTeikenPromotionsin
associationwithZanferPromotions.
SOCIALMEDIA:Formoreinformation,
visitwww.K2Promos.com,www.GGGBoxing.com,www.Banner‐
Promotions.com,www.FabulousForum.comandwww.HBO.com/boxing.
FollowonTwitteratGennadyGolovkin@GGGBoxing,WillieMonroeJr.
@WillieMonroeJr,RomanGonzalez@ChocolatitoBox,EdgarSosa@EdgarSosaChamp,
TomLoeffler/K2Promotions@TomLoeffler1,BannerPromotions@BannerBoxing,the
Forum@theForumandHBOBoxing@HBOBoxingandbecomeafanonFacebook
www.facebook.com/GGGBoxing,www.facebook.com/WilieMonroeJrFanPage,
www.facebook/BannerPromotions,www.facebook.com/TheForumand
www.facebook.com/HBOBoxing.
Usethehashtags#GolovkinMonroeand#GonzalezSosatojointheconversationon
Twitter.
MediaContacts:
BernieBahrmasel,K2Promotions/Golovkin:(773)592‐2986
MarcAbrams,BannerPromotions/Monroe:(856)287‐7611
ErikStein,TheForum:(818)761‐4645
KevinFlaherty,HBO:(212)512‐5052
PatrickByrne,HBO:(212)512‐1361
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