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April 10 at Thomas & Mack Center
in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (Mar. 18, 2010) –
Living legend and 5-time world
heavyweight champion, Evander
“The Real Deal” Holyfield,
challenges World Boxing
Federation heavyweight
title-holder Frans “The
White Buffalo” Botha in
the 12-round main event April
10, headlining “The Legend
Returns” pay-per-view event, at
the Thomas & Mack Center in Las
Vegas.
“The Legend Returns,” presented
by Crown Boxing, is being
distributed in the United States
and Canada by Integrated Sports
Media for live viewing at 9
PM/ET – 6 PM/PT on both cable
and satellite pay-per-view via
iN Demand, DIRECTV, Viewer’s
Choice and Bell TV, for a
suggested retail price of only
$29.95.
The 47-year-old Holyfield
(42-10-2, 27 KOs), fighting out
of Atlanta, is coming off of a
controversial 12-round majority
decision loss December 20, 2008
to then World Boxing Association
champion Nicolai Valuev, in
which most observers felt
Holyfield deserved the victory
in Switzerland.
South African strongman Botha
(47-4-3, 28 KOs) captured the
World Boxing Federation Interim
belt in 2007, outpointing Bob
Mirovic, and in 2009 Frans won
the belt outright with a
12-round decision against Ron
Guerrero. Botha made a
successful title defense on May
5, 2009, taking a 12-round
decision against Timo Hoffman in
Germany. During the course of
his 20-year professional career,
Botha’s four losses have all
been to world champions -- Mike
Tyson, Michael Moorer, Lennox
Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.
“We’re excited to have Hall of
Fame-bound Evander Holyfield
fighting Frans Botha on our
pay-per-view card,” Crown
Boxing’s Frank Luca said.
“Evander certainly showed he has
a lot left in his disputed loss
to Valuev. Crown Boxing has been
promoting solid shows six times
a year in Las Vegas. Fans have
come to expect competitive,
entertaining fights at
affordably priced Crown Boxing
shows held in an intimate
atmosphere. Like in MMA, every
fight counts on a Crown Boxing
show. Those are our trademarks
and the tradition continues
April 10th but on a much larger
stage. The only real
differences, though, are
Holyfield-Botha features a pair
of worldwide name recognized
fighters and it’s being held in
a scaled-down 9,500 seat Thomas
& Mack Center. Everybody will
have a great seat for an
affordable price. We’ve kept
ticket prices down so people can
afford to watch Holyfield fight,
up close and personal, in Las
Vegas for the first time in 11
years. What we’re charging
viewers is much less than for
most pay-per-view shows. We’re
putting together strong
supporting fights, too,
showcasing talented boxers in
order to provide fans in
attendance or watching on pay
per view with a great night of
boxing.”
Tickets, priced at $25.00,
$75.00, $150.00 and $250.00, are
available to purchase at
www.UNLVtickets.com
or by calling 702.739.3267.
Doors open at 4 PM/PT, first
bout 4:30 PM/PT, and first PPV
bout 6:00 PM/PT (9:00 PM/ET). Go
on line to
www.crown-boxing-inc.com
for additional information
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CONTACTS:
Frank Luca, Crown Boxing,
480.213.2851,
Frank@crown-boxing-inc.com
Doug Jacobs, Integrated Sports
Media, 201.610.1500,
doug@integratedsportsnet.com
Bob Trieger, Full Court Press,
978.664.4482,
bobtfcp@hotmail.com
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