A ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUMBLE!
MIKE ALVARADO and RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV
NEWS CONFERENCE LUNCHEON ANNOUNCING
WORLD JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
This Tuesday! August 13 at 1:30 P.M. MT
Elway’s Cherry Creek
DENVER (August 9, 2013) — Denver’s very own homegrown world champion “Mile High” MIKE ALVARADO and No. 1 contender RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV of Russia will host a News Conference Luncheon to announce the return of world championship boxing to Colorado, This Tuesday! August 13, at Elway’s Cherry Creek (2500 East 1st Ave., Denver, Colo. 80206.) Luncheon will be served at 1:30 p.m. MT with the news conference beginning at 2:00 p.m. MT. Joining the fighters will be Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, Art Pelullo, President of Banner Promotions, and Peter Nelson, director of programming, HBO Sports. All the participants will be available for one-on-one interviews.
Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs) will make the first defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim junior welterweight title a “home game”, when he battles Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KOs), Saturday, October 19, at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. This marks the area’s first world championship fight featuring a local fighter since September 15, 2000, when former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Stevie Johnston unsuccessfully challenged defending WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo, via majority draw, at Pepsi Center. Alvarado vs. Provodnikov will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT. It will be the first time HBO has ever televised a fight live from Colorado.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Banner Promotions and Tecate, Alvarado and Provodnikov enter this world title tilt fresh from Fight of the Year performances that took place in March, just two weeks apart from each other, and were televised on HBO. They boast a combined record of 56-3 (38 KOs) — a winning percentage of 95% and a victory by knockout ratio of 68%.
For fight updates go to www.toprank.com, www.banner-promotions.com or www.hbo.com/boxing, on Facebook at facebook.com/trboxing, facebook.com/trboxeo, facebook.com/banner-promotions or facebook.com/hboboxing, and on Twitter at twitter.com/trboxing, twitter.com/trboxeo, twitter.com/bannerboxing or twitter.com/hboboxing.
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