BERNARD “THE ALIEN” HOPKINS AND BEIBUT SHUMENOV TO HOST NEW YORK CITY PRESS CONFERENCE

                                                        WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 AT 11 A.M. ET

                                                 Lucille’s Bar & Grill – Inside B.B. King’s Blues Club

WHO:             BERNARD HOPKINS, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion & Future Hall of Famer

                         BEIBUT SHUMENOV, WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion

                         PETER QUILLIN, WBO Middleweight World Champion

                         BRUCE BINKOW, COO & CMO of Golden Boy Promotions

WHAT:          Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins and Beibut Shumenov will host a press conference in New

York City to officially announce their light heavyweight world championship unification bout

taking place Saturday, April 19 live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West

Coast) at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. Hopkins and Shumenov will be joined by WBO

Middleweight World Champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, who will discuss his title

defense against Lucas Konecny.

WHERE:        Lucille’s Bar & Grill (Located inside B.B. King’s Blues Club)

237 West 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)

New York, NY 10036

WHEN:          Wednesday, March 12

10:30 a.m. ET – Media Arrival/Brunch

11 a.m. ET – Press Conference begins

FACTS:         Hopkins vs. Shumenov, a 12-round fight for the IBF, IBA and WBA Light Heavyweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, April 19, at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. The live SHOWTIME telecast will begin at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) and will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).

TICKETS:     Tickets priced at $25, $50, $75, $200 and $300, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges are on sale now and are available online at http://www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling (800) 745-3000. The DC Armory Box Office will be open on fight night only from 3:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. ET.