JESSIE VARGAS vs. ANTON NOVIKOV
OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN
Today! Friday, August 1 at 3 P.M. PT
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Gracia 4 & 8
* Open To The Public! *
Streamed Live via www.toprank.tv
LAS VEGAS, NV (August 1, 2014) — Former world lightweight champion and pound-for-pound all-action fighter BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS, undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight champion“The Pride of Las Vegas” JESSIE VARGAS, and their respective opponents, DIEGO “La Joya” CHAVES and ANTON “The Pick Hammer” NOVIKOV, will have their Official Weigh-In, Today! Friday, August 1, in Gracia 4 & 8 (Level 3, West End Tower) at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109). Doors will open for media and fans at 2:00 p.m. The fighters will step on the scale beginning at 3:00 p.m. PT.
The weigh-in will also be streamed live, beginning at 6 00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT, via www.toprank.tv.
Rios (31-2-1, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., will be making his eagerly-anticipated 2014 debut against one-time interim world champion Chaves (23-1, 19 KOs), of Buenos Aires, in a 10-round welterweight battle. Vargas (24-0, 9 KOs), of Las Vegas, NV, making his first title defense a homecoming, will rumble with undefeated contender Novikov(29-0, 10 KOs), of Kopeysk, Russia. Both fights will be televised live from The Chelsea in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas,, This Saturday! August 2, on HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Tecate, remaining tickets to the Rios vs. Chaves / Vargas vs. Novikov world championship event are available for purchase at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $50, $75, $100, $150 and $200.Room / ticket packages are also available.
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