NICHOLAS WALTERS vs. MIGUEL MARRIAGA
FELIX VERDEJO vs. IVÁN NAJERA
* OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN *
Friday, June 12, at 2 P.M. ET
Madison Square Garden Theater Lobby
Streamed Live at 2 P.M. ET / 11 A.M. PT
via www.toprank.tv
NEW YORK (June 12, 2015) — Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight world champion NICHOLAS “Axe Man” WALTERS of Jamaica, and the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated No. 3 world-rated lightweight contender FELIX “El Diamante” VERDEJO will have their Official Weigh-In Today! Friday, June 12, in the Theater Lobby of Madison Square Garden (Media may enter through the main Theater entrance off 7th Ave and 32nd St.) Media report time will be at 1:00 p.m. with the fighters stepping on the scale beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET. The weigh-in will be streamed Live via www.toprank.tv, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT.
Walters and Verdejo headline, in separate bouts, a world championship card in New York during Puerto Rican Day Parade Weekend. With 34 knockout victories between them, fireworks are all but assured for this event which will take place This Saturday! June 13, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Both will be facing undefeated opponents. Walters (25-0, 21 KOs), from Montego Bay, Jamaica, who is in the third year of his championship reign, will defend his world title against Top-10 contender MIGUEL “The Scorpion” MARRIAGA (20-0, 18 KOs), of Arjona, Colombia. Verdejo (17-0, 13 KOs), of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in his live HBO debut, will make the first defense of his newly-won World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino lightweight title against IVÁN “Bam Bam” NAJERA (16-0, 8 KOs),of San Antonio, TX. Both fights will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The four gladiators boast a perfect combined record of 78-0 (60 KOs), which includes a victory by knockout ratio of 77%.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with All Star Boxing, Tecate and Madison Square Garden, remaining tickets to the Walters vs. Marriaga / Verdejo vs. Najera world championship boxing event, priced at $205, $105 and $55, tickets can be purchased at the Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster charge by phone (866-858-0008), and online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.thegarden.com.
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