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Hopkins vs. Murat Final Press Conference

Round By Round Boxing will be on hand providing live coverage of the final press conference for the Hopkins vs. Murat bout.

BERNARD HOPKINS, KARO MURAT, PETER QUILLIN, GABRIEL ROSADO, DEONTAY WILDER AND NICOLAI FIRTHA TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY IN ADVANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TITLE BOUTS ON

Round By Round Boxing will be on hand with live coverage of the final press conference.

OCT. 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY

LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

WEDNESDAY OCT. 23 AT 12:30 P.M. ET

WHO: BERNARD HOPKINS, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion

KARO MURAT, Top Light Heavyweight Contender

PETER QUILLIN, WBO Middleweight World Champion

GABRIEL ROSADO, Top Middleweight Contender

DEONTAY WILDER, WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champ

NICOLAI FIRTHA, Heavyweight Contender

RICHARD SCHAEFER, CEO Golden Boy Promotions

WHAT: All six fighters participating in the televised portion of the highly anticipated Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat card, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion and oldest fighter in boxing history Bernard Hopkins, light heavyweight contender Karo Murat, WBO Middleweight World Champion Peter Quillin, top middleweight contender Peter Quillin, rising heavyweight star Deontay Wilder and heavyweight contender Nicolai Firtha, will hold a New York City press conference before heading to Atlantic City for their respective bouts at Boardwalk Hall live on SHOWTIME.

WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 23

12:30 p.m. ET – Media Arrival/Luncheon

1:00 p.m. ET – Press Conference Begins

WHERE: B.B. King’s Blues Club

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

New York, NY 10036

FACTS: Hopkins vs. Murat is a 12-round bout for Hopkins’ IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Caesars Atlantic City and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. In the co-main event WBO Middleweight Champion Peter Quillin puts his title on the line against Gabriel Rosado in a 12-round bout. Plus, opening the tripleheader, WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder will face Nicolai Firtha in a 10-round showdown. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT and is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP). Preliminary bouts will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

TICKETS: Tickets priced at $300, $150, $75, $50 and $25, not including applicable

service charges, are on sale now and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800-736-1420 or at www.ticketmaster.com.

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