WBC INTERIM SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION
LUCAS “THE MACHINE” MATTHYSSE TO MEET & GREET FANS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT MITCHELL VS. ARREOLA
AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO
INDIO, CALIF. (August 30, 2013) – WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse, a 30-year-old banger with thunder in his fists will greet fans at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. prior to the September 7 SHOWTIME®fights featuring a 12-round clash of heavyweight contenders between Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (26-1-1, 19 KO’s) and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (34-3, 30 KO’s) and a 10-round featherweight match up between Mexican superstar Rafael Marquez (41-8, 37 KO’s) and California prospect Efrain Esquivias (16-2-1, 9 KO’s).
Matthysse has a reputation for exciting fights and even more exciting finishes. More of the same is expected on Sept. 14, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., when he faces Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia for the Super Welterweight World Championship Title “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO” mega fight, which will be produced and televised by SHOWTIME PPV.
The brother of former world title challenger Walter Matthysse, Lucas followed his brother into the professional boxing ranks in June of 2004, when he made his debut with a second round TKO of Leandro Almagro. Thus began a local reign of terror that saw Matthysse tear through the Argentinean boxing scene with frightening power and efficiency. His defeat of former world champion Lamont Peterson via third round TKO this past May in Atlantic City, New Jersey, set up a fight of the year on the Mayweather undercard.
Matthysse will be on hand to meet fans, sign autographs and take pictures from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. PT inside the Fantasy Springs Special Events Center. The meet and greet is open to the public with the purchase of a ticket to the fights.
Mitchell vs. Arreola, a 12-round fight for the WBC Silver Heavyweight Title, is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and sponsored by Corona. The doubleheader will take place on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and will be televised live on SHOWTIME beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). Doors open at 4 p.m. PT and the first fight begins at 4:05 p.m. PT.
Tickets, priced at $105, $75, $55, $45, $35 are available at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, by calling (800) 827-2946 or online at www.fantasyspringsresort.com.
For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com and www.fantasyspringsresort.com, follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GoldenBoyBoxing, www.twitter.com/SethMayhem48, www.twitter.com/efrainboxing and www.twitter.com/fantasysprings and visit on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing and www.facebook.com/fantasysprings. For information on SHOWTIME, visit http://Sports.SHO.com, www.twitter.com/SHOsports and www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing.
CONTACTS:
Marylyn Aceves/Ramiro Gonzalez, Golden Boy Promotions: (213) 489-5631
Kelly Swanson/Lisa Milner/Flo Jocou, Swanson Communications: (202) 783-5500
Anndee Laskoe, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino: (760) 238-5873
Lorin Chvotkin, Seth Mitchell: (240) 498-1478
Chris DeBlasio, Showtime Networks Inc.: (212) 708-1633
Annie Van Tornhout, Showtime Networks Inc.: (212) 708-1663
Nicole Chayet, Showtime Networks Inc.: (212) 708-7319
John Beyrooty/Matt Donovan, BZA/SHOWTIME: (562) 233-7477/(818) 462-5613
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