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.
