Staples Opens Upper Concourse for Margarito-Mosley

January 6th, 2009

LOS ANGELES (January 6, 2009) – As a result of extremely high demand, STAPLES Center, Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions have released upper concourse tickets, reasonably priced starting at $25, to the January 24th World Welterweight Championship showdown between three-time welterweight champion ANTONIO MARGARITO and three-division world champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY.

Remaining tickets, priced at $300, $150, $75, $50, and $25, are on sale now at all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at 213-480-3232 and online at www.ticketmaster.com, and at STAPLES Center Box Office.

Margarito vs. Mosley is promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate. The 12-round world championship fight for Margarito’s World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title takes place on Saturday, January 24 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.

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For Additional Information (Media):

Lee Samuels/Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank: (702) 732-2717

Ramiro Gonzalez/Monica Sears, Golden Boy Promotions: (213) 489-5631

Bill Caplan, Top Rank: (818) 515-1616

Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Communications: (303) 740-7746

Denise White/Lauren Renschler, EAG/Mosley: (310) 301-4274

Cara Vanderhook, STAPLES Center: (213) 742-7273

Michael Roth, AEG: (213) 742-7155

Ray Stallone, HBO: (212) 512-1987