LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE
November 6, 2014
HBO SPORTS® TO REPLAY MANNY PACQUIAO VS. TIMOTHY BRADLEY II 2014 & CHRIS ALGIERI VS. RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV 2014
November 7, 2014CHRIS ALGIERI
INT’L CONFERENCE CALL
Next Tuesday! November 11
2 P.M. ET / 11 A.M. PT
LAS VEGAS, NV (November 6, 2014) —Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight championCHRIS ALGIERI will host an international Media Conference Call, Next Tuesday! November 11, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT, from his Venetian Las Vegas-based training camp. He will break camp the following day after his final U.S. sparring session and head off to Macao, China where he will challenge Fighter of the Decade and reigning WBO welterweight champion MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO. Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs), from Huntington, NY on Long Island, has Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management, a Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition and a Ph.D. in Upsets Inside the Ring. Algieri, who aspires to attend medical school when he concludes his boxing career, has become sports Horatio Algieri story! All of New York is riveted to its only world champion as he prepares to battle Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs), the lone congressional representative from the Sarangani Province of the Philippines, and boxing’s only eight-division world champion. All four of New York’s daily newspapers plus most major U.S. news outlets will be in Macao to chronicle fight week.
Joining Algieri on the call will be head trainer Tim Lane, promoter Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum.
TO PARTICIPATE
(888) 262-0101: U.S. Media
(832) 553-1655: Int’l Media
Ask for the “Top Rank / Chris Algieri Conference Call”
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* Promoted by Top Rank® and Sands China Ltd., in association with MP Promotions, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, Banner Promotions and Tecate, the Pacquiao-Algieri world welterweight championship event will take place Saturday, November 22, at The Venetian® Macao’s Cotai Arena, and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
“24/7 Pacquiao/Algieri,” premieres T
his Saturday! November 8 at 1:00 a.m. (ET/PT) on HBOimmediately following the live World Championship Boxing event from Atlantic City. An all-new special “Under the Lights: Pacquiao-Algieri” debuts Next Saturday! November 15 at 11:45 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):
TOP RANK
Lee Samuels: 702-378-1083 / Lee@toprank.com
Ricardo Jimenez: 909-615 -3436 / Ricardoej@aol.com
Fred Sternburg/Pacquiao: 303-548-0707 / TooFred@aol.com
Ed Keenan: 609-399-1330 / Keenan@emcevents.com
STAR BOXING
Dottie Raven: 718-823-2000 / pr@starboxing.com
Joe Delgenio 914 439-0097 / info@starboxing.com
BANNER PROMOTIONS
Marc Abrams: 856-287-7611 / marc@banner-promotions.com
HBO PAY-PER-VIEW
Patrick Byrne: 212-512-1361 / Patrick.Byrne@hbo.com
VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED
Mabel Wu: +853 8118 2268 / mabel.wu@sands.com.mo
Carmina Ho: +853 8118 2051 / carmina.ho@sands.com.mo
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
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