Pavlik vs. Martinez
THE GHOST RETURNS TO ATLANTIC CITY!
KELLY PAVLIK TO DEFEND HIS TITLES AGAINST
SERGIO MARTINEZ, LIVE ON HBO,
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, at BOARDWALK HALL
TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY! at NOON
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (February 19, 2010) – World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns to Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, April 17 to defend his titles against World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight champion SERGIO “Maravilla” MARTINEZ. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City, Pavlik vs. Martinez will be broadcast live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Tickets, priced at $350, $200, $100 and $50, go on sale This Monday! February 22nd at Noon ET and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster (800) 736-1420 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com.
Pavlik (36-1, 32 KOs), who over two years ago, in a near sold-out Boardwalk Hall which included thousands making the trek from his hometown of Youngstown, OH, became World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Council (WBC) world champion by knocking out the previously undefeated and undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in a bout selected as the “Fight of the Year” by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Pavlik defeated Taylor handily in their rematch in February 2008 to solidify his claim as one of boxing’s top pound for pound fighters and has since had three successful defenses, all by knockout, two of the wins coming against No. 1 contenders and mandatory challengers.
Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KOs), a native of Argentina who fights out of Madrid, Spain, first made his presence known to the boxing world in 2007 by knocking out Saul Roman (27-2) in the fourth round of their WBC super welterweight title elimination bout. One year later, Martinez captured the WBC interim super welterweight title with an eighth-round stoppage of Alex Bunema. He was elevated to WBC world super welterweight champion in the latter half of 2009. In his last fight, he lost a disputed 12-round majority decision in a non-title middleweight bout against former world champion Paul Williams, ending Martinez’s 10-year, 29-bout unbeaten streak.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):
Lee Samuels, Top Rank: 702-732-2717
Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank: 909-615-3436
Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Comm/Pacquiao: 303-740-7746
Meredith Greenberg, DiBella Entertainment: 212-947-2577
Ed Keenan, EMC Events: 609-399-1330
Christopher Jonic, Caesars Atlantic City: 609-343-2463
Kevin Flaherty, HBO: 212-512-5052
Valarie McGonigal
Marketing Director
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City Convention Center/SMG
Boardwalk Hall
2301 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
phone: 609-348-7072
fax: 609-348-7230
vmcgonigal@accenter.com
