Monday, January 16th 2012

Lopez-Salido II to be Announced Jan. 17

NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE

JUANMA LOPEZ AND ORLANDO SALIDO

WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE REMATCH

Tomorrow!  Tuesday, January 17 at 1:30 p.m.

Museo de Vida Silvestre in San Juan

SAN JUAN, P.R. (January 16, 2012) – World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion ORLANDO “Siri” SALIDO (37-11-2, 25 KOs), from Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, México, and former WBO featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL “Juanma” LOPEZ (31-1, 28 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, will host a news conference Tomorrow!  Tuesday, January 17, to announce their World Featherweight Championship rematch.  The news conference will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Museo de Vida Silvestre (1075 Marginal Ave. Kennedy, San Juan, P.R. 00926), beginning at 1:30 p.m. 

Lopez-Salido II will take place Saturday, March 10 and will be televised live from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, P.R. on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)  If the rematch is anything like their first rumble, more than palm trees will be swaying when these two warriors start throwing.  The SHOWTIME telecast will open with undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender MIKEY GARCIA (27-0, 23 KOs), from Oxnard, Calif., risking record and rating as well as his impending world title shot in a 10-round featherweight battle.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with PR Best Boxing Promotion, Zanfer Promotions and the city of San Juan, tickets to Lopez-Salido II go on sale Tomorrow!     Tuesday, January 17.  Priced at $400, $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, tickets can be purchased at www.tcpr.com or by phone charge by calling Ticket Center at (787) 792-5000.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):

Lee Samuels, Top Rank:  702-732-2717 / [email protected]

Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank:  909-615-3436 / [email protected]

Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Comm:  303-740-7746 / [email protected]

Chris DeBlasio, SHOWTIME:  212-708-1633 / [email protected]

Annie Van Tornhout, SHOWTIME:  212-708-1663 / [email protected]

John Beyrooty, Brener Zwikel:  562-233-7477 / [email protected]

Steve Pratt, Brener Zwikel:  818-462-5602 / [email protected]

Ed Keenan, EMC Events:  609-399-1330 / [email protected]

Aleudi Rosario Cotto, PR Best Boxing Promotions/Credentials: 787-406-7219 / [email protected] 

Museo de Vida Silvstre:  787-480-5440

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