Martinez to Hold Media Workout

VENTURA, CALIF. (August 22, 2012) -- Two-division world champion and pound for pound kingpin SERGIO "Maravilla" MARTINEZ will host a Media Workout This Tuesday!  August 28, beginning at 1:00 p.m. PT, at Knuckle Headz Boxing Gym (2060 Knoll Dr., Ventura, Calif. 93003.)  Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs), of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, is in deep training for his challenge of WBC middleweight champion Julio César Chávez Jr. (46-0-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México. Martinez and his team will be available for interviews before his workout.

Promoted by Top Rank®, Zanfer Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, in association with Wynn Las Vegas, AT&T and Tecate, the Chávez Jr. vs. Martinez Middleweight Championship Event will take place Saturday, September 15, Méxican Independence Day Weekend, at the Thomas & Mack Center, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  It will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.  The live pay-per-view undercard will feature four exciting bouts.   

Remaining tickets to the Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez World Middleweight Championship, priced at $600, $400, $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, can be purchased at the Thomas & Mack Center box office and Town Square Las Vegas Concierge. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.unlvtickets.com.  To charge by telephone call (702) 739-FANS.      

The Chávez Jr. vs. Martinez world championship telecast, which begins at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 92 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. Follow HBO Boxing news at www.hbo.com and at www.facebook.com/hboboxing. Use the hashtag #ChavezMartinez to join the conversation on Twitter.  For Chávez Jr. vs. Martinez updates log on to www.toprank.com, www.dbe1.com or www.hbo.com.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):

Lee Samuels, Top Rank:  702-732-2717 / Lee@toprank.com

Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank/Chávez Jr:  909-615-3436 / Ricardoej@aol.com

Kevin Rooney, Jr., DiBella Entertainment/Martinez:  646-496-7403 / Kevin@dbe1.com

Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Comm:  303-740-7746 / TooFred@aol.com 

Ed Keenan, EMC Events:  609-399-1330 / Keenan@emcevents.com   

Patrick Byrne, HBO Pay-Per-View:  212/512-1361 / Patrick.Byrne@hbo.com

Deanna Pettit, Wynn Las Vegas:  702-770-2121 / Deanna.Pettit@wynnlasvegas.com 

Rachel Trontel, Thomas & Mack Center:  702-895-3078 / rachel.trontel@unlv.edu

Media Credentials:  credentials@langdonflynn.com