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 andDIBELLA 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 atWWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HBOBOXING. Use the hashtag #ChavezMartinez to join the conversation on Twitter.  For Chávez Jr. vs. Martinez updates log on to TOPRANK.COM, WWW.DBE1.COM or WWW.HBO.COM.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):

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

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

Kevin Rooney, Jr., DiBella Entertainment/Martinez:  646-496-7403 / [email protected]

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

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

Patrick Byrne, HBO Pay-Per-View:  212/512-1361 / [email protected]

Deanna Pettit, Wynn Las Vegas:  702-770-2121 / [email protected]

Rachel Trontel, Thomas & Mack Center:  702-895-3078 / [email protected]

Media Credentials:  [email protected]