Tuesday, July 5th 2011

Undefeated Mike Lee to Fight on Rios-Antillon Undercard

NOTRE DAME BOXING CHAMPION

 MIKE LEE BATTLES SATURDAY, JULY 9TH

 IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA

TOPRANK.COM STREAMS FIGHT LIVE

CHICAGO, IL (July 3, 2011) Notre Dame Boxing Champion MIKE LEE returns to battle againstMichael Birthmark on Saturday, July 9th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, just outside of Los Angeles.

The 24 year old Lee, a top rated light heavyweight prospect, brings an undefeated record of 5-0-0 with three knockouts into the scheduled four rounder.

The Lee/Birthmark bout is the feature attraction undercard bout to the SHOWTIME televisedLightweight World Championship between BRANDON RIOS and URBANO ANTILLON.

Lee’s bout, starting at 8pm CST/6pm PST will be streamed LIVE on the Top Rank Incorporatedwebsite, TOPRANK.COM.

As has been at each of Lee’s fights, a huge crowd of Notre Dame alums and Chicagoland supporters is expected to descend on the Home Depot Center on fight night.

In his last bout, broadcast on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights on

Friday, May 6th, Lee dominated Gilbert Gastelum towards a four round decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. 

A native of Wheaton, Illinois, Lee resides in Houston and trains full-time with the world renowned Ronnie Shields.

In addition to his fight on July 9th, Top Rank will also stream Lee’s Los Angeles Press Conference onWednesday, July 6th at 2:30pm CST/12:30pm PST and his Official Weigh-In on Friday, July 8th at 4pm CST/2pm PST.

 

The Home Depot Center is located at 18400 Avalon Boulevard in Carson, California. Further information can be viewed on their website at WWW.HOMEDEPOTCENTER.COM

Advance tickets to the July 9th event may be purchased by calling the Team Lee Offices at 877-530-4269 during business hours or after 5pm at 630-400-6380.

Lee graduated from the University Of Notre Dame in 2009 at the “top of his class”, with a degree in Finance.  He is a native of Wheaton, Illinois and a graduate of Benet Academy.

After winning the Chicago Golden Gloves, Lee was signed by Top Rank Incorporated, boxing’s premier promotional company.

For more information on Mike Lee, please visit his website at WWW.MIKELEEBOXING.COM and follow him onFacebook and Twitter at MIKE LEE (Boxer).  Further information can also be obtained on the Top Rank Incorporated website at TOPRANK.COM

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