TODAY! Rios/Abril​/Gesta/Her​rera LA News Conf Luncheon – Noon PT

TODAY!  Rios/Abril​/Gesta/Her​rera LA News Conf Luncheon – Noon PT

By: Press Release

Undefeated former World Lightweight Champion BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS (29-0-1, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., and his opponent, World Boxing Association (WBA) interim lightweight champion and Cuban expatriate RICHARD ABRIL (17-2-1, 8 KOs), of Miami, Fla., will host a Los Angeles news conference luncheon Today!  Monday, April 9, in the Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel (506 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90071.)  Lunch will be served at Noon PT with the news conference beginning at 12:30 p.m. PT.  Joining Rios and Abril will be Top 10 contenders MERCITO “No Mercy” GESTA (24-0-1, 12 KOs), of Cebu, Philippines and MAURICIO HERRERA (18-1, 7 KOs), of Riverside, Calif. and Top Rank president TODD DUBOEF.  All the participants will be discussing their upcoming career-defining fights on this Saturday’s world championship card originating from Las Vegas and México City.

Three-division world champion and Méxican icon JUAN MANUEL MÁRQUEZ will be going for his fourth world title in as many different weight divisions when he rumbles with World Boxing Organization (WBO) European junior welterweight champion SERGEY FEDCHENKO for the vacant WBO interim 140-pound world title. Rios will attempt to reclaim his old title when he battles Abril for the vacant WBA lightweight championship belt. Márquez vs. Fedchenko and Rios headline a world championship pay-per-view event that’s so big its main events are originating from two different countries!

Márquez-Fedchenko will take place in México City’s brand new Arena México, while Rios-Abril, along with a 10-round junior welterweight collision between Top 10 contenders “Mile High” MIKE ALVARADO (32-0, 23 KOs), of Denver, and Herrera, and a 10-round lightweight bout featuring Gedsta against OSCAR CUERO (15-7, 12 KOs), of Cartagena, Colombia, This Saturday! April 14, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.  Boxing fans at Mandalay Bay will also see the Márquez-Fedchenko world title fight live, via closed-circuit, on a jumbo screen.  The Márquez/Rios world championship event will be produced by Top Rank and distributed Live by HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions, Tecate and AT&T, remaining tickets, priced at $250, $150, $100, $50 and $25, not including applicable service charges, are available at all Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Mandalay Bay at (877) 632-7400 or Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.