LOS ANGELES (August 30, 2007) — To kick-off the exciting promotion of the highly anticipated Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley Welterweight World Championship fight on November 10 at the “Mecca of Boxing”, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the fighters will engage in a three-city media tour starting Wednesday, September 5 in San Juan, Puerto Rico followed by stops in New York City on Thursday, September 6 and Los Angeles on Monday, September 10.
In addition, and as part of the promotional efforts, the fighters will travel from New York to Bristol, Connecticut on Friday, September 7 to be the live, in-studio guest analysts on the season ending edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, marking the first time the show has ever hosted opponents from the same fight.
Miguel Cotto will then travel to Miami for a weekend of press activities that will include a live appearance on Univision’s national sports show Republic Deportiva. The fighters will meet up again in Los Angeles on November 10 for the final press conference before heading to their respective training camps to begin preparations for their extremely competitive battle.
“Fast & Furious,” the 12-round World Welterweight Championship will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Madison Square Garden.
The Cotto vs. Mosley pay-per-view telecast, airing at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For your Cotto vs. Mosley fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.
COTTO VS. MOSLEY TOUR DATES AND CITIES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5—PUERTO RICO, Paseo de la Princesa in Old San Juan
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6— NEW YORK, Madison Square Garden (WaMu Theater)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7—BRISTOL, CT, ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10—LOS ANGELES, House of Blues (Sunset Blvd.)