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Golovkin-Rubio Card Now Into Standing Room Only Tix
STANDING ROOM ONLY TICKETS FOR
“MEXICAN STYLE”
ON SALE TODAY AT 1:00 P.M PT
Los Angeles, CA (September 19, 2014) Due to extraordinary demand, Standing Room Only tickets priced at $27 for “Mexican Style” will go on sale Today at 1:00 p.m. PT it was announced this morning by
K2 Promotions.
Set for Saturday, October 18th, “Mexican Style” is headlined by the highly anticipated 12-round world middleweight title fight between Boxing’s fastest rising star, WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion, GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN and WBC Interim Middleweight Champion MARCO ANTONIO “El Veneno” RUBIO.
The co-feature bout on October 18th is a featherweight showdown between 2012 Fighter of the Year and four-division world champion NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIREand undefeated world champion NICHOLAS “The Axe Man” WALTERSwho will battle it out to determine the undisputed World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight world champion. Donaire vs. Walters is presented by Top Rank® and was just officially announced today.
“The response to this event has been unprecedented for boxing at the StubHub Center as four weeks to go we’re virtually sold out of tickets,” said Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions. “Therefore, we’re putting a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets on sale to meet the demand.”
“With the addition of Donaire vs. Walters this card will stand among the very best presented to boxing fans in 2014.”
Standing Room Only tickets priced at $27, plus applicable service charges will available online Today at 1pm at AXS.com, by phone at 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849) and at the StubHub Center Box Office (Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. PT to 6 p.m. PT).
“Mexican Style”ispresented by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Promociones Del Pueblo.
The StubHub Center is located at 18400 Avalon Blvd. in Carson, CA 90746. For directions and further information, please visit their website at www.StubHubCenter.com Doors will open at 3:00 p.m. PT on the day of the event for a full program of world class boxing.
For fight updates on GOLOVKIN VS. RUBIO via Social Media, follow HBO Boxing on Twitter at @HBOBoxing and Facebook at /HBOBoxing, in addition to on Twitter at Gennady Golovkin/ @GGGBoxing, Marco Antonio Rubio/ @MAVenenoRubio, Tom Loeffler – K2 Promotions/ @TomLoeffler1 and Promociones Del Pueblo/ @PromoDelPueblo. Use the hashtag #GolovkinRubio to join the conversation on Twitter.
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