TERENCE CRAWFORD and FELIX VERDEJO
TO MAKE THEIR 2016 DEBUTS
IN TITLE DEFENSES AT THE GARDEN!
Saturday, February 27, at Madison Square Garden
Live on HBO World Championship Boxing®
TODAY! FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE
Madison Square Garden – Chase Square at 11:30 A.M.
STREAMED LIVE AT NOON ET / 9 AM PT
via www.toprank.tv
NEW YORK — It’s Fight Week !
Undefeated superstar champions TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD and FELIX “El Diamante” VERDEJO will make their 2016 debuts in title defenses,This Saturday! February 27, at the “Mecca of Boxing” — The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Crawford, the two-division world champion and 2014 Fighter of the Year will be defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight world championship belt against Top-10 contender “Hammerin'” HANK LUNDY.
Verdejo, the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, will be risking his WBO Latino lightweight title crown and his march to a world title shot when he rumbles with undefeated Brazilian buzz saw WILLIAM “Baby Face” SILVA. Both fights will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
These four warriors boast a combined record of 95-5-1 (60 KOs) — a winning percentage of 94% with close to 2/3 of their victories coming by way of knockout.
FIGHT WEEK MEDIA SCHEDULE
(All Times are Eastern Standard Time)
TODAY! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE – Streamed Live via www.toprank.tv
Madison Square Garden – Chase Square
- 11:30 A.M. Media Report. Enter at 32nd St. and 7th Ave.
- Noon Press Conference Begins
TOMORROW! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN
Theater Lobby at Madison Square Garden
- 1:00 P.M. Media Report. Enter at 32nd St. and 7th Ave.
- 2:00 P.M. Fighters Step on the Scale
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
FIGHT DAY!
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
(Media enter through glass doors on corner of 33rd St. and 8th Ave. — adjacent to Employee Entrance)
- 5:30 P.M. Doors Open
- 6:30 P.M. First Fight
- 10:00 P.M. Live HBO Telecast Begins