VARGAS VS. MAYORGA POSTPONED
Aug 25, 2007LOS ANGELES (August 25, 2007) - Fans that have already purchased nearly $1 million worth of tickets to see a boxing match destined to be sold out featuring "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 will have to wait for the bout to be rescheduled after a routine blood test by Vargas on Friday revealed a severe iron deficiency.
Vargas's doctor ordered him to not participate in the highly anticipated match and to take the necessary weeks of treatment to correct the problem.
Promoters of the event Don King Productions and Main Events in association with STAPLES Center will notify the public as soon as a rescheduled date can be confirmed.
Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs) is a two-time world champion and Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs) is a three-time world champion. Their upcoming bout had been aptly dubbed "The Brawl" after a highly contentious confrontation between the fighters erupted at the initial press conference announcing the event in Los Angeles and again at a subsequent press conference in New York.
Further information on the rescheduled date and refund policy will be made available in the coming days.
Main Events was founded in 1978 by Kathy Duva's late husband Dan Duva. In addition to the hundreds of world title bouts it has promoted, Main Events has promoted some of the biggest PPV events in history like "Showdown" the 1981 undisputed welterweight unification bout between "Sugar" Ray Leonard and Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns; "The Battle of the Ages" 1991 undisputed heavyweight championship between Evander Holyfield and George Foreman; the "Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve" pageant, and the 2002 Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson heavyweight showdown which at the time set the record for the highest grossing PPV event of all-time.
Don King Productions has promoted over 500 world championship fights with nearly 100 individual boxers having been paid $1 million or more. DKP also holds the distinction of having promoted or co-promoted seven of the 10 largest pay-per-view events in history, as gauged by total buys, including three of the top five: Holyfield vs. Tyson II, 1.99 million buys, June 1997; Tyson vs. Holyfield I, 1.6 million buys, November 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, 1.58 million buys, August 1995.
DKP has promoted or co-promoted 11 of the top 15 highest-grossing live gates in the history of the state of Nevada including four of the top five: Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance: 17,078, gross: $16,860,300 (NOTE: Also second-highest live-gate gross for any event in history.), date: Nov. 13, 1999; Holyfield vs. Tyson II, paid attendance: 16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield vs. Tyson I, paid attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9, 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: Aug. 19, 1995.
CONTACTS
Donald Tremblay, Main Events (973) 893-9100
dtremblay@mainevents.com
Alan Hopper, DKP (954) 418-5839
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Michael Roth, STAPLES Center (213) 742-7155
mroth@staplescenter.com
Cara Vanderhook, STAPLES Center (213) 742-7273
cvanderhook@staplescenter.com
Chris DeBlasio, Showtime Networks Inc. (212) 708-1633
Chris.DeBlasio@Showtime.net
John Beyrooty, BZA (818) 462-5601
johnb@bzapr.com
Gladys Rosa, Rosa Public Relations (914) 734-7340
gladys.rosa@rosapublicrelations.com
Juan Rolón Jr., Rosa Public Relations (646) 552-8662
juan.rolonjr@rosapublicrelaitons.com
Ed Keenan, EMC (609) 399-1330
keenan@emcevents.com