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07/05/2007 Archived Entry: "David Diaz Featured Guest of Chicago Fire Saturday Night, July 7th!"
David Diaz Featured Guest of Chicago Fire Saturday Night, July 7th!
CHICAGO - WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz will take a break from training to be the special guest of MLS' Chicago Fire this Saturday night, July 7th.
Diaz will meet fans at the pre-game Fire Fest and be presented with a Chicago Fire jersey just prior to kickoff of the Chicago Fire/Toronto FC match at Toyota Park , 7500 S. Harlem. Fire Fest, located inside Gate B, opens at 6pm with kickoff scheduled for 7:30pm.
Diaz is preparing for his showdown at “WAR FOR 4!” with three division world champion Erik Morales on August 4th at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont , IL , just outside of Chicago .
The “WAR FOR 4!” world championship extravaganza is promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., in association with Chicago’s Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions and broadcast live on pay per view.
Tickets for the fight, priced at $300, $200, $100, $50 and $30 are on sale now through Ticketmaster at their website www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 312-559-1212.
The pay-per-view broadcast will also feature the Chicago debut of undefeated welterweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., son of the legendary three-division world champion and Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez as he takes on Indianapolis’ “Downtown” Louis Brown in a ten round bout.
Other fights on the pay per view include an IBF light flyweight world championship between Champion Ulises Solis of Guadalajara , Mexico and Rodel Mayol of Mandaue, Philipines as well as WBO Latino Super Bantamweight Champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico in a twelve round bout.
The Morales vs. Diaz pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $44.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For your daily Morales vs. Diaz fight week updates visit www.hbo.com.
