Unification bout will take place live in the Arena on Saturday, March 6th
Two world champions from one of the most active and exciting weight divisions in boxing will meet in a unification bout on Saturday, March 6th when undefeated World Boxing Council Super Lightweight Champion Devon Alexander “The Great” faces International Boxing Federation Junior Welterweight Champion Juan Urango at Mohegan Sun Arena. The event will be broadcast live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
Tickets are $175.00, $95.00, $50.00 and $35.00 and are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.
Alexander, 19-0-0 (12 KOs), from St. Louis, won the vacant WBC 140-pound championship by stopping a former holder of that crown, Junior “The Hitter” Witter, when they met on August 1st in southern California.
Always a hot prospect, the 22 year-old Alexander successfully emerged from the shadow of fighting his entire career out of the Cory Spinks camp by displaying elusive defensive skills—no doubt picked up from his mentor—while displaying enough firepower to cause a tough Brit to quit on his stool.
Twenty-nine year-old Urango, 22-2-1 (17 KOs), a Colombian native now fighting out of Cooper City, FL, also won his first world championship in his last fight by rising from the canvas to stop noted knockout artist Randall Bailey on August 28th in South Florida.
Bailey, known for having one of the best right hands in the sport, sent Urango to the mat in the sixth round. The Colombian showed great fortitude to survive the round, then rallied to floor Bailey three times, leading Bailey’s corner to throw in the towel in the 11th round.
Alexander has been building his unblemished record since high school. He served notice that he would soon be a force to be reckoned when he won a unanimous decision over former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley at New York’s Madison Square Garden on January 19, 2008.
Urango’s two losses came against fighters at the top of the sport: Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton in 2007 and Andre Berto—in Urango’s lone foray up to the 147-pound limit—on May 30, 2009.
The event is being promoted by Don King Productions, in association with Mohegan Sun. A full undercard will be presented, with doors opening at 5:00pm.
About Don King Productions
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 ten 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 twelve of the top twenty 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 the history of the world.), date: November 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: November 9, 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: August 19, 1995.
About Mohegan Sun
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.