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*** Cancelled ***
"Million Dollar Lady" Martin vs. Rijker --------- LIVE ON PAY PER VIEW! ---------
July 30, 2005 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada On Showtime PPV
Cancelled Line-up: Welterweight Bout Christy Martin (45-3-2, 31 KOs) vs. Lucia Rijker (17-0, 14 KOs)
Jorge
Arce (39-3-1) vs.
Angel Priolo (30-2, 20
KOs) WBC Light Flyweight Title Bout
Champion
Eric Ortiz (24-4-1, 16 KOs) vs. Brian Viloria (17-0, 11 KOs) Middleweight Bout Kelly Pavlik (25-0, 22 KOs) vs. TBA
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Showtime Pay Per View Boxing To Present Top Rank's "Million Dollar Lady" Christy Martin vs. Lucia Rijker
showdown with the winner to collect $1,000,000 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 30.
It's a riveting, sensational matchup announced by Bob Arum of Top Rank. Martin vs. Rijker will be on Showtime Pay Per View.
Martin and Rijker will each be guaranteed $250,000 with the winner to receive an additional $750,000. This will be the most monies earned by any female athlete in any sport, Arum said.
Martin has a record of 45-3-2 with 31 knockouts. Rijker is 17-0 with 14 knockouts. The superfight is scheduled for 12 rounds.
Martin, born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia, says she will win and collect the bonus monies.
"Lucia Rijker is a bully, like the ones you see on a schoolyard playground," said Christy. "Like all bullies, once you stand up and fight they always back down. I will show the world and make it all happen on July 30."
Both are star performers who strike with power.
Rijker, born in Amsterdam and now living and training in Los Angeles, has taken on and defeated top competition for years. She is an extremely hard puncher who attacks early in her bouts. Rijker also appeared, as boxer Billie Blue Bear, in Clint Eastwood's award-winning movie Million Dollar Baby.
The undercard will include the sensational all-action flyweight, Jorge Arce, who will box in a 12-round championship bout; WBC light flyweight champion Eric Ortiz of Mexico will defend against Brian Viloria of Honolulu; undefeated middleweight Kelly 'Ghost' Pavilik will be in a 10-round bout.
Arce, who is coming off a riveting performance in an eliminator win over Hussein Hussein, is scheduled to take on Angel Priolo of Barranquilla, Colombia in a 12-round WBC interim flyweight title bout. Arce lives and trains in Los Mochis, Mexico.
Also appearing (on the international broadcast) will be USA Olympian Vanes Martirosyan of Glendale, Calif and hard puncher super lightweight Mike Alvarado of Denver.
For information on upcoming SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecasts, including complete fighter bios and records, related stories and more, please go the SHOWTIME website at http://www.sho.com/boxing.
- Press Release by Showtime\Top Rank with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)
card subject to change
(7/7/05)
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