Saturday, May 3, 2014

CANELO ALVAREZ AND ERISLANDY LARA TO HIT THE ROAD ON OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOUR-CITY PRESS TOUR TO ANNOUNCE SATURDAY, JULY 12 SHOWTIME PPV®SHOWDOWN AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS






PRESS TOUR TO STOP IN LOS ANGELES, SAN ANTONIO,
NEW YORK CITY AND PUERTO RICO

TUESDAY, MAY 6 - FRIDAY, MAY 9

WHO:             CANELO ALVAREZ, Former WBC & WBA Super Welterweight World Champion
                         ERISLANDY LARA, WBA Junior Middleweight World Champion
                         CHEPO REYNOSO, Canelo Alvarez's Trainer
                         RONNIE SHIELDS, Erislandy Lara's Trainer
                         OSCAR DE LA HOYA, President and Founder of Golden Boy Promotions

WHAT:           Mexican superstar and former WBC and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez
     and Cuban sensation and WBA Junior Middleweight World Champion Erislandy "The American          Dream" Lara will hit the road for a four-city press tour to announce their July 12 mega-bout at the          MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME PPV®.

WHERE:       LOS ANGELES - Tuesday, May 6

                        El Pueblo Historical Monument - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
                        424 North Main Street
                        Los Angeles, CA 90012
                        12 p.m. PT - Media Arrival/Luncheon
                        1 p.m. PT - Press Conference Begins

                        SAN ANTONIO - Wednesday, May 7

                        Downtown Historic Market Square - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
                        514 West Commerce Street
                        San Antonio, TX 78207
                        11:40 a.m. CT - Media Arrival/Luncheon
                        1 p.m. CT - Press Conference Begins

                        NEW YORK CITY - Thursday, May 8

                        Hard Rock Times Square - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
                        1501 Broadway (Between 43rd & 44th Street)
                        New York, NY 10036
                        12:30 p.m. ET - Media Arrival/Luncheon
                        1:30 p.m. ET - Press Conference Begins

                        PUERTO RICO - Friday, May 9

    The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
    6961 Avenue of the Gobernadores
    Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979
                        12 p.m. AST - Media Lunch
                        1 p.m. AST - Press Conference Begins

FACTS:         "Canelo vs. Lara," a 12-round junior middleweight fight taking place Saturday, July 12 at the MGM 
   Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions and    sponsored by Corona and AT&T. The event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV    beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio                        programming (SAP).  

  For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.sports.sho.com and                          www.mgmgrand.com, follow on Twitter at @GoldenBoyBoxing, @CaneloOficial,  @LaraBoxing, @mgmgrand, @SHOSports and @Swanson_Comm, follow the conversation using  #CaneloLara and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing and www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing.

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