POUND-FOR-POUND KING FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS

POUND-FOR-POUND KING FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE HIS MEGA-BOUT AGAINST MARCOS “EL CHINO” MAIDANA ON SATURDAY, MAY 3 LIVE ON SHOWTIME PPV®

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 AT NOON PT

MGM GRAND – STUDIO A&B   

 

STREAMING LIVE VIA SATELLITE & EMBEDABLE YOUTUBE & USTREAM LINKS;

VIEW LIVE AT HTTP://SPORTS.SHO.COM/LIVE

 

 

WHO:       FLOYD MAYWEATHER, 10-Time Five-Division World Champion & WBC Welterweight

World Champion

LEONARD ELLERBE, CEO, Mayweather Promotions

RICHARD SCHAEFER, CEO, Golden Boy Promotions

STEPHEN ESPINOZA, Executive VP & General Manager, SHOWTIME SPORTS

WHAT:     WBC Welterweight World Champion and No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter

Floyd “Money” Mayweather will host a press conference to formally announce his upcoming SHOWTIME PPV® matchup against Marcos “El Chino” Maidana taking place on Saturday, May 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  The press event will take place prior to the start of the “TOE TO TOE: Canelo vs. Angulo” fight card.

 

“SHO Sports Press Pass Live” will stream the proceedings live at http://sports.SHO.com/liveand via satellite and embeddable YouTube and UStream players. Satellite coordinates and embeddable links are below.

WHEN:      Saturday, March 8

11 a.m. PT – Media Arrival/Brunch

12 p.m. PT – Press Conference

WHERE:   MGM Grand Hotel & Casino – Studio A & B

3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

 

SATELLITE FEED * ONLINE STREAM:

Saturday’s presser at the MGM Grand will be available LIVE via Satellite, YouTube, Ustream and via http://sports.sho.com/live and http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com and will be hosted by SHOWTIME Sports announcer Brian Custer.

 

SATELLITE COORDINATES:

AMC-15, K-15;  Location: 105 degrees west;  Video:  HD 1080i/59.94; Bandwidth: 36 MHz;  Downlink Freq: 12000 V;  Compression: MPEG 2;  Chroma: 4:2:0; Modulation: DVBS, QPSK;  FEC Rate: 5/6;  Symbol Rate: 26.47;  Data Rate: 40.656536;  Audio: Stereo

 

YOUTUBE EMBED CODES & LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y18GUsFKlGo

 <iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/y18GUsFKlGo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

USTREAM EMBED CODES & LINKS:

http://www.ustream.tv/shosports

 

 USTREAM EMBED CODES & LINKS:

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FACTS:     Mayweather vs. Maidana, a WBC & WBA Welterweight World Championship unification

for Mayweather and Maidana’s respective 147-pound titles, is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions taking place Saturday, May 3 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV.

 

TICKETS:    Tickets priced at $1,500, $1,000, $750, $550 and $350, not including applicable service

charges and taxes, go on sale, Saturday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets are limited to eight (8) per person with a limit of two (2) at the $350 price range.  To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase atwww.mgmgrand.com  or www.ticketmaster.com.

 

CONTACTS:  Kelly Swanson/Lisa Milner/Flo Jocou,

Swanson Communications/Mayweather Promotions: (202) 783-5500

Nicole Craig, Mayweather Promotions: (702) 807-1788

Marylyn Aceves/Ramiro Gonzalez, Golden Boy Promotions: (213) 489-5631

Scott Ghertner, MGM Resorts International: (702) 891-1838

Chris DeBlasio, Showtime Networks Inc.: (212) 708-1633

Annie Kruger, Showtime Networks Inc.: (212) 708-1663

John Beyrooty/Matt Donovan, BZA/SHOWTIME: (562) 233-7477/(818) 462-5613

Media Credentials: www.magnamedia.com