EDDIE CHAMBERS INTERVIEW (4-2-09)

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Haye to fight Klitschko at German soccer stadium

FRANKFURT (AP)—Wladimir Klitschko’s defense of his heavyweight title against David Haye on June 20 will be staged at Schalke’s soccer stadium, which has a capacity of more than 60,000.
The arena in Gelsenkirchen, where Schalke plays its Bundesliga matches, seats 61,673 for soccer matches and has a retractable roof that can be closed in 20 minutes. It will be the first fight to be staged there.
“I’ve always wanted to fight in a football stadium before such a large audience,” said Klitschko, who holds both the IBF and WBO titles.
Bernd Boente, managing director of Klitschko’s management group, called it one of the “most attractive and modern” stadiums in Europe, a “gigantic arena.”
Haye is a British former cruiserweight world champion who could win the heavyweight title in only his second fight at that class.
Klitschko stopped Hasim Rahman in seven rounds in his last defense in December and hasn’t lost in more than four years to build a 52-3 record to Haye’s 22-1.
Haye moved up a division more than a year ago after unifying the cruiserweight titles by knocking out Enzo Maccarinelli in two rounds. He has had only one fight as a heavyweight, knocking out Monte Barrett in five rounds in November.
Confident that he will beat Klitschko, Haye has vowed to then go after his older brother Vitali, the WBC champion, in an attempt to unify the heavyweight titles.

Circle City To Host McGee - Follmar Press Conference

Both Fighters Prepared To Sit Down One More Time Before Their "Date With Destiny" - Tickets On Sale Now!

(Pictured above: One In A Million CEO Octavius James presents NABC Lightweight Champion "Merciless" Mary McGee (left) and WBF Light Welterweight Champion Kristy "Rose" Follmar (right) to the fans in Northwest Indiana where McGee and Follmar met for the first time.)

( Mary McGee and Kristy Follmar pictured during their first staredown to "Date With Destiny")

(McGee Trainer Carlos Jones (left) and Follmar Trainer Mark Lemerick (right) have more of a friendly encounter than their fighters also meeting for the first time for "Date With Destiny")











(Scott Milligan represented Northcoast Distributing at the Press Conference saying a couple words as Miller Lite proudly supports One In A Million Boxing Events.)

( The Miller Girls were an additional fan favorite during the Press Conference.)

April 7(Indianapolis, In) - On Friday, April 10th at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, NABC Lightweight Champion of the World "Merciless" Mary McGee (16-0, 10 KOs) and the WBF Light Welterweight Champion of the World Kristy "Rose" Follmar (16-1, 9 KOs) will invade Indianapolis, Indiana when the pair of champions sit down for a press conference at the Rock Steady Boxing Training Facility, 2002 Wellesley Blvd., just weeks before they step into the ring for "Date With Destiny" at the Hammond Civic Center, on Saturday, April 25th. Gary, IN's McGee and Indianapolis, IN's Follmar will be aiming for two of the biggest prizes in boxing when they meet in the ring, McGee's NABC Lightweight World Championship and the vacant WBC Lightweight Welterweight World Championship, but at the Rocky Steady Training Facility they will sit down together for just the second time.

At their most recent press conference at Hooters in Schererville, McGee declared that a loss would end her career. "Nobody's coming out of retirement to beat me, not Kristy Follmar, not Eva, nobody," said McGee. "If I lose to Kristy, I'm quitting."

Follmar, who is the executive director at Rock Steady Boxing, shot right back at McGee. "It's everybody's time to lose at some point," said Follmar. "I have one loss on my record and if it's Mary's time to lose, she'll bounce back."

(Fans filled the Hooters Restaurant in Schererville to see McGee and Follmar meet for the first time.)

(Also in attendance at the event from left: OIAM Site Coordinator Ty Ortiz, Trainer Carlos Jones, OIAM COO Artez Aytch, Northcoast Rep. Scott Milligan, Fighter Michael Walker, OIAM CEO Octavius James, Fighter Ed Ochoa, Trainer Mark Lemerick, and OIAM Chief Matchmaker John Winfred)

Octavius James, C.E.O. of One In A Million, Inc., could feel the electricity in the air when these two world class athletes met at their first press conference. "If someone in attendance at that press conference couldn't tell that these two world champions wanted to get things started right there, then I don't know what to tell you," said James."We just want to thank the wonderful people at Rock Steady for the opportunity to give these two warriors one more chance to tell the world their intentions come "Date With Destiny" before they get a chance to lace it up and put together one of the best fights the world has to offer," added James.The two young world champions will also be stopping by the Indiana Golden Gloves on Thursday, April 9th at the Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis. "Without Golden Gloves, boxing wouldn't have world class fighters like McGee and Follmar, both of which have won Golden Gloves titles and we just want to show some appreciation for Golden Gloves," said James.Also featured on the "Date With Destiny" card is a brother and sister pair "The Pit Bull" Jimmy Perez Jr. (4-1, 1 KOs) and Tiffany Perez as they make their first appearance on the same fight card and the Co-Main Event will showcase Michael "Midnight Stalker" Walker (19-1-2, 12 KOs) vs. Orphius Waite (4-0, 3 KOs), Ed "2 Fast 2 Furious" Ochoa (7-0, 7 KOs), Josh Crouch (3-0, 3 KOs), Angel Hernandez (11-3, 9 KOs), "Big" Ty Ortiz (Debut) will also be in action.Tickets for this spectacular "Date with Destiny" are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at VIP $100, VIP ringside $75, ringside $50, and general admission $30 and they are available from any Ticket Master location at (219) 791-1234, (312) 559-1212, (866) 438-7372 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/ and at the Hammond Civic Center box office (219) 853-6378.The Hammond Civic Center, 5825 Sohl Ave. just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago will open doors at 6 p.m. with the first bout at 8 p.m.
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