Undefeated Timothy Bradley and four-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez will hit the Big Apple before they hit each other in one of the year’s most anticipated fights. Bradley and Marquez will have their weigh-in simulcast live in Times Square on the seven-story-tall NASDAQ building screen, as well as the Reuters screen across the street, on Friday, October 11, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. ET. The weigh-in will also be streamed live via Yahoo! and Univision.
“This fight between Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Márquez is going to be great theater, so where else would be screen this preview but in Times Square,” said Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum.
While Bradley (30-0, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., and Márquez (55-6-1, 40 KOs), of México City, enter this World Welterweight Championship fight fresh from Fight of the Year caliber performances, Márquez will also be attempting to become the first Méxican fighter to win world titles in five different weight divisions.
The live pay-per-view card will also feature Orlando Cruz (20-2-1, 10 KOs), of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the No. 1 featherweight contender and boxing’s first openly gay fighter, gets his first world title shot, battling former two-time world champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs), of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, México. Their WBO featherweight championship rumble is the latest chapter of the storied boxing rivalry between México and Puerto Rico.
Vasyl Lomachenko, the two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and boxing wunderkind, will be making his professional debut in a 10-round featherweight bout against WBO International featherweight champion and No. 7-rated contender Jose Ramirez (24-2-2, 15 KOs), of México. If Lomachenko is victorious over Ramirez, who enters this fight having won six of his last seven bouts, Lomachenko could be fast-tracked to a world title fight in his next bout.
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I think it’s pretty cool that the Bradley vs. Marquez weigh-in will be shown live in Times Square. It’s a pretty cool opportunity when they get a chance to do this kind of thing, and I think it’s great for fans of the sport, and general tourists and bystanders alike.
