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KING DON AND
THE HEAVYWEIGHT KNIGHTS
OF THE ROUNDTABLE
Press Conference/Roundtable Format

Eight Heavyweights – All participants will be present:
IBF Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd
WBA Heavyweight Champion John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz
Four-Time World Heavyweight Champion Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield
Former WBC and IBF World Heavyweight Champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman
Top IBF Contender Jameel McCline
Polish Strongman Andrew Golota
Tough Australian Kali Meehan
Smooth Larry Donald
Promoter “King Don”

WHAT: Press Conference To Announce November 13 Struggle For Supremacy. Roundtable format with all fighters and Don King.

WHERE: Madison Square Garden, Expo Center, Enter 8 Penn Plaza (33rd and 8th Avenue)
*Must have Trinidad/Mayorga credential to enter.

WHY: Struggle For Supremacy in New York’s Madison Square Garden—The World’s Most Famous Arena—on Saturday, November 13, 2004. This exciting night of heavyweight action will be presented by Don King Productions in association with Madison Square Garden and be produced and distributed domestically by HBO Pay-Per-View and broadcast internationally and on closed circuit by KingVision.

Don King Productions

TRINIDAD vs. MAYORGA,
TRIPLE TITLE CARD & UNDERCARD RELEASES

Three Title Fights Featured on HBO Pay-Per-View Broadcast
Felix 'Tito' Trinidad vs. Ricardo 'El Matador' Mayorga
Zab 'Super' Judah vs. Wayne "Wawatae" Martell
'Tremendous' Travis Simms vs. Bronco McKart

NEW YORK-The Trinidad v Mayorga main event in Madison Square Garden tonight will carry two additional title fights on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Former two-time world champion and current World Boxing Organization International Welterweight Champion Zab "Super" Judah (31-2, 22 KOs), from Brooklyn, N.Y., will fight in his home state for the first time since 1996 when he fought at The Garden in only his second professional match.

He will face Wayne "Wawatae" Martell (24-2, 15 KOs), from Denver, to
earn another title shot. Martell posted back-to-back wins against former world champions, Livingston Bramble and Meldrick Taylor in June and July of 2002.

Judah won his first world title when he knocked out Jan Bergman in the fourth round for the International Boxing Federation junior-welterweight crown on Feb. 12, 2000.
He successfully defended his IBF title five times and was undefeated in 27 appearances before he squared off against WBA- WBC champion, Kostya Tszyu in Las Vegas for the undisputed title on Nov. 3, 2001. Tszyu knocked Judah down in the second round and referee Jay Nady halted the contest.

Judah rebounded to win the WBO junior-welterweight title before moving to welterweight to challenge undisputed world champion, Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks on April 10, 2004.
In a seesaw affair that saw both fighters hitting the canvas - Spinks
down in the final round - Judah lost a close decision. Many ringside observers felt that if the bout had lasted another minute, Judah would have KO'd Spinks. Once again, Judah rebounded to defeat Rafael Pineda to win the World Boxing Organization Intercontinental title in
Las Vegas on May 15, 2004.

Undefeated WBA super-welterweight champion, "Tremendous" Travis Simms (23-0, 18 KOs), from Norwalk, Conn., will put his belt on the line against former WBO champion, Bronco McKart (47-5, 31 KOs). Simms won his title with a stunning one-punch knockout of champion Alexander "Terra" Garcia in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec.13, 2003.

Both fighters were coming out of a break in the fifth round when Garcia dropped his guard, which was just enough time for Simms to knock him out.

Bronco McKart (47-5, 31 KOs), from Monroe, Mich., is a former WBO and IBA junior-middleweight champion. He won his first world title when he stopped WBO champion Santos Cardona in the ninth round in Indio, Calif., in 1996. McKart went on to win the International Boxing Association junior middleweight title in 1997 with a win over Ronald Weaver.

NEW YORK- Before the three title fights at Madison Square Garden,
early arrivals will see eight domestically non-televised matches, including Rosendo 'El Bufalo' Alvarez meeting Bebis 'Candela' Mendoza. (Don King usually sells these prelim fights outside the USA).

The reigning WBA light-flyweight champion, Alvarez (32-2-2, 21 KOs), from Nicaragua, meets and current WBA interim (as well as former) champion, Mendoza (30-2, 24 KOs), from Colombia for the fourth time.

Their first meeting in Las Vegas on Aug. 12, 2000 ended after a
controversial disqualification stoppage by referee Mitch Halpern. Alvarez had already been penalized twice for low blows, and Halpern stepped in to name Mendoza the victor after another low blow in the seventh round.
In a rematch in Las Vegas on March 3, 2001, Alvarez won the title with a split-decision victory. Alvarez successfully defended his title by a majority decision in Little Rock, Ark., on March 31, 2003.

In his last appearance, Alvarez attempted to win the International Boxing Federation light-flyweight title in a unification match against the Mexican champion Victor Burgos, but the two fought to a draw in Atlantic City, N.J. on Dec.13.

Mendoza earned a fourth fight with Alvarez by defeating Korean boxer,
Yo-Sam Choi in Korea on Nov.15 to become the WBA interim champion.

Other scheduled bouts include:

# a challenge for local prospect Louis Collazo (21-1, 9 KOs), from
Queens, when he takes on tough Felix Flores, from Puerto Rico, in a 10-round welterweight contest;

# former WBA light-heavyweight champion and hometown favorite, Lou "Honey Boy" Del Valle (31-2-1, 21 KOs), from Long Island, will battle rugged competitor Sam Reese (15-11-4, 6 KOs), from Hampton, Va.;

# another scheduled 10-round light-heavyweight attraction featuring
contender Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi, now fighting out of New York
City, opposing former National Boxing Association Americas champion, Danny Santiago (23-2, 15 KOs), originally from New York now fighting out of Miami;

# cruiserweight Steve Cunningham (15-0, 8 KOs), from Philadelphia,
squaring off against Forrest "Cisco" Neal (16-4, 12 KOs), from Ann Arbor, Mich;

# featherweight Elio Rojas (4-0, 3 KOs), a Dominican now fighting out of Jamaica, N.Y., taking on Corey Goodwin (3-0,1 KO), from Abilene, Tex.., in a scheduled six-rounder;

# "Very Serious" Vaughn Alexander (4-0, 4 KOs), from Cory Spinks' camp in St. Louis, attempts to keep his record clear ring a four-round bout with welterweight Michael Melvin (7-4-3, 2 KOs), from Philadelphia;

# heavyweight Mario Preskar (4-0-1, 2 KOs), from Zagreb, Croatia, tests Danny Weyland (1-0, 1 KO) from Fort Smith, Ark.;

# and light-heavyweight Marcus Johnson (1-0, 1 KO), from Killeen, Tex, is scheduled for four rounds against Mateen Haleem, (1-0, 1 KO), from Baltimore, Md.

[FOL adds: The last two made an impression on the Meehan-Brewster card in Vegas. American Croat heavyweight, Mario Preskar, is being sounded out by Australian interests for appearances here. Teen Marcus Johnson, won in half a minute at his pro debut, he "nearly beat" Andre Ward for the trip to Athens: Ward won Gold.]