Tuesday, February 6, 2007

11 City Oscar-Floyd Tour!



The official announcement—and the start of an 11-city media tour—for the highly anticipated super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather will be Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The fighters and camps will then travel across the country making stops in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Los Angeles and will conduct public press conferences and invite fans to be a part of the experience of the most anticipated boxing event in decades. The sold-out May 5 fight has already set a live-gate record of $19 million and is expected to be among the biggest pay-per-view events of all time. More details to come. Here is the lineup:

Tuesday, Feb 20 — New York
Wednesday, Feb 21 — Philadelphia/Washington, DC
Thursday, Feb 22 — Chicago/Detroit
Friday, Feb 23 — Miami
Monday, Feb 26 — Houston/Dallas
Tuesday, Feb 27 — San Francisco/Las Vegas
Wednesday, Feb 28 — Los Angeles

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