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DEVON ALEXANDER vs. ANDRIY KOTELNIK

TAVORES CLOUD vs. GLENN JOHNSON

Conference Call Transcript

Alan Hopper (Don King Productions, Public Relations Director) - On Saturday, August 7^th, Don King Productions will present a world championship tripleheader, “Gateway to Greatness: The Homecoming” at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.  We’ve heard a lot of talk recently from other boxing promoters wanting to present great top-to-bottom cards like Don King cards, but nobody does it like Don King himself.  Before we get to the HBO Boxing After Dark co-featured main event fighters we have on our call today, I’d like to mention that we will also feature a domestically non-televised WBC/USNBC cruiserweight championship.  Ryan Coyne is an undefeated cruiserweight at 14 and 0 from St. Louis who played collegiate football at Mizzou in 2001 and 2002 before becoming a professional boxer.  He will face another undefeated fighter, Warren “The Hit Man” Browning, from Kentucky.  Our third World Championship, which also will not be televised domestically, features Cory Spinks of the St. Louis Spinks fighting family, putting his IBF junior middleweight crown on the line against IBF 154-pound mandatory challenger Cornelius “K9” Bundrage.  Needless to say, this fight card is loaded.  And St. Louis, we want to see you all there at the Scottrade Center to see these great fights live and in person.  The featured bouts on August 7 will showcase a pair of undefeated world champions: Devon Alexander “The Great” is St. Louis-born, bred, educated and now a role model for the youth in the Gateway City.  He is trained and managed by fellow St. Louisan Kevin Cunningham.  “The Great” lived up to his nickname last summer when he won his first world title, the WBC Super Lightweight Championship, by defeating Junior “The Hitter” Witter. Wasting no time, he faced then-IBF 140-pound champion Juan “Iron Twins” Urango at Mohegan Sun in March and scored the most sensational knockout of his career, which was set up by a devastating right upper cut that lifted Urango’s toes off the canvas.  Devon will be taking on former WBA Super Lightweight Champion Andriy Kotelnik, of Ukraine.  Both of these fighters will carry the hopes and dreams of their respective countries into the ring with them.  The second undefeated world champion appearing on the card has the same record as Devon Alexander at 20 and 0, the difference being 18 of his wins have come by knockout.  I refer to IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud from the capital of our great state of Florida, Tallahassee.  Tavoris will face legendary former IBF World Champion Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson who was the 2004 BWAA Fighter of the Year after knocking out Roy Jones Jr. and defeating Antonio Tarver.  Tickets priced from just $17.50, $35, $70, $150 and $300 are on sale now at Scottrade Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster ticket centers, including Ticketmaster.com.  The event is being promoted by Don King Productions.  Doors will open at 5:30 pm.  Alexander versus Kotelnik and Cloud versus Johnson will be televised live on HBO beginning at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time, 9 p.m. Central Time.  Cloud versus Johnson is presented in association with DiBella Entertainment and Warriors Boxing Promotions.  Before we introduce the fighters, let’s welcome Event Promoter Don “Only in America” King.  Don….

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