Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III

"Once And For All"

 November 27, 2004

 MGM Grand

Live on Pay-Per-View

LAS VEGAS - One of the fiercest rivalries in boxing history, Erik ’El Terrible’ Morales vs. Marco Antonio

Barrera, will be decided “Once And For All” when the two superstars collide at the MGM Grand Garden

Arena Saturday, Nov. 27. Morales and Barrera split their previous two mega fights with Morales winning the

first and Barrera the second.

Tickets priced at $600, $400, $300, $200, $100 and $50, not including applicable service charges and taxes,

go on sale Friday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. and are available at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Tickets

also will be sold at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Tower Records/WOW!, Smith’s Food and Drug

Centers, Robinsons-May stores and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge

by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also will be available for

purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

“Anytime you can present two future Hall of Famers in a trilogy, it is part of boxing history,” said HBO Senior

Vice President of Sports Operations and Pay-Per-View Mark Taffet. “The fans appreciate the extraordinary

rivalry between Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera. We can’t wait for the third chapter of this

memorable matchup.”

Morales, from Tijuana, is the current World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF)

super featherweight champion. He has a record of 47-1 with 34 knockouts and is coming off an exciting

victory over International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Carlos ‘Famoso’ Hernandez July 31 at the

MGM Grand Garden Arena. Morales is 18-1 in world title fights including wins over Barrera, Jesus ‘El

Matador’ Chavez, Paulie Ayala, Wayne McCullough, Junior Jones and Daniel Zaragoza.

Barrera, from Mexico City, is the only champion who has a win over Morales. Barrera is 17-3 in world title

fights and has wins over Johnny Tapia, Prince Naseem Hamed, Paulie Ayala, Kevin Kelley, Jesus

Salud and Kennedy McKinney. Barrera is coming off a very solid performance, knocking down and

stopping Ayala in Carson, Calif. June 19.

The Morales vs. Barrera Pay-Per-View telecast, beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT on Nov. 27, has a suggested

retail price of $44.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to over 49 million

pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view

industry. For more event information log onto www.HBOPPV.com.

“Once And For All” is being promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with MGM

Grand, “The City of Entertainment.”

For room packages and availability and event ticket information about the MGM Grand, call (800) 929-1111

or (702) 891-7777 or log onto the World Wide Web at www.mgmgrand.com.

The MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and premier sporting and special

events. The Arena offers comfortable seating for as many as 17,157 with excellent sightlines and state-of-

he-art acoustics, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world heavyweight

championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as George Foreman vs.

Michael Moorer; and concerts by The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler,

Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, Sting, Jimmy

Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena is also home to the

annual FOX Billboard Music Awards and Andre Agassi's Grand Slam for Children Benefit, as well as the

VH1 Divas Las Vegas show and past ESPY Awards.

- Press Release issued by the MGM Grand with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

(10/29/04)