HBO Championship Boxing

Arturo Gatti vs. Carlos Baldomir

July 22, 2006

Boardwalk Hall

Atlantic City, New Jersey

WBC Welterweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Champion Carlos Baldomir (42-9-6, 12 KOs) vs. Arturo Gatti (40-7, 31 KOs)

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Gatti To Battle World Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir

July 22 For Welterweight Title

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Arturo Gatti, boxing’s most exciting fighter and one of its most popular stars, returns

to the ring July 22 when he battles world-recognized linear welterweight champion/The Ring magazine world

welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, it was announced today by

Main Events CEO Kathy Duva.

Main Events is promoting the evening of boxing, in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions of San

Diego and Caesars Atlantic City.

The 12-round championship bout will be broadcast on HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” series.

Tickets, priced at $400, $250, $150, $100 and $ 50, go on sale to the public Saturday, April 1. They can be

purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420.

Carlos Baldomir

"I am the real world welterweight champion. I have the WBC belt and The Ring magazine belt and, just as

important, I am the People's champion. The love and support I have received from the public since I upset

Zab Judah has been overwhelming. I will be even better in the ring now that I am, finally, a true world

champion.

"I have great respect for Arturo Gatti. He is a genuine warrior and I believe this will be my toughest fight ever.

But I know in my head and my heart that my destiny is to defeat Gatti. By doing so I will underline that I am

the world's best at 147 pounds."

Arturo Gatti

“I look forward to returning to Boardwalk Hall and fighting in front of my fans. I thank Carlos Baldomir for the

opportunity to challenge for the World Welterweight Championship. He is the true welterweight champion

and it will be a great fight.”

Baldomir (42-9-6, 12 KOs) shocked the universally recognized welterweight champion Zab Judah Jan. 7,

2006, to win the welterweight title (W 12). The 34-year-old Santa Fe, Argentina, native has not lost a bout

in more than five years, compiling an 18-0-2 record in his past 20 bouts.

Gatti (40-7, 31 KOs) is a two-time world champion who is responsible for several of the top non-heavyweight

live gates in the history of Atlantic City, NJ. The 33-year-old Jersey City, NJ, resident by way of Montreal,

Canada, dismantled undefeated Danish bruiser Thomas Damgaard in his most recent bout Jan 28, 2006,

(TKO 11). Gatti has won six of his past seven bouts and is ranked No. 2 by the World Boxing Council and

No. 6 by The Ring magazine.

- Press Release issued by Main Events with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(3/21/06)