Tickets To Battle Of 'The Undefeated'
Go On Sale Saturday

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Promoter Don King, in association with Maloof Sports and
Entertainment, will present a highly anticipated world championship battle
of the undefeated at ARCO Arena on Saturday, Sept. 29, when World Boxing
Council light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson takes on WBC No.
1-ranked mandatory challenger Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu, from Romania now
fighting out of Montreal, Canada.

Tickets priced at $30, $50, $75, $100 and $250 will go on sale Saturday
(Sept. 8) at 10 a.m. PT.  The quickest and most convenient way to purchase
tickets is by calling Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone at (916) 649-TIXS or by
visiting their Web site at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets are also available
for sale at the ARCO Arena Box Office and at all Sacramento-area
Ticketmaster outlets.  The main event will be televised on SHOWTIME
Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

“I couldn’t be more excited to be promoting this light heavyweight
championship with the Maloofs at ARCO Arena on Sept. 29,” an ebullient Don
King said.  “We are looking forward to bringing World Championship Boxing to
a region with such rich boxing heritage.”

“The Maloof family loves the sport of boxing going all the way back to my
father,” Gavin Maloof said.  “We are proud to be bringing Don King to
Sacramento to promote this world championship card at ARCO Arena.  It will
be a great event for boxing fans in Sacramento.”

Dawson (24-0, 16 KOs), from New Haven, Conn., possesses the WBC 175-pound
title Roy Jones Jr. held from 1997 to 2004.  Dawson won the title in a
magnificent display of boxing, pounding on then-previously undefeated
champion Tomasz Adamek (31-0).  Both fighters tasted the canvas on Feb. 3 in
Kissimmee, Fla., but Dawson built a strong scorecard lead, survived his
knockdown and won a 12-round decision.

Diaconu (24-0, 15 KOs) earned the WBC No. 1 ranking and became mandatory
challenger to Dawson by scoring a third round technical knockout over Rico
Hoye in an elimination bout staged in Montreal on May 9.  Possessing
knockout power in both hands, Diaconu will certainly be looking to test
Dawson’s chin in the hope of gaining his title.

About Don King Productions
Don King Productions has promoted over 500 world championship fights with
nearly 100 individual boxers having been paid $1 million or more.  DKP also
holds the distinction of having promoted or co-promoted seven of the 10
largest pay-per-view events in history, as gauged by total buys, including
three of the top five:  Holyfield vs. Tyson II, 1.99 million buys, June
1997; Tyson vs. Holyfield I, 1.6 million buys, November 1996; and Tyson vs.
McNeeley, 1.58 million buys, August 1995.

DKP has promoted or co-promoted 11 of the top 15 highest-grossing live gates
in the history of the state of Nevada including four of the top five:
Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance: 17,078, gross: $16,860,300 (NOTE:
Also second-highest live-gate gross for any event in the history of the
world.), date: Nov. 13, 1999; Holyfield vs. Tyson II, paid attendance:
16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield vs. Tyson I, paid
attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9, 1996; and Tyson vs.
McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: Aug. 19, 1995.
 
Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. PT for the World Boxing Council light
heavyweight championship featuring undefeated "Bad" Chad Dawson putting his
crown on the line against similarly undefated WBC No. 1-ranked mandatory
challenger Adrian "The Shark" Diaconu at ARCO Arena in Sacramento on Sept.
29 and on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West
Coast).