Golden Boy to appear on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

27/04/2006

Golden Boy to appear on Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Monday (May 1) before heading to Las Vegas for his May 6 showdown with WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga.  

‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ is telecast on NBC beginning at 11:35pm.  Other guests on Monday’s show include Dr. Phil McGraw and musical guest Franz Ferdinand.

The De La Hoya vs. Mayorga pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT  on May 6 has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be distributed domestically by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 56 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in high-definition television for those viewers who are HDTV capable. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.  De La Hoya vs. Mayorga daily updates can be found during fight week at www.HBOPPV.com

Tickets for De La Hoya vs. Mayorga, “Danger Zone,” priced at $1250, $950, $750, $350 and $150 are on sale now and are available at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Tickets are also being 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 are also available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.