Online auction allows you to pay up for ringside seats

Press Release: Tickets for the Felix “Tito” Trinidad-Roy Jones Jr. bout will go on sale Monday, December 10th, Madison Square Garden announced today.  First row ringside seats will be available for fans to purchase via a special Ticketmaster online auction, also beginning on December 10th. Trinidad and Jones will step into the Madison Square Garden boxing ring on Saturday, January 19, 2008 for a twelve-round match up. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster beginning at 12 noon on Monday.  "We expect this fight to be one of the hottest boxing matchups of all time," said Joel Fisher, senior vice president, MSG Sports Properties.  “We're excited to bring this fight to New York area boxing fans." Jones has won title belts in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a world heavyweight crown in over 100 years. Trinidad has won titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight classes.  He also holds the distinction of having defeated three Olympic gold medalists:  Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya and David Reid.