ESPN PAY-PER-VIEW TO PRESENT MAIN EVENTS' CHAMPIONSHIP CARD APRIL 23 FROM CAESARS

ESPN Pay-Per-View will present a blockbuster night of boxing promoted by Main Events on Saturday, April 23 at 9:00 PM (ET) from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This will mark the first of two events this year distributed by ESPN Pay-Per-View and promoted by Main Events.

Featured will be the WBA Lightweight Champion, Juan Diaz; WBO Welterweight Title Holder, Antonio Margarito (who will battle WBO Interim Champion, Kermit Cintron); as well as three-time world champion, Shane Mosley, and a 10-round heavyweight bout with Jameel "Big Time" McCline.

Brian Kenny will serve as on-site host at a special set in Caesars Palace, with Teddy Atlas and Joe Tessitore ringside, and Jeremy Schaap reporting.

"We are thrilled to offer our fans such a high quality card - a truly great value for the avid and casual boxing fan," said Matt Murphy, ESPN senior vice president, broadband and interactive sales. "Our expertise in event production, coupled with the quality of Main Events cards ensure viewers will receive excellent entertainment with our April 23 event. ESPN's unique ability to cross-promote across our numerous multi-media platforms will benefit the entire boxing community, as well as our affiliates in their pay-per-view marketing efforts."

Main Events CEO, Kathy Duva said, "Two world title fights, plus Shane Mosley and an intriguing heavyweight matchup...The big winners will be boxing fans."

Mark Juliano, president of Caesars Palace, added, "This event brings together three powerhouses in boxing: Main Events has promoted some of the greatest matches in the history of the sport -- many of them at Caesars Palace; ESPN is the undisputed heavyweight champion in sports broadcasting; and Caesars Palace offers an incomparable location, with an outdoor amphitheatre surrounded by the Las Vegas Strip."

DID YOU KNOW ... There are several ironic similarities between the April 23 ESPN PPV boxing event and the 1981 Leonard-Hearns welterweight unification showdown:

• Caesars Palace will have hosted both events.
• Both events will have taken place in an outdoor arena.
• Both events will have been promoted by Main Events.
• The featured main event in both cases will have been a welterweight world title bout, (In 1981 it was Leonard-Hearns and in 2005 it is Margarito-Cintron.)
• Angelo Dundee will have trained welterweights in both events (In 1981, he trained Ray Leonard, while in 2005, he is training David Estrada.
• In both instances, Dundee's fighter will have faced one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the sport: In 1981 Leonard faced Hearns, and in 2005, Estrada will face three-time world champion, Shane Mosley.