Ticket sales booming for Crawford-Beltran

Tickets to the TERENCE "Bud" CRAWFORD vs. RAY BELTRAN WBO lightweight championship fight have been flying out the window -- literally -- since going on sale today at 10:00 a.m. CT.  Crawford (24-0, 17 KOs), Omaha's favorite son, will be defending his world title against No. 1 contender Beltran (29-6-1, 17 KOs), of North Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, November 29 at Omaha's CenturyLink Center.  The fight will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

             "In just the four hours of being on sale, we are close to selling out the ringside seats and the next highest priced tier tickets sales are not too far behind that," said Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum.  "Terence's fans are taking no chances on missing the opportunity of seeing their world champion defend his title live.  The atmosphere on fight night is going to be even more electric than his last fight!"

            Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Tecate, remaining tickets to the Crawford vs. Beltran World Lightweight Championship event, priced at $127, $77 and $52 and $27, are available for purchase at the CenturyLink Center Omaha box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. To charge-by-phone call 800-745-3000.  To order online, visit Ticketmaster.com. 

            Crawford successfully defended his title on June 28, at the CenturyLink Center, knocking out previously undefeated world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in front of an energized crowd. The fight, a candidate for Fight of the Year honors, was televised live on HBO®, and according to Nielsen Media Research, garnered an average audience of 1.208 million viewers to the live, first-time airing, making it the second most-watched fight of the year so far.  Crawford vs. Gamboa was the first world championship fight the city of Omaha had hosted in 42 years when Joe Frazier defended his World Heavyweight Championship crown against Ron Stander in 1972.  

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