Brick City Boxing

Saturday's brisk-selling showdown at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, England, between former five-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) and British boxing sensation Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) gained considerable attention in the United Kingdom's Sunday papers yesterday. (See links to stories, below.)

Attached also please find transcripts from conference calls last week with Barrera and Khan.

The fight will be available in North America on pay per view as follows:

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WHEN: Live: Saturday, March 14, 2009 – 4 PM/ET 1 PM/PT
Tape: Saturday, March 14, 2009 – 9 PM/ET 6 PM/PT

WHERE: Manchester, United Kingdom

PROMOTER: Frank Warren

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Integrated Sports is distributing in North America three 12-round championship bouts featured on the “Khan-Barrera” pay-per-view card (Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera at lightweight; Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Ola Afolabi, WBO interim cruiserweight championship; and Nicky Cook vs. Roman Martinez for the WBO super featherweight championship) presented by Frank Warren for live viewing at 4 PM/ET – 1 PM/PT on cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN, DirecTV and Dish Network in the United States, as well as Viewer’s Choice, Shaw Cable, Star Choice and Bell TV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. A replay will be shown later that night starting at 9 PM/ET – 6 PM/PT.

PAY-PER-VIEW: ANNOUNCERS: Veteran blow-by-blow announcer Ian Darke and color analyst, former WBC lightweight champion Jim Watt, will be calling the action from ringside for Sky Box Office and Integrated Sports PPV.

INFORMATION: www.integratedsportsnet.com

The People: Khan wants revenge for pal Naseem
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/boxing/tm_headline=khan-wants-revenge-for-pal-naseem&method=full&objectid=21181274&siteid=93463-name_page.html

Sunday Times: Barrera a law unto himself
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/boxing/article5863242.ece

Independent on Sunday: Don King: Monarch of mayhem is loud and proud as lord of the rings
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/don-king-monarch-of-mayhem-is-loud-and-proud-as-lord-of-the-rings-1639702.html

Independent on Sunday: Khan comes of age against a master of the dark arts
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-khan-comes-of-age-against-a-master-of-the-dark-arts-1639701.html

News of the World: Amir Khan Naz vow
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/206231/AMIR-KHAN-NAZ-VOW.html

The Observer: Barrera the suburban warrior still fighting for Mexico's approval
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/08/marco-antonio-barrera-ricky-hatton-manny-pacquaio

Sunday Mail (Scotland): Khan: defeat made me a better fighter
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/sport-news/sportfeed/2009/03/08/khan-defeat-made-me-a-better-fighter-78057-21181029/

Sunday Herald (Scotland): Khan puts career on the line
http://www.sundayherald.com/sport/nationalsport/display.var.2494092.0.khan_puts_career_on_the_line.php

Scotland on Sunday: Barrera and the wrath of Khan
http://sport.scotsman.com/boxing/Amir-Khan-interview-Barrera-and.5050037.jp

Stories can also be found in the Mail on Sunday, Daily Star Sunday and Sunday Mirror