Tickets at $125, $75 and $50 go on sale today on Ticketmaster.com for Top Rank's fight card which will feature WBO world super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 4. Montiel will defend his title against Luis Melendez of Colombia.
In the opening televised bout, WBC #2 rated Urbano Antillon, 19-0, of Maywood, Calif., will take on Allan Visayas, 21-7, of The Philippines.
A special attraction will be USA Olympian Vanes 'Nightmare' Martirosyan of Glendale, Calif. He will face super welterweight Patrick Thompson.
Two Filipino fighters, Bernabe Concepcion and Mercito Gesta, will be on the undercard. Concepcion, 22-1, will face Sal Garcia, 15-5. Gesta, 11-0-1, takes on Carlos Vinan, 7-4, of Newark, N.J.
IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis, who was scheduled to defend his world title on this card, injured his right shoulder while training and is off the card.
First bell will be 5:15 pm.
The big show will be a prelude to the 'Will to Win!" HBO PPV championship card which will feature Manny Pacquiao against Marco Antonio Barrera on Oct. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
