*All Times Are Central* (as of 02/15/19)
Thursday, February 21 2:30 p.m. FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE Location: The Armory - The Generals Hall 500 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415 2:30 p.m. - Media Arrival 3:00 p.m. - Press Conference Begins Friday, February 22 12:30 p.m. OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN Location: The Armory - The Generals Hall 12:30 p.m. Media Arrival 1:00 p.m. Weigh-In Begins Saturday, February 23 5:00 p.m. DOORS OPEN AT THE ARMORY 5:30 p.m. FIRST FIGHT BEGINS 7:00 p.m. FS2 PBC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS BEGIN 9:00 p.m. PBC ON FS1 & FOX DEPORTES TELECAST BEGINS CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION Fight night credentials can be picked up on Saturday, February 23 from 4:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. sharp at the Armory's West Side entrance, located at the loading dock ramp off of 5th Avenue South. Walk up the ramp to the Entry Door that will have signage regarding media credential pick-up. Proper personal photo identification (driver's license or passport) is required for credential pick-up. # # # ABOUT DIRRELL VS. YILDIRIM Dirrell vs. Yildirim will see former super middleweight world champion Anthony Dirrell face top contender Avni Yildirim for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes on Saturday, February 23 from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and features welterweight championship contender Jamal James fighting in his hometown for a third straight time against Janer González in a special 10-round attraction in the co-feature. Tickets for the event, which is promoted by Warriors Boxing and TGB Promotions, are on sale now, and can be purchased at the Armory at http://ArmoryMN.com/ and through Ticketmaster. Fans can live stream the fights on the FOX Sports app, available in English or Spanish through the FOX, FS1, FS2 or FOX Deportes feeds. The fights are available on desktop at FOXSports.com and through the app store, or connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Xbox One and Roku. For more information: visit www.premierboxingchampions.com, http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/homepage and www.foxdeportes.com, follow on Twitter @PremierBoxing, @PBConFOX, @FOXSports, @FOXDeportes, @WarriorsBoxingProm, @TGBPromotions, and @Swanson_Comm or become a fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions, www.facebook.com/foxsports & www.facebook.com/foxdeportes. CONTACTS: Swanson Communications: (202) 783-5500, contact@swansonpr.com Tim Smith, Premier Boxing Champions: timothy@haymonboxing.com John Stouffer, FOX Sports: john.stouffer@fox.com Benjamin Spencer, FOX Deportes: benjamin.spencer@fox.com TGB Promotions: (818) 817-8001 Andre Courtemanche, Warriors Boxing: (954) 302-2462, bigmediabuzz@msn.com Warriors Boxing: Leon@warriorsboxing.com Rob Leer, The Armory: robbl@leercommunication.com Media Credentials: www.swansonpr.com/credentials
