March 14, 2001 -- Don King Productions has put together a middleweight elimination series which will includes some of boxing's best fighters. Bernard Hopkins vs. Keith Holmes will kick off the championship series on April 14 (live on HBO), then IBF & WBA Puerto Rican champion, Felix Trinidad will battle middleweight champion, William Joppy on May 12th (pay per view & closed circuit).

All the participants have all agreed to participate in a unique tournament dubbed the Middleweight World Championship Series to determine who is the best middleweight on earth.

Don King Productions will promote a total of three events, all staged at the "World's Greatest Arena" Madison Square Garden.

“This is going to be big,” King said confidently. “The suspense and drama of having the four best middleweights in the world fighting each other to determine the undisputed middleweight champion is going to be a sight to
behold. Who will it be? Who will be the last man standing in September? I wouldn’t count any of them out—each of them could win it all.”

The Middleweight World Championship finale is scheduled to take place this fall, and the winner will take home a specially commissioned trophy of a boxer many believe was the best middleweight ever—and the best pound-for-pound champion in boxing history—Sugar Ray Robinson.

Holmes vs. Hopkins tickets are priced at $300, $200, $100, $50 and $25. Trinidad vs. Joppy tickets have been scaled at $750, $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50.

Tickets to both fight nights are on sale now at the Garden Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster  charge-by-phone, through Ticketmaster Online or on the Internet at  www.thegarden.com. All tickets purchased through the Madison Square Garden Box Office or Ticketmaster are subject to a Facility Surcharge of $3.00.

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