MIGUEL COTTO  vs.  PAUL MALIGNAGGI IRISH MIDDLEWEIGHT SENSATION JOHN DUDDY! PRO DEBUT OF NOTRE DAME DEFENSIVE BACK TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI!           NEW YORK, NY (March 27, 2006) -- WBO jr. welterweight champion MIGUEL COTTO, from Puerto Rico, and top-10 contender PAUL MALIGNAGGI, from Brooklyn, will hold a news conference This Wednesday!  March 29, to announce the biggest rumble New York has witnessed since the Jets took on the Sharks!   The news conference will take place in the Theater at Madison Square Garden Lobby (enter at 32nd and Seventh Avenue through Theater Entrance) beginning at 11:30 AM.               With a combined record of 47-0, Cotto and Malignaggi will battle it out in a winner take all rumble for the WBO jr. welterweight title.  This marks the second consecutive year Cotto has headlined at the "Mecca of Boxing" on the eve of New York's National Puerto Rican Day Parade.  Last year he knocked out Muhammad Abdullaev to successfully defend his title and the pride of his Puerto Rican fans.               Also on the card, and attending the news conference will be undefeated Irish sensation JOHN DUDDY, who will be making his first WBC Continental Americas middleweight title defense, and the heavyweight pro debut of TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI, who plays defensive back for Notre Dame. Tommy Z has 80 amateur bouts on his resume.             Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment, Inc.,  Cotto vs. Malignaggi will take place Saturday, June 10, at Madison Square Garden and with six bouts to be Televised Live on Pay-Per-View.             All four fighters and promoters Bob Arum and Lou DiBella, will be available for one-on-one interviews. #     #     # For Additional Information (Media): Lee Samuels, Top Rank: (702) 732-2717/(702) 378-1083 Ricardo Jimenez, Top Rank/Cotto: (909) 615-3436 Meredith Greenberg, DBE/Malignaggi:  (212) 947-2577 Bill Caplan, Top Rank:  (818) 515-1616 or (818) 831-0046 Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Communications: (303) 740-7746/(303) 548-0707 Ed Keenan, Event Marketing and Communications: (609) 399-1330 John Cirillo, Cirillo World/DBE:  (212) 972-5337 Eric Gelfand, Madison Square Garden:  (212) 465-6659