World Boxing
Council (WBC) lightweight champion DAVID
DIAZ (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago, paid
a media day visit to San Antonio yesterday, May 6, to talk up
his title defense against WBC super featherweight champion and
Filipino national treasure MANNY
PACQUIAO (46-3-2, 34 KOs).
After visiting The Alamo, the birthplace of Texas
independence from Mexico, Diaz, whose family hails from
Mexico, said: "Yesterday may have been Cinco de Mayo, but June
28 will be the sinking of Manny. His drive for five world
titles will stall out when we meet in the ring in Las Vegas. I
didn't work this hard to win the title just to become another
notch on Pacquiao's belt. The Mexicutioner is about to become
the Mexicutionee." (Note:
Photo Credit for attached photos of Diaz at The Alamo: Bernie
Bahrmasel/Top Rank)
The Pacquiao vs. Diaz world lightweight championship
fight headlines "Lethal Combination," the pay-per-view
extravaganza which takes place Saturday, June 28 at Mandalay
Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Promoted by Top Rank, in
association with MP Promotions, the Pacquiao vs. Diaz
pay-per-view telecast will be produced and distributed by HBO
Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Remaining tickets for Pacquiao vs. Diaz ,
priced at $600, $400, $300, $200 and $100,
can be purchased at the Mandalay Bay box office and at
all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and
Drug Centers, Macy’s West at the Fashion Show Mall, and Ritmo
Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To
charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at
(702) 474-4000 or Mandalay Bay (702) 632-7580. Tickets are
also available for purchase at
http://www.mandalaybay.com/
or
http://www.ticketmaster.com/.
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