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MANNY PACQUIAO
vs. DAVID DIAZ
“LETHAL COMBINATION”
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Saturday, June 28, 2008 ♦ Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino ♦
LIVE
ON PAY-PER-VIEW
Tickets Go On Sale
This Saturday!
When two explosive world champions
at the top of their game mix it up for the world title, it’s a “Lethal Combination!” Newly-crowned World Boxing
Council (WBC) super featherweight champion MANNY PACQUIAO
and WBC lightweight champion DAVID DIAZ will battle in
a 12-round rumble with Diaz’s title at stake. Promoted by Top
Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Pacquiao vs. Diaz
will take place Saturday, June 28, at the Mandalay
Bay Resort & Casino and will be produced and distributed
live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. EDT
/ 6 p.m. PDT.
Tickets for Pacquiao vs. Diaz ,
priced at $600,
$400, $300, $200 and $100, go on sale This Saturday!
April 19, at 10 a.m.,
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
 .
Dubbed "Republica Enemy No. 1," Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs),
from General Santos City, Philippines, has blitzed through
the best fighters Mexico has had to offer since 2003 including
Erik Morales (KO 3, TKO 10), Marco Antonio Barrera (TKO 11, W
12), Juan Manuel Marquez (W 12, D 12), Oscar Larios (W 12),
Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3), Hector Velazquez (TKO 6) and Jorge
Solis (KO 8). Pacquiao was named 2006 Fighter of the Year by
the Boxing Writers Association of America and
The Ring
magazine for his two spectacular knockout victories of Mexican
icon and three-division champion Morales, as well as his
dominating 12-round unanimous decision over former world
champion Larios. The hard-hitting southpaw has won 22 of his
last 23 bouts including 2007 victories over Barrera and
Solis. Pacquiao’s 12-round split decision victory over
Marquez earlier this year not only avenged a disputed draw
from their 2004 battle, it also made Pacman a four-division
world champion.
Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago, will be making the second
defense of his title. He successfully defended it against the
three-division world champion Morales last summer winning a
hard-fought unanimous decision over the future Hall of Famer.
Although behind on the scorecards early, Diaz remained cool
and rallied before the raucous hometown Chicago crowd of
10,000 to capture the decision. He swept the championship
rounds and won the decision by scores of 114-113, 115-113 and
115-112. With the victory, Diaz cemented his place among the
best lightweights in the sport and one of the most popular and
respected athletes in the sports-crazy town of Chicago. A
member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, Diaz, with 12 years of
experience as a professional, is more than prepared to handle
the pressures that come with battling boxing’s pound-for-pound
most exciting fighter.
The Pacquiao vs. Diaz pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9
p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, will be produced and distributed by HBO
Pay-Per-View and will be available to 71 million pay-per-view
homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those
viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading
supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.
For Pacquiao vs. Diaz fight week updates, log on to
http://www.hbo.com/.
4-17-2008
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