Manny Pacquiao agrees to fight Floyd Mayweather on March 13, 2010.
Manila, Philippines- It is on!!, the mega fight of the century is almost a done deal. Days after Top Rank promoter flown to the Philippines to discuss the details of the fight to Pacquiao, the Boxing Champ has finally agreed to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. this coming March, 2010. It was reported before that Pacquiao was hesitant to agree on the said date since he is busy preparing for the upcoming election in the Philippines where he is running for a seat in Congress, and considering that he just beat Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto via TKO almost a month ago. According to reports, Bob Arum is leaving for Las Vegas this Sunday to bring the good news and finally iron out the details with Richard Schaefer and the rest of Floyd Mayweather’s camp.
The venue of this epic fight has yet to be finalized. Aside from the MGM Grand Arena, Dallas, New Orleans and New York are among the big cities vying to host this huge event.
Pacquiao’s Media day goes Hollywood!!
Los Angeles, CA - It was a warm mid day afternoon in Hollywood, traffic and parking spots were all congested in a small alley located near Santa Monica and Vine St. All roads lead to the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, CA. It is that time of year again where all the media storm the famous gym and watch the Filipino Boxing Icon, Manny Pacquiao, do his warm up routine and answer interview questions. Aside from the foreign and local sports network, hollywood’s EXTRA TV crew, led by TV Star and boxing fanatic Mario Lopez, also showed up to join the media frenzy. The HBO crew is also present filming for their award winning show, 24/7. Manny Pacquiao, fresh from his successful guest appearance at the Jimmy Kimmel Live show the night before, showed up in a relax and cheerful mood. He gladly entertained every questions from the media and even exchange laughs with them. He began his routine with warm up jog and stretches with one of his trainer, Alex Ariza, followed by mitts session with the legendary trainer, Freddie Roach. Manny appeared ripped and looks so strong combined this with his excellent and lightning fast footworks and jabs. No doubt that he is all set and ready to face Miguel Cotto. Top Rank’s boxing promoter, Mr. Bob Arum was also present and entertained questions from the press. The fight, dubbed as “firepower”, is promoted by Top Rank and will be held at the MGM Grand Arena on November 14, 2009. It will also be available LIVE on HBO’s pay per view.
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