Manny Pacquiao plus Oscar De La Hoya Official Update


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Manny Pacquiao plus Oscar De La Hoya Official Update

By Media Report on Doghouse Boxing (Dec 1, 2008) Photo © German Villasenor

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (December 1, 2008) – Citizens of the Pacman Nation, "REJOICE!" Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and five-division world champion MANNY PACQUIAO makes his Official Grand Arrival Tomorrow! Tuesday, December 2 at 11 a.m. PT. Pacquiao and his trainer World-Famous Freddie Roach will arrive at the front porte cachere of Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (The Official Resort of Team Pacquiao. Accept no substitutions!) in a custom-designed 30-seat, 10-wheel luxury bus festooned with images of Pacquiao from stem to stern on all sides. Pacquiao, Roach

and promoter Bob Arum will be available for interviews.

(Note: Oscar De La Hoya’s Grand Arrival is scheduled later that same day at 12:30 p.m. at the front porte cachere of the MGM Grand.)

HBO’s all-access series “De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7” presents the series finale This Thursday! December 4 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO. All four episodes of “De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7” will be shown in a two-hour block consecutively on Friday, December 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and Saturday, December 6 at 10 a.m. ET/PT on HBO.

"The Dream Match," the 12-round welterweight collision between two of boxing's biggest attractions, De La Hoya and Pacquiao, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, the bout will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. It is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc., presented by Tequila Cazadores and sponsored by Ceverza Tecate, DeWalt Tools, Full Throttle Energy Drink, and Southwest Airlines, the fight sold out in hours, making it the second largest grossing gate in boxing history.

The De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao pay-per-view telecast will be available to more than 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 De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.

Tickets for the closed circuit telecast, priced at $100 (preferred seating) and $60, not including handling fees, are now on sale at the MGM Grand ticket office outlets, at the Concierge desk and the KÀ Theatre box office. Tickets are also available by visiting www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 702-474-4000. Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Circus Circus, TI, Monte Carlo, Excalibur Luxor and New York-New York also will host closed circuit viewing and tickets are on sale at each individual property's box office outlets or by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711.
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