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THIS THURSDAY! Pacquiao / Vargas / Arum LA Press Conf Luncheon - 12:30 pm PT
PhilBoxing.com Sat, 03 Sep 2016
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. (September 2, 2016) -- Boxing's only eight-division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Decade, Senator MANNY ?Pacman? PACQUIAO, two-division world champion JESSIE VARGAS and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM will host a Los Angeles press conference luncheon on This Thursday! September 8 in the Crystal Ballroom at The Beverly Hills Hotel (9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210). Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. with the press conference beginning at 1:00 p.m. PT. Both fighters and their teams will be available for one-on-one interviews. This will be the sole press conference announcing the fight.
Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, will be campaigning to become the only sitting Congressman and Senator to win a world title when he collides with defending World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs), from Las Vegas, Nev. Promoted by Top Rank?, in association with MP Promotions and Wynn Las Vegas, the Pacquiao vs. Vargas world championship event will take place Saturday, November 5, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pacquiao vs. Vargas and its co-main event fights will be distributed live on pay-per-view.
Tickets to the Pacquiao vs. Vargas world championship event go on sale Thursday, September 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET / Noon PT. Priced at $1,000, $700, $500, $300, $100 and $50, not including applicable service fees, tickets may be purchased at the Thomas & Mack Center Box Office, online at http://www.unlvtickets.com/, at UNLVtickets Outlet Town Square Las Vegas and La Bonita Supermarkets. To charge by phone call 702-739-FANS (3267) or 866-388-FANS (3267).
For fight updates go to www.toprank.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/trboxing or facebook.com/trboxeo, and on Twitter at twitter.com/trboxing or twitter.com/trboxeo. Use the Hashtag #PacVargas to join the conversation on Twitter.
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