If it’s already Vancouver for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight, then it’s the General Motors Place, which can accommodate as many as 19,000 fans, as the perfect venue.
Although there’s no official announcement yet coming from fight promoter Top Rank, it was reported in the Internet yesterday that Vancouver would host Pacquiao’s next fight on Oct. 6.
There are close to 140,000 Filipinos residing in Vancouver, and the excitement started to build up the moment CTV Vancouver reportedly announced on air the date and venue of the fight.
Businessman Geoffrey Hughes is behind Vancouver’s bid to host Pacquiao’s next fight, regardless on who’s going to fight the Filipino superstar.
Humberto Soto of Mexico, who knocked out the younger Bobby Pacquiao in New York last Saturday, looms as the next opponent of the Filipino sensation.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao will take the hot seat in Los Angeles tomorrow in a court-mandated deposition concerning the case between giant promotional outfits Golden Boy and Top Rank.
