LOS ANGELES — Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao and WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez have come face to face for the first time since their epic battle on May, 2004 during today’s press conference at the Rodeo Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles announcing their long-awaited rematch on March 15, 2008 at the Mandalay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Below are some of the photos of the press conference coming from the wires.
Promoter Bob Arum, center, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, to promote a boxing match between Juan Manuel Marquez, left, of Mexico, and Manny Pacquiao, right, of the Philippines, as Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, listens. Marquez and Pacquiao are scheduled to fight for Marquez’s WBC super featherweight title March 15 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Manny Pacquiao, right, of the Philippines, and promoter Bob Arum, second from right, applaud Juan Manuel Marquez, of Mexico, during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif., as Bob Schaefer, left, CEO, Golden Boy Promotions, looks on. Marquez and Pacquiao are scheduled to fight for the WBC super featherweight boxing championship on March 15 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Juan Manuel Marquez, left, of Mexico, and Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, attend a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif., to promote their March 15 WBC super featherweight championship boxing match. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
