Las Vegas, Nevada — The place of battle was festooned with posters and billboards for what has long been dubbed as the year’s biggest fight the day Filipino ring champ Manny Pacquiao returned to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs in this gambling capital.
Pacquiao, the 25-year old people’s champion, arrived with his entourage at mid-afternoon after a five-hour drive from Los Angeles where he had broken camp Sunday and were given VIP treatment by top officials of the MGM Grand Arena, the venue of his forthcoming fight with Mexican titlist Juan Manuel Marquez.
