Referee Joe Cortez is no stranger to Manny Pacquiao. The New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent worked Pacquiao?s fight against Lehlo Ledwaba at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas three years ago.
On Sunday morning (Manila time), Cortez will be back in the ring with Pacquiao at the same venue. This time, Pacquiao is up against World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico.
Although Cortez is Hispanic like Marquez, the ethnic angle shouldn?t worry Pacquiao.
