MANILA, Philippines ? HBO Sports will bring back its award winning ?24/7? series in October to feature the preparations leading to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight on November 13.
According to HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, the series will document the paths taken by the two boxers as they open their respective training camps.
Pacquiao is currently at the prime of his boxing career, having won 7 world titles in 7 weight classes. Adding to his successes in the ring is his current stature as a legislator representing the southern Philippine province of Sarangani.
Three-time world champion Margarito, on the other hand, is working on redeeming himself after being caught in a hand-wrap controversy before his fight against Shane Mosley in January 2009.
Greenburg said the hand-wrap controversy will be taken up in the documentary, as well as the events leading to Margarito?s reinstatement.
?Whether Margarito is guilty or innocent is up to others to decide,? Greenburg told Yahoo! Sports.
?Whatever it is, we have to do our job as journalists and tell the truth and the story as we know it. That?s what we will do. We couldn?t possibly ignore it, because this is a major part of this fight. So if we?re really going to go 24-7 on a fight, we have to tell the whole story, good and bad, and not just ignore parts we may be uncomfortable with,? he added.
The 4-part series will start on October 23, roughly 3 weeks before the November 13 fight.
