ABS-CBN, the giant Philippine broadcast network that will telecast the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios fight in the US on pay-per-view over Direct TV and On-Demand, will feature the fights of World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and former World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa.
The telecast to a worldwide audience from the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, July 2, will begin at 9 a.m. (Manila time) with the main event between Filipino ring idol Pacquiao and former two-time WBC super bantamweight champion Larios set to air at 11 a.m.
The clash between the undefeated Bautista, who has a record of 20-0 with 15 knockouts and Mexican veteran, 35-year-old Alejandro Felix “Good Boy” Montiel, who has a record of 51-7, 30 KOs, will be the main supporting bout while the Pe?alosa battle with another Mexican Tomas Rojas will open the international telecast.
Pe?alosa and Rojas are both southpaws with the former sporting a record of 49-5-2 with 33 knockouts while Rojas has a record of 22-8 with 14 knockouts.
Other prominent fighters on the undercard include former Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation super featherweight champion Randy Suico, who is now campaigning as a lightweight and super featherweight Jimrex Jaca.
Suico, with a record of 24-2, including 21 KOs, meets light welterweight Silverio Ortiz, 17-9 with 7 KOs while Jaca (24-2-1, 12 KOs) takes on Adrian “Gallero” Valdez, a southpaw with a record of 17-5-3 with 9 KO’s .
ABS-CBN vice president for sports Peter Musngi said the fights will be telecast live on a pay-per-view basis in major cinemas beginning at 8 a.m. at a cost of P300 a ticket, while the free TV will begin at 10 a.m. on Channel 2 on a delayed basis.
