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PHOTOS: PACQUIAO-VARGAS FACE TO FACE IN L.A.
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 09 Sep 2016
LOS ANGELES -- Boxing superhero and reigning Fighter of the Decade, Senator MANNY "Pacman" PACQUIAO, arrived in the U.S. Wednesday, September 7 at LAX.
PHOTOS BY JHAY OTAMIAS / PHILBOXING.COM.
Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs), boxing's only eight-division world champion and a former two-term congressman, was elected to a Philippine Senate seat in May, garnering over 16 million votes. He is in the U.S. for only a short time to attend a Los Angeles news conference announcing his title challenge of World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion JESSIE VARGAS (27-1, 10 KOs), of Las Vegas, Nev. Pacquiao will return to Manila over the weekend in order to attend Monday's Senate session. The majority of Pacquiao's training camp will take place in Manila, while the Senate is in session.
Pacquiao vs. Vargas will take place Saturday, November 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pacquiao vs. Vargas and its co-main event fights will be produced and distributed live by Top Rank? Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, and will be available on all conventional platforms, including all major cable and satellite systems, as well as Top Rank's digital distribution via www.TopRank.tv and mobile devices.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions and Wynn Las Vegas, tickets to the Pacquiao vs. Vargas world championship event go on sale today! Thursday, September 8, at 3:00 p.m. ET / Noon PT. Priced at $1,000, $700, $500, $300, $100 and $50, not including applicable service fees, tickets may be purchased at the Thomas & Mack Center Box Office, online at http://www.unlvtickets.com/, at UNLVtickets Outlet Town Square Las Vegas and La Bonita Supermarkets. To charge by phone call 702-739-FANS (3267) or 866-388-FANS (3267).
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