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TWO YEARS AGO... NOBEL PRIZE WINNER BOB DYLAN VISITED MANNY PACQUIAO'S TRAINING CAMP PhilBoxing.com Fri, 14 Oct 2016  LAS VEGAS, NEV (October 13, 2016) -- On March 13, 2014, Fighter of the Decade MANNY ?Pacman? PACQUIAO was visited by music legend BOB DYLAN while Pacquiao was training at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif. for his rematch with then-undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley. Who would dream that 31 months later, Dylan would be awarded a Nobel Prize in literature and Pacquiao would become the first Senator to challenge for a world title? Pacquiao challenges two-division world champion JESSIE VARGAS in a 12-round battle for Vargas' World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown on Saturday, November 5. It will be produced and distributed live by Top Rank? Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, from the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Here is how RollingStone reported the meeting between Dylan and Pacquiao in 2014: Andy Greene, RollingStone: "Bob Dylan Watched Boxer Manny Pacquiao Spar at a Los Angeles Gym: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-watched-boxer-manny-pacquiao-spar-at-a-los-angeles-gym-20140314 ******************************* Boxing's only eight-division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Decade, MANNY ?Pacman? PACQUIAO, will be campaigning to become the only sitting Congressman and Senator to win a world title when he collides with two-division world champion JESSIE VARGAS in a 12-round battle for Vargas' World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown. While Pacquiao will be looking to become a three-time WBO welterweight champion, Vargas will be resolute in enforcing a term limit on the future Hall of Famer's boxing career. Pacquiao vs. Vargas takes place Saturday, November 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pacquiao vs. Vargas and its three co-main event world title 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, remaining tickets to the Pacquiao vs. Vargas world championship event are priced at $1,000, $700, $500, $300, $100 and $50, not including applicable service fees, and 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). For fight updates go to www.toprank.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/trboxing or facebook.com/trboxeo, and on Twitter at twitter.com/trboxing or twitter.com/trboxeo. Use the Hashtag #PacVargas to join the conversation on Twitter.  |
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