Wynn Casino Resort, Las Vegas: After all the talk the seemingly much awaited return of the legend and the reigning WBO champion finally got its real start. Never mind what was all said at the past press conferences, this is for real.
This afternoon, at the famed Wynn Resorts Casino, (did anyone missed the MGM Garden Arena and its ambiance?) at the other end of the strip, Top Rank and MP Promotions and their partners had the official weigh-in.
Who would know, they had to issue tickets to the fans that wanted to see the event. Not that there were a horde of them. It?s more because the room where they had the event was very small to handle the crowd, which admittedly was not really like those in the past Pacquiao fights.
But the event went on smoothly. Interestingly enough they had to have two emcees to introduce the fighters.
The weights:
Xu Que -Taizhou, China (9-0-1,2KO) -125 lbs.
Fernando (Riverside, CA) 8-7-0,2KO ? 124.5
Teofimo Lopez Jr, Davie, Florida Debut -133lbs
Iswar Siquieros, Tijuana, MX (3-1-1, 0) -133 lbs.
Alexander Besputin, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (4-0-0, 4KO) 150lbs
Azael Cosio Sta. Maria, Panama (20-4-2,17 KO) 149.75
Robson Conceicao, Bahia, Brazil Pro Debut 126.9 lbs
Clay Burns, Alexandria LA (4-2-2,4KO) 129 lbs
Prasitak Phaprom, Buriram, Thailand (39-1-2, 24 KO) 111 lbs
Zou Shiming , Guizhou, China (8-1-0,2KO) 111 lbs.
Jessie Magdaleno , Las Vegas. NV (23-0-0, 17KO) 121.25 lbs
Nonito Donaire, Gen San, PHL (37-3-0, 24 KO) 121.8 lbs
Hiroshigue Osawa, Osaka, JP (3-0-3-4, 19KO) 125.25 lbs
Oscar Valdez , Nogales , MX (21-0-0,18KO) 125.25
Jessie Vargas, Las Vegas, NV (27-1-10KO) 146.5 lbs
Many Pacquiao, Sarangani, PHL (58-6-2, 38 KO) 144.8 lbs
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