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FORMER WORLD CHAMP PEREZ ARRIVES TO TEST MELINDO

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Former world champion and current WBA World # 4 Jean Piero Perez of Venezuela and his team is expected to arrive today at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport for his highly-anticipated encounter with WBA World # 7 Filipino Milan ?El Metoico? Melindo on the main event of Pinoy Pride XVI Venezuelan Invasion scheduled September 22, 2012 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino Philippines.

Team Perez arrives tonight September 14, 2012 via Philippine Airlines Flight PR855 in Cebu, Philippines. The former champ took a flight out of Panama where he resides to Amsterdam and to cebu, Philippines via Manila.

With Perez is his trainer Francisco Arroyo and Team member Lucio Lam Mejia who are quite confident their ward will be able to upset the surging Melindo and wrest the WBO International belt from the latter.

Perez won the WBA Flyweight Championship via UD over Mexican Jesus Jimenez in Guadalajara, Mexico last 2011 showing that this Venezuelan invader is capable of winning at the opponents backyard.

Team Perez will be housed at the Golden Prince Hotel from September 14 to 17 and will then be checked in at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Team Perez will be made available to the media in a scheduled press conference on Tuesday September 18, 2012 at the Baseline Restaurant.

The Pinoy Pride XVI SM Tickets are available at SM City Cebu, SM City Consolacion Customer Service Counters and SM City Cinemas as well.

Other outlets are at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino Lobby Counter,USA, Sports Ayala Branch, Bisaya Ispisyal in Ayala Center Cebu, Mooon Caf? I. T. Park branch, the ALA Promotions Office at Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu and at the ALA Boxing and Fitness Gym at the 2nd level of the Banilad Town Center in Cebu.

For ticket inquiries, call the ALA Promotions head office with numbers 03322364611, 0325059513, 0323213660, 09158690905, 09275612059, 09339256448, 09088724930, ALA Boxing and Fitness Gym at the BTC, Cebu Grand Hotel and Baseline Restaurant in Juana Osmena Cebu City, Philippines.

Free Pinoy Pride XVI SM Tickets will be given away to luck boxing fans ad onlookers at the workout sessions that can answer simple trivia questions during the said event.

Pinoy Pride XVI Venezuelan Invasion is happening on September 22, 2012 at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino and will be telecast the following day over ABS-CBN Channel 2 1015 AM and 615 Pm on Studio 23.




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