LOS ANGELES — Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera met at a Beverly Hills press conference today to formally announce their Oct. 6 rematch at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Present to announce the fight were erstwhile enemies Bob Arum of Top Rank and Oscar de la Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions who are co-promoting the fight after a settlement of their cases was announced last month.
Promoters Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, and Oscar De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, are reunited after Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barerra’s news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, to announce the upcoming fight in Las Vegas. Arum represents Pacquiao and De La Hoya represents Barrera. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian).
Boxers Many Pacquiao, second left, and Marco Antonio Barrera, second right, pose with promoters Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, and Oscar De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, after a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, to announce their upcoming fight in Las Vegas. Arum represents Pacquiao and De La Hoya represents Barrera. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian).
Top photo: boxers Many Pacquiao, left, and Marco Antonio Barrera pose after a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007 to announce their upcoming fight in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian).
