International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao set aside the initial advise of his trainer Freddie Roach to have one or two fights as a featherweight before taking on ?The Baby Faced Assassin? Marco Antonio Barrera.
At noon today, Pacquiao and millions of Filipinos will find out whether the 24-year-old southpaw made the right decision.
Pacquiao battles the featherweight king heralded as ?The People?s Champion? in an epic battle aptly titled ?Clash of the Titans? at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas, home of NBA champions San Antonio Spurs.
The fight will be telecast over RPN 9 by Solar Sports, which paid a whopping $200,000, plus other perks for the TV rights to three Pacquiao fights.
