BOXING fans will be treated to a slambang opening of the spanking, new Wild Card Gym along President?s Avenue in BF Homes, Para?aque on Feb. 15 with the ?People?s Featherweight Champion?? Manny Pacquiao top billing a galaxy of potential world beaters in a sparring session at the inauguration. The sparring sessions will also serve as a press preview for the coming Makati Conquest fight card on Feb. 20 at the Makati Coliseum hosted by Mayor Jejomar Binay and Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado.
Pacquiao?s business manager Rod Nazario disclosed that Pacquiao will spar with Philippine Lightweight champion Fernando Montilla while super flyweight Z ?the dream? Gorres who headlines the Feb. 20 card at the Makati Coliseum will spar with Joel Bauya, newly crowned bantamweight champion. Former WBC International champion and world contender Randy Mangubat, Gorres? opponent on Feb. 20 will test the skills of the first of a roster of sensational young finds from Cebu, Rey Bautista.
