Bobby Pacquiao of the Philippines and the ‘Flushing Flash’ Kevin Kelley will fight twelve rounds in a title fight on Top Rank’s big June 10 PPV which will feature Miguel Cotto vs. Paulie Malignaggi at Madison Square Garden.
Six bouts will be televised on the Pay Per View. Pacquiao holds the WBC Continental Americas title belt at 130 pounds. Kelley is rated WBC #6. This will be Kelley’s first bout at MSG since he took on Naseem Hamed on December 19, 1997.
Pacquiao, the brother of current superstar Manny Pacquiao, won the title when he stopped Carlos Navarro in seven rounds last June 17. Kelley, 58-6-2 with 39 KOs, is 7-1-0 with five stoppages in his last eight bouts.
Saturday, June 10, Madison Square Garden, New York – Pay Per View 12 Rds., WBO Junior Welterweight Championship Champion MIGUEL COTTO, 26-0, 22 KOs, Caguas, Puerto Rico Vs. PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, 21-0, 5 KOs, Brooklyn, N.Y.
12 Rounds, WBC Continental Americas Jr. Lightweight Championship Champion BOBBY PACQUIAO, 26-11-3, 11 KOs, The Phillippines Vs. KEVIN KELLEY, 58-6-2, 39 KOs, Flushing, N.Y.
12 Rounds, WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Championship IRISH JOHN DUDDY, 16-0, 14 KOs, Derry, Ireland Vs. FREDDY CUEVAS, 25-8-1, 17 KOs, Chicago
6 Rds., Super Lightweights JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR., 25-0-1, 19 KOs, Culiacan, Mexico Vs. TBA
6 Rds., Featherweights JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ, 11-0, 10 KOs, Caguas, Puerto Rico Vs. TBA
4 Rds., Heavyweights Notre Dame Football Star…… TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI, Pro Debut, Arlington Hts., Ill. Vs. TBA
4 Rds., Heavyweights TRAVIS KAUFFMAN, 4-0, 3 KOs, Reading, Pa. vs. COREY WILLIAMS, 3-4-1, 2 KOs, Fontana, Calif.
