During the month of April champions in the heavyweight division were all busy with defenses. Now it?s time for the sport?s big little giants to have an inning of their own when Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez collide Saturday, May 8 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
This 12-round match-up televised by HBO has the potential to be Fight of the Year when Pacquiao, lauded in the Philippines as the ?People?s Champion?, vies for the WBA IBF featherweight titles held by Marquez, out of Mexico City.
It is definitely a showcase fight co-promoted by Top Rank?s Bob Arum (Marquez) and New Jersey?s Murad Muhammad (Pacquiao) where the winner graduates to HBO?s mega-million dollar showdown with WBC super featherweight champion Erik Morales (46-1, 34 KOs) of Tijuana, MX., later in the summer.
