Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz - June 2008
Once again Manny Pacquiao will fight not for himself alone but for all the Filipinos especially for those who suffered from the recently typhoon frank. As he said "I dedicate this fight to victims of typhoon in the Philippines,".
Diaz's World Boxing Council lightweight championship belt is on the line in the fight and Both are very determined for this fight.
On the interview of Diaz, he said that he is thankful for Top Rank in signing him against Pacquiao in the 12-round fight and added that he will give everything against Pacquiao, now considered as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He also said that He will never give up and added "You hit me and I hit you. I'm still there. I have to go out there and perform. This is something that I worked so hard for. I never imagined this, and now that I have it, I will not let it slip away."
Pacquiao will attempt to take Diaz’s championship belt on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila). With their stats Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KO’s), who has three championship belts under his name, the most recent being the WBC super featherweight title, decided to move up the 135-pound division to challenge Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KO’s).
Pacquiao vs. Diaz will take place June 28 in (June 29 in the Philippines) at the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. and can be seen on live video on pay-per-view beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
Fighter for the undercards are as follows:
• Monte Barrett (36-6, 19 KOs) vs Tye Fields (40-1, 36 KOs)
- 10 rounds, nontitle heavyweight
• Mario Santiago (19-1, 14 KOs) vs Steven Luevano
(35-1, 15 KOs) - 12-rounds, for World Boxing
Organization (WBO) featherweight crown
• Humberto Sotto (46-6-2, 27 KOs) vs Franciso Lorenzo (32-4, 14 KOs) - 12
rounds, for the interim WBC super featherweight crown
• Alex Ali Baba (25-12-1, 19 KOs) vs Jesus Rojas (11-0, 9 KOs) - eight rounds,
nontitle super bantamweight
To all my fellow Filipino's this is not just Pacquiao fights alone but for all Filipinos... for the honor of our country.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
NEW WBC Lightweight Champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao
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Pacquiao is doing a great job knocking down Diaz. Mabuhay ka Manny. 5M is a much blessing your getting now. Hope he can share some to the calamity victims.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!
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