The Broadcast Will Begin at 6 P.M. Pacific on Pay-Per-View
FIRE POWER
PACQUIAO vs. COTTO
On November 14, two explosive forces will collide when Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto face off for the World Welterweight Championship. Manny Pacquiao, boxing's pound-for-pound king, is on a quest to be included among the greatest of all-time. World Champion Miguel Cotto is determined to keep his belt, and use his bone-crushing power to topple the sport's top fighter. The battle lines have been drawn in the year's most anticipated showdown. When heroes collide. Two of the most popular fighters in the sport, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, will step into the ring at the Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas .
Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, has won six world titles in as many different weight divisions ranging from 112 to 140 pounds. His performance in 2008 was described as “Henry Armstrongesque,” winning world titles at 130 and 135 pounds with victories over Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz, respectively, and knocking out and retiring Oscar De La Hoya at 147 pounds to complete the trifecta. This year, he picked up where he left off last year – winning another world title in a new weight division – by dealing defending junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton a one-punch second-round knockout on May 2.
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Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico has sold more tickets to Madison Square Garden in this millennium than any other fighter. He has held a world title every year since 2004. Puerto Rico’s most exciting fighter, Cotto held the WBO junior welterweight crown from 2004-2006, successfully defending it six times before vacating it to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title at the end of 2006, a title he held for nearly as long. He won his second welterweight title in February, knocking out Michael Jennings in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden to become the WBO welterweight champion. Notable scalps on Cotto’s belt include Sugar Shane Mosley, Zab Judah, Joshua Clottey, Paulie Malignaggi and Demarcus Corley.
The UndercardWBA light middleweight title: Daniel Santos vs. Yuri Foreman
Jesus Soto Karass vs Alfonso Gomez
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Troy Rowland
Undefeated No. 1 contenders Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Yuri Foreman, plus three-time world champion Daniel Santos add more Firepower to the blockbuster card headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto welterweight championship, taking place Saturday, November 14 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Chavez Jr. will take on Troy Rowland, Foreman will face Santos, and the card will be rounded out with an exciting fire fight between former contender star Alfonso Gomez and Jesus Soto-Karass