LAS VEGAS, NEV. (September 27, 2012) –
Fighter of the Decade MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO of the Philippines and
four-division world champion JUAN MANUEL “Dinamita” MÁRQUEZ of México
will go mano a mano and toe-to-toe once again in a 12-round welterweight
battle between two of this era’s top pound for pound and evenly matched
fighters. Pacquiao-Márquez 4, the eagerly anticipated fourth act of
their fistoric rivalry that has had fans and media standing on their
feet for 36 action-packed rounds, will take place Saturday, December 8.
It will be produced and distributed Live by HBO Pay-Per-View from the
MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with MP Promotions, Zanfer
Promotions, Márquez Boxing, Tecate and MGM Grand Hotel & Casino,
tickets to Pacquiao-Márquez 4 will go on sale Tomorrow! Friday,
September 28, at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT. Tickets are priced at
$1,200, $900, $600, $400, and $200. Ticket sales at $1,200, $900, $600
and $400 are limited to 10 per person and ticket sales at $200 are
limited to two (2) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit
card, call Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for
purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs), the lone congressional representative
from the Sarangani province in the Philippines, returns to the Fight
Capital of the World as the only fighter to win eight world titles in as
many weight divisions. A three-time Fighter of the Year and the Boxing
Writers Association of America’s “Fighter of the Decade,” Pacquiao’s
resume features victories over future Hall of Famers, including Oscar De
La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Miguel
Cotto, Shane Mosley and Márquez. From 2008 to 2010, five of his seven
victories were world title victories in five different divisions, where
he dethroned super featherweight champion Márquez, lightweight champion
David Diaz, junior welterweight champion Hatton, welterweight champion
Cotto and he annihilated three-time world champion Antonio Margarito for
the vacant super welterweight title. Pacquiao’s seven-year, 15-bout
winning streak came to an end on June 9, when he lost his World Boxing
Organization (WBO) welterweight crown to undefeated WBO junior
welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, Jr. via a controversial split
decision. Pacquiao’s knockout victories over Cotto and Hatton in 2009,
his victories over Joshua Clottey and Margarito in 2010, his wins
against Mosley and Márquez in 2011 as well as his disputed loss to
Bradley in June have combined for more than seven million pay-per-view
buys making Pacquiao a pay-per-view king. No boxer sold more live
tickets in the U.S. than Pacquiao in 2010 and 2011, making him a
pound-for-pound monarch in the ring and at the box office.
Márquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs), of México City, is one of only a rare few
fighters from México to have won world titles in four different weight
divisions. He captured his first world title – the vacant International
Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight championship – with a
seventh-round stoppage of three-time featherweight champion Manuel
Medina in 2003. He unified the title that same year with a decisive
victory over World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight titlist
Derrick Gainer. Márquez successfully defended the titles three times
during his three-year reign, which included unanimous decision victories
over Victor Polo and Orlando Salido and a Draw with Pacquiao. After
losing the crown to Chris John and winning the WBO interim featherweight
crown, all in 2006, Márquez moved up in weight to dethrone the
legendary Marco Antonio Barrera and claim his World Boxing Council (WBC)
super featherweight championship belt in 2007. After successfully
defending the title, by a unanimous decision over Ricky Juarez, he lost
the title in his 2008 rematch with Pacquiao by the slimmest of margins –
a one point split decision. Since that fight, Márquez has won six of
his last eight fights, including knockout victories of Joel Casamayor,
Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis -- the latter two in World Boxing
Association (WBA) / WBO lightweight championship fights. In his last
fight, on April 14, Márquez won his fourth world title in as many
divisions, capturing the WBO interim junior welterweight championship
with a dominant 12-round unanimous decision over Serhiy Fedchenko.
The Pacquiao vs. Márquez telecast, which begins at 9:00 p.m. ET /
6:00 p.m. PT, will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View
and will be available to more than 92 million pay-per-view homes. HBO
Pay-Per-View, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading
supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. Follow HBO
Boxing news at www.hbo.com and at www.facebook.com/hboboxing. Use the
hashtag #PacMarquez to join the conversation on Twitter. For Pacquiao
vs. Márquez updates, log on to www.toprank.com or www.hbo.com.
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