Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosley will kick-off their coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a Los Angeles News Conference luncheon, for media members only, before embarking on a two-stop trip in New York and Las Vegas with open to the public press conferences.
Pacquiao and Mosley, who have won world titles in 11 weight divisions between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship on Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. Named the “Fighter of the Decade” by the Boxing Writers Association of America, Pacquiao will be making his first ring appearance in The Fight Capital of the World since 2009. Joining Pacquiao and Mosley at the The Beverly Hills Hotel will be Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, three-peat Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach, Matt Blank, Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc., and Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports®.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions, Tecate and MGM Grand, Pacquiao vs. Mosley will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV®.
The Pacquiao-Mosley U.S. media tour will continue on to Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and New York in The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61 with news conferences that will be open to the public on Saturday, February 12 and Monday, February 14, respectively. The Los Angeles news conference is closed to the public.
