ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel presents PACQUIAO VS. DIAZ In "LETHAL COMBINATION"

Newly-crowned World
Boxing Council (WBC)
Super Featherweight
Champion MANNY
PACQUIAO and WBC
lightweight champion
DAVID DIAZ will battle
in a 12-round rumble
with Diaz's title at
stake. Promoted by
Top Rank, in
association with MP
Promotions, Pacquiao
vs. Diaz will be
brought live by ABS-
CBN The Filipino
Channel on June 29,
2008 from the
Mandalay Bay Resort
& Casino in Las Vegas.
Dubbed "Republica
Enemy No. 1,"
Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34
KOs), from General
Santos City,
Philippines, has blitzed
through the best
fighters Mexico has
had to offer since
2003 including Erik
Morales (KO 3, TKO 10
), Marco Antonio
Barrera (TKO 11, W 12
), Juan Manuel
Marquez (W 12, D 12),
Oscar Larios (W 12),
Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3
), Hector Velazquez
(TKO 6) and Jorge
Solis (KO 8). Pacquiao
was named 2006
Fighter of the Year by
the Boxing Writers
Association of
America and The Ring
magazine for his two
spectacular knockout
victories of Mexican
icon and three-division
champion Morales, as
well as his dominating
12-round unanimous
decision over former
world champion
Larios. The hard-
hitting southpaw has
won 22 of his last 23
bouts including 2007
victories over Barrera
and Solis. Pacquiao's
12-round split decision
victory over Marquez
earlier this year not
only avenged a
disputed draw from
their 2004 battle, it
also made Pacman a
four-division world
champion. And last
March 2008, Pacquiao
had a rematch with
Marquez which ended
securing him the
world title.
Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs),
from Chicago, will be
making the second
defense of his title.
He successfully
defended it against
the three-division
world champion
Morales last summer
winning a hard-fought
unanimous decision
over the future Hall of
Famer. Although
behind on the
scorecards early, Diaz
remained cool and
rallied before the
raucous hometown
Chicago crowd of 10
,000 to capture the
decision. He swept the
championship rounds
and won the decision
by scores of 114-113,
115-113 and 115-112.
With the victory, Diaz
cemented his place
among the best
lightweights in the
sport and one of the
most popular and
respected athletes in
the sports-crazy town
of Chicago. A member
of the 1996 U.S.
Olympic team, Diaz,
with 12 years of
experience as a
professional, is more
than prepared to
handle the pressures
that come with
battling boxing's
pound-for-pound most
exciting fighter.
When two explosive
world champions at
the top of their game
mix it up for the
world title, it's a
"Lethal Combination!"
So watch out for more
details as ABS-CBN
The Filipino Channel
bring to the global
Pinoys another world
class boxing match
that will surely
catapult our nation
once again in the
world map!

Source: ABS-CBN TFC

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