Boxing Manny Pacquiao News

Manny Pacquiao and Josh Clottey will formalize their March 13 fight, the first big fight of the year, today at the $1.3 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

It’s the first of only two stops in the fight’s promotional tour, but promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who made sure he’d land one of the remaining Pacquiao fights, are treating it like the Super Bowl.

The Cowboys were kicked out of the NFL playoffs, and what’s bad for their fans is good for fight fans because Jones, who was willing to spend $25 million just to land the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, can throw all his time for this fight.

Pacquiao checked in at a luxurious resort in Las Colinas, which is near the Cowboys Stadium, Monday night.

Clottey, who came all the way from Ghana to New York, is in the same building as well as the promoters, led by Arum.

On Wednesday, they fly to New York for another press event at the Madison Square Garden. Then both fighters part ways, lock up in their respective training quarters, and the next time they meet will be on fight week, ready to rumble.

It’s going to be a tough fight for both fighters, but it’s Clottey who will have everything to win on this one. For the first time in his career, he will get paid over $1 million, and for the first time, too, he’d be in the biggest stage in boxing.

And it’s biggest when Pacquiao, the reigning WBO welterweight champion, is on the other corner.

Source: Philstar.com