Eleven bouts and 82 rounds are on tap for Saturday night’s card headlining
Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 35 KOs) vs.
Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs).
In the co-main,
Humberto Soto (47-7-2, 30 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, defends his WBC super featherweight belt against
Benoit Gaudet (20-1, 7 KOs), of Quebec, Canada.
The line-up also includes:Daniel Jacobs (15-0, 14 KOs), of Brooklyn, vs. Chicago’s
Michael Walker (19-1-2, 12 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight bout;
Russian
Matt Korobov (4-0, 4 KOs) vs. Las Vegas’
Rodrigo Aguiar (5-4, 3 KOs), four rounds at middleweight;
Erislandy Lara (4-0, 3 KOs), of Cuba, vs.
Chris Gray (11-7, 1 KO), of Baton Rouge, La., four at jr. middle;
Matthew Hatton (35-4-1, 13 KOs), brother to Ricky, of Manchester, England, takes on
Ernesto Zepeda (39-11-4, 34 KOs), of Tijuana, Mexico, in an eight-rounder;
Undefeated
Mike Alvarado (25-0, 18 KOs), of Denver, will go ten at jr. welter with
Joaquin Gallardo (18-7-1, 5 KOs), of Oakland, Calif.;
Abner Mares (17-0, 10 KOs), of Montebello, Calif., goes eight at bantam with
Jonathan Perez (14-5, 11 KOs), of Colombia;
Bernabe Concepcion (28-1-1, 17 KOs), of the Philippines, vs.
Yogli Herrera (21-8, 15 KOs), of Columbia, eight rounds at lightweight;
England’s
Joe Murray (1-0) vs.
Missael Nunez (4-7-2) of Los Angeles, four at feather;
And in a four-round jr. welter bout,
Omar Chavez (14-0-1, 10 KOs) will take on
Tyler Ziolowski (11-6, 6 KOs).
Watch Pacquiao vs Hatton Live on May 2, two forces from the opposite ends of the Earth will stand face-to-face in a battle of boxing superstars. Manny Pacquiao is boxing's pound-for-pound king, invading weight classes and conquering elite fighters in every division in his path. Ricky Hatton is the reigning king of the Junior Welterweight division; he has punished all who have entered his domain. Who will be crowned the best? Presenting Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton: "The Battle of East and West", Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
