Rick Reeno
03-16-2005, 11:31 AM
Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been recognized as champion by the International Boxing Association or IBA and will receive the championship belt from IBA president Dean Chance when Pacquiao battles Erik "El Terrible" Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday in a fight that is destined to be an explosive showdown and a candidate for "Fight of the Year."
Pacquiao and his entourage arrived in Las Vegas from Los Angeles on Monday evening while Morales who had a mariachi band playing popular Mexican songs at the lobby of the crowded MGM Grand failed to arrive on schedule at 5:30 p.m. today because his flight from Mexico City was delayed. [details (http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=859)]
Pacquiao and his entourage arrived in Las Vegas from Los Angeles on Monday evening while Morales who had a mariachi band playing popular Mexican songs at the lobby of the crowded MGM Grand failed to arrive on schedule at 5:30 p.m. today because his flight from Mexico City was delayed. [details (http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=859)]