Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao are taking over Yankee Stadium!
NEW YORK - The fight between Puerto Rican Miguel Angel Cotto and Filipino Manny Pacquiao, two world champions that today are considered most representative of the welterweight division, will be taken next Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
Taking advantage of the Yankees rest that day, Cotto and Pacquiao offered in the luxurious playground of the stage the first conference to promote the fight, called "Fire Power" which takes place on 14 November at the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas .
The public can be a participant of the event, as it is free. The gates (Gate 4) for the entry of fans will open at 11:00 am, an hour before the press conference.
Yankee Stadium will be the first stop of the tour to promote the fight between Cotto, 'the pride of Puerto Rico,' and 'PacMan' Pacquiao, which includes visits to five cities, a journey from coast to coast U.S..
The promotional tour will move on Saturday September 12 at Centro de Bellas Artes de Caguas, Puerto Rico, the 13 in the AT & T Park, San Francisco, California, where the Giants play the Dodgers.
On Monday 14, at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California the next day, Pacquiao will be present at Petco Park, San Diego, California, where the Padres are to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KO's) has won six world titles in six different categories from the 112 to 140 pounds. This year began with a spectacular knockout of the Englishman Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas.
Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs), a native of Caguas, and the moment's most popular boxer in Puerto Rico, won last February, the crown of the WBO welterweight Michael Jennings beating at Madison Square Garden New York, where he successfully defended on 13 June to beat Joshua Clottey.
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