I've noticed that the undercard fights for Pacquiao - Marquez IV feature lots of Filipino fighters.
Mercito Gesta
Micheal Farenas
Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr.
Ernie Sanchez
What can you say about its undercard matches?
that aint PAC, that's Arum...why settle for one showcase when you can milk the public for 2
Nah, it was due to Pacquiao and it goes back a long time. I believe Rachael Donaire said that Koncz told them that Donaire had to sign with MP Promotions to fight on Manny's undercards.
EDIT:
Over the last few months, there have been reports from the Filipino media of tension between Pacquiao and Donaire over an incident stemming from last November. Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz requested that Nonito Donaire sign with Manny Pacquiao Promotions if he wanted to fight on the undercard of Manny's PPV fight against Antonio Margarito on November 13th. Donaire rejected signing with MP Promotions and was subsequently left off the PPV card. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum allegedly left Donaire off the PPV card at the urging of Michael Koncz.
http://www.examiner.com/article/did-manny-pacquiao-cause-nonito-donaire-to-leave-top-rank-promotions
I've noticed that the undercard fights for Pacquiao - Marquez IV feature lots of Filipino fighters.
Mercito Gesta
Micheal Farenas
Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr.
Ernie Sanchez
I'm not sure but I only highlighted the main ones. These undercard matches will definitely sell to the Filipinos.
There are approximately 3.5 million Filipinos and people of Filipino ancestry in the United States. (Almost as many as Puerto Ricans living in the mainland U.S.) The population of the Philippines is over 92 million. That's a lot of people to get interested in boxing. It makes perfect business sense to go after that demographic. Pacquiao gets credit for the surge in Pinoy interest in boxing, but the promoters are doing the smart thing and trying to keep the pipeline going with guys like the ones on tonight's undercard.
For a main event of this caliber with two big names, you would think there would be no showcase fights, just good evenly matched fights. But that is asking for too much from Top Rank. I expect Gamboa and Fortuna to win. I think Vazquez will win, and I hope Marquez wins but I think Pacquiao will get the decision.