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If it really comes out like this then ill be there for sure. Solid card:
Nonito Donaire vs Jose Carita Lopez
Steven Luevano vs Bernabe Concepcion
Brian Viloria vs Ulises Solis II
Top Rank is going to be quite busy this summer. In addition to its June 13 Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey HBO card and "Latin Fury" pay-per-view cards on June 27 and July 25, it's also working on what might as well be called "Filipino Fury," an Aug. 22 pay-per-view card likely at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Among the televised bouts will be three title matches, Top Rank's Bob Arum told ESPN.com. Arum said the main event he'd like to make would pit Filipino flyweight titlist Nonito Donaire, who would move up in weight, and junior bantamweight titleholder Jose "Carita" Lopez of Puerto Rico, although he has yet to commence talks with the Lopez camp. Arum also hopes to have featherweight titlist Steven Luevano defend against the Philippines' Bernabe Concepcion. They were scheduled to meet May 2 on the Pacquiao-Hatton undercard, but Luevano withdrew because of an injury. "If Steven is ready to go, I want to put that fight on the card," Arum said. In a third match, Arum said Filipino-American Brian Viloria would defend his junior flyweight belt, possibly in a rematch against ex-titleholder Ulises Solis, from whom Viloria took the title via 11th-round knockout April 19. Arum noted that San Francisco is home to a large Filipino population and that he was impressed by the turnout to the stadium when baseball's Giants held Filipino Heritage Night last month and saw a significant bump in attendance when they gave away bobblehead dolls of Pacquiao, who was on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. "We've been working with the people from the stadium on this card," said Arum, who has talked about doing cards at stadiums such as old Yankee Stadium before it closed and Dodger Stadium, to no avail. He said AT&T Park would be scaled "for like 20,000."
Nonito Donaire vs Jose Carita Lopez
Steven Luevano vs Bernabe Concepcion
Brian Viloria vs Ulises Solis II
Top Rank is going to be quite busy this summer. In addition to its June 13 Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey HBO card and "Latin Fury" pay-per-view cards on June 27 and July 25, it's also working on what might as well be called "Filipino Fury," an Aug. 22 pay-per-view card likely at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Among the televised bouts will be three title matches, Top Rank's Bob Arum told ESPN.com. Arum said the main event he'd like to make would pit Filipino flyweight titlist Nonito Donaire, who would move up in weight, and junior bantamweight titleholder Jose "Carita" Lopez of Puerto Rico, although he has yet to commence talks with the Lopez camp. Arum also hopes to have featherweight titlist Steven Luevano defend against the Philippines' Bernabe Concepcion. They were scheduled to meet May 2 on the Pacquiao-Hatton undercard, but Luevano withdrew because of an injury. "If Steven is ready to go, I want to put that fight on the card," Arum said. In a third match, Arum said Filipino-American Brian Viloria would defend his junior flyweight belt, possibly in a rematch against ex-titleholder Ulises Solis, from whom Viloria took the title via 11th-round knockout April 19. Arum noted that San Francisco is home to a large Filipino population and that he was impressed by the turnout to the stadium when baseball's Giants held Filipino Heritage Night last month and saw a significant bump in attendance when they gave away bobblehead dolls of Pacquiao, who was on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. "We've been working with the people from the stadium on this card," said Arum, who has talked about doing cards at stadiums such as old Yankee Stadium before it closed and Dodger Stadium, to no avail. He said AT&T Park would be scaled "for like 20,000."
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