"Blaze of Glory"

Championship Boxing Live On Pay-Per-View

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis

April 14, 2007

The Alamodome

San Antonio, Texas

Live On Pay-Per-View

Featured Bouts:

WBC International Super Featherweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Champion Manny Pacquiao (43-3-2, 33 KOs) vs. 2nd ranked Jorge Solis (32-0-2, 1 ND, 23 KOs)

WBC Super Flyweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Champion Cristian Mijares (30-3-2, 11 KOs) vs. # 1 ranked Jorge Arce (46-3-1, 35 KOs)

WBC Light Flyweight Title Bout (12 Rds) - vacant

# 1 ranked Brian Viloria (19-1-1, 12 KOs) vs. 2nd ranked Edgar Sosa (26-5, 14 KOs)

Welterweight Bout (10 Rds)

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (29-0-1, 22 KOs) vs. TBA

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Boxing's No. 1 Pound-For-Pound Most Exciting Fighter Manny Pacquiao

Defends His Title Against Undefeated Mexican Champion Jorge Solis

Tickets On Sale Now!!

SAN ANTONIO, TX. - The Manila Iceman cometh! Boxing’s pound-for-pound most exciting fighter Manny

"Pac-Man" Pacquiao returns to the international spotlight when he makes his 2007 debut, defending his

World Boxing Council International super featherweight title against undefeated Mexican dynamo Jorge

“Coloradito” Solis. The 12-round rumble will headline an all-action card, broadcast live on pay-per-view (9

P.M. ET / 6 P.M. PT) from The Alamodome, in San Antonio, TX, Saturday, April 14. Between them, they

boast a combined professional record of 75 wins – 3 losses – 4 draws, and 57 KOs – a winning percentage

exceeding 91%! This will be Pacquiao's first fight in Texas since knocking out Marco Antonio Barrera at

The Alamodome in 2003.

Promoted by Top Rank, this pay-per-view extravaganza will also feature a Mexican civil war between WBC

super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (30-3-2, 11 KOs), from Gomez Palacio, Mexico, defending his

title against two-time world champion and current No. 1 contender Jorge "El Travieso" Arce (46-3-1, 35

KOs), from Los Mochis, Mexico; former world champion and current No. 1 contender Brian Viloria (19-1-1,

12 KOs), from Waipahu, Hawaii, taking on No. 2 contender Edgar Sosa (26-5, 14 KOs), from Mexico City,

Mexico, for the vacant WBC light flyweight title; and undefeated contender, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.

(29-0-1, 22 KOs), from Culiacan, Mexico, son of Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez, in a 10-round

welterweight bout.

Tickets for Pacquiao vs. Solis are on sale now and are priced at $300, $200, $100, $75, $50, $35 and are

available at the Alamodome Box Office (210) 207-3663 and at Ticketmaster.com.

Dubbed "Republica Enemy No. 1,"Pacquiao, a three-division world champion, has blitzed through the best

fighters Mexico had to offer since 2003, including Morales (KO 3, TKO 10), Barrera (TKO 11), Oscar Larios

(W 12), Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3), and Hector Velazquez (TKO 6). The only “blemish” was a disputed

Draw that many thought he won against Juan Manuel Marquez in 2004, where Pacquiao sent Marquez to

the canvas three times in the first round.

"Manny Pacquiao is exciting, charismatic and everyone worldwide wants to see him in the ring," said Bob

Arum, Chairman of Top Rank. "He literally is boxing’s superhero. You say ‘Pac-Man’ and it’s like saying

‘Superman’ or ‘Batman.’ Everyone knows him, loves to see him in action and he strikes fear in the hearts of

his opponents. From top to bottom, this is one of the best cards Top Rank has ever promoted. Talk about

pound-for-pound excitement. Boxing fans attending the event or watching it on pay-per-view will most

certainly be saying "Remember the Alamodome!" at the end of the evening."

Pacquiao, (43-3-2, 33 KOs), from General Santos City, The Philippines, was named “2006 Fighter of the

Year” by the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring magazine for his two spectacular

knockout victories of Mexican icon and three-division champion Erik Morales and his dominating 12-round

unanimous 12-round decision over former world champion and current No. 1 contender Oscar Larios. Since

The Ring originated the award in 1928, only six fighters below the lightweight division - Henry Armstrong

(1937), Willie Pep ('45), Carlos Zarate ('77), Salvador Sanchez ('81), Michael Carbajal ('93), Paulie

Ayala ('99) - have been previously selected for the magazine's top honor. Pacquiao is number seven. The

hard-hitting southpaw has only lost once in his last 20 bouts, a close decision in 2005 to Morales in their

first encounter.

A proven pay-per-view star, the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy produced over one million pay-per-view sales, a

record for the lower weight divisions. The live attendance for their rubber match rumble last November

produced a live gate of 18,276, fifth-best on Las Vegas’ all-time list.

Solis (32-0-2, 1 ND, 23 KOs), from Guadalajara, Mexico, is the older brother of Ulises “Archie” Solis, the

reigning International Boxing Federation junior flyweight champion. A former Mexican super bantamweight

champion who vacated the title after three successful title defenses to move up a weight division, Solis has

reigned as the Mexican featherweight champion since 2003. He was also the World Boxing Association

Fedecentro featherweight champion from 2003-2004. World-rated No. 2 by the WBC and No. 4 by the WBO,

Solis has vowed to end Pacquiao’s dominance over Mexican fighters.

Boxing columnist Graham Houston reported from ringside, "Marvin Hagler against Thomas Hearns

remains the greatest three-round fight in boxing history, but Manny Pacquiao's third round destruction of Erik

Morales can surely be mentioned in the same breath. The rubber match between the 130-pound rivals was

fast and furious while it lasted... This was, quite simply, the best Pacquiao we have yet seen: a two-handed

punching machine who displayed greater ring generalship and more upper body movement than I think he

has ever shown before."

- Press Release issued by Top Rank with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(3/8/07)