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HBO Championship Boxing PPV

David Diaz vs. Manny Pacquiao

June 28, 2008

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

Featured Bouts:

WBC Lightweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Champion David Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs) vs. Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs)

WBO Featherweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Steven Luevano (35-1, 15 KOs) vs. 10th ranked Mario Santiago (19-1, 14 KOs)

WBC Super Featherweight Title Bout - interim (12 Rds)

# 1 ranked Humberto Soto (44-6-2, 28 KOs) vs. 2nd ranked Francisco Lorenzo (32-4, 14 KOs)

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Manny Pacquiao And David Diaz Ready To Explode In

"Lethal Combination" For WBC Lightweight Title

Saturday, June 28 At Mandalay Bay Live On HBO Pay-Per-View

Tickets Now On Sale

LAS VEGAS – When two explosive world champions at the top of their game mix it up for the world title, it’s

a “Lethal Combination.” Newly crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion Manny

Pacquiao and WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will battle in a 12-round rumble with Diaz’s title at

stake. Promoted by Top Rank in association with MP Promotions, Pacquiao vs. Diaz will take place

Saturday, June 28 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino and will be produced and distributed live by HBO

Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST.

Tickets priced at $600, $400, $300, $200 and $100 are now on sale and available at the Mandalay Bay box

office and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers, Macy’s West at

the Fashion Show Mall, and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by

phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000 or Mandalay Bay (702) 632-7580.

Tickets are also available for purchase at www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Dubbed “Republica Enemy No. 1,” Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, has

defeated the best fighters Mexico has had to offer over the course of the past five years. They include Erik

Morales (KO 3, TKO 10), Marco Antonio Barrera (TKO 11, W 12), Juan Manuel Marquez (W 12, D 12),

Oscar Larios (W 12), Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3), Hector Velazquez (TKO 6) and Jorge Solis (KO 8). Pacquiao

was named 2006 Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring magazine

for his two spectacular knockout victories over Mexican icon and three-division champion Morales, as well as

his dominating 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Larios.

The hard-hitting southpaw has won 22 of his last 23 bouts including last year’s victories over Barrera and

Solis. Pacquiao’s 12-round split decision victory against Marquez earlier this year not only avenged a

disputed draw from their 2004 battle, it also made “Pac-man” a four-division world champion.

Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago, will be making the second defense of his title which he successfully

defended against the three-division world champion Morales last summer; it was a hard-fought unanimous

decision over the future Hall of Famer. Although behind on the scorecards early, Diaz remained cool and

rallied before the raucous hometown-Chicago crowd of 10,000 to capture the decision. He swept the

championship rounds and won the decision by scores of 114-113, 115-113 and 115-112.

With the victory, Diaz cemented his place among the best lightweights in the sport and one of the most

popular and respected athletes in the sports-crazy town of Chicago. A member of the 1996 United States

Olympic team, Diaz has 12 years of experience as a professional and is more than prepared to handle the

pressures that come with battling boxing’s pound-for-pound most exciting fighter.

The Mandalay Bay Events Center is a multi-purpose arena home to championship boxing, premier concerts

and special events. With seating for as many as 12,000, the Events Center offers excellent sight lines and

state-of-the-art lighting and sound. Prominent events have included concerts such as KISS, Andrea Bocelli,

Josh Groban, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, James Taylor, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Kenny Chesney and

Alejandro Fernandez. World championship boxing events have featured Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad,

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver and Fernando Vargas vs. Shane Mosley. The Mandalay Bay Events Center

also is home to multiple Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events throughout the year, the annual Tiger

Jam event hosted by Tiger Woods and the annual ‘A Concert For Lili Claire,’ as well as the Latin Grammy

Awards.

- Press Release issued by the Mandalay Bay with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(6/17/08)