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Boxing - WBO welterweight champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (52-3-2) of the Philippines and three-time world champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley (46-6-1) held a press conference on Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The event was closed to the general public.
Boxing's pound-for-pound king takes on the 39-year-old Mosley in a welterweight title fight on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be telecast live on Showtime pay-per-view and co-marketed on CBS. Pacquiao is considered a heavy favorite holding at least a -900 odds at most casinos.
A second press conference (open to the general public) will be held on Saturday, February 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at 3 pm. A third press conference (open to the general public) will be held on Monday, February 14 at Chelsea Piers in New York City at 11 am. Pacquiao and wife Jinkee are expected to visit U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, February 15.
Boxing's pound-for-pound king takes on the 39-year-old Mosley in a welterweight title fight on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be telecast live on Showtime pay-per-view and co-marketed on CBS. Pacquiao is considered a heavy favorite holding at least a -900 odds at most casinos.
A second press conference (open to the general public) will be held on Saturday, February 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at 3 pm. A third press conference (open to the general public) will be held on Monday, February 14 at Chelsea Piers in New York City at 11 am. Pacquiao and wife Jinkee are expected to visit U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, February 15.