I don't know yet... What I'm sure of is, Arum/TopRank will do everything to have this fight signed and finalized... .
From news about fights: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ticket Alert: Pacquiao-Cotto[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"FirePower" On Sale Aug. 17[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The date is set for the mega-fight between boxings No. 1 pound-for-pound king Manny PacMan Pacquiao and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto. Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, FirePower will take place Saturday, Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9 p.m. PST/6 p.m. PST. Tickets priced at $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150 go on sale Monday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. Ticket are limited to 10 per person and ticket sales at $150 are limited to two (2) per person, with a total ticket limit of 12 per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have reached an agreement to fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 14, said Top Rank Chief Executive Officer Bob Arum. Top Rank is currently working on a major media tour to commence immediately following Labor Day weekend. Details will be announced in the near future. Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, has won six world titles in as many different weight divisions ranging from 112 to 140 pounds. His performance in 2008 was described as Henry Armstrongesque as he won world titles at 130 and 135 pounds with victories over Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz, respectively, and knocked out Oscar De La Hoya at 147 pounds to complete the trifecta. The winning streak continued in 2009 when he won another world title in a new weight division, dealing defending junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton a second-round knockout in May at MGM Grand. Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, has held a world title every year since 2004. Puerto Ricos most exciting fighter, Cotto held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight crown from 2004-2006. He successfully defended it six times before vacating it to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title at the end of 2006, a title he held for nearly as long. He won his second welterweight title earlier this year as he knocked out Michael Jennings in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden to become the WBO Welterweight Champion. Notable victories on Cottos belt include Sugar Shane Mosley, Zab Judah, Joshua Clottey, Pauli Malinaggi and Demarcus Corley. The Pacquiao vs. Cotto pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST, has a suggested retail price of $49.95. [/FONT]
Hope you will be lucky enough to grab some of those 3,000 tickets available for the fans... This pre-sale opportunity can help you tho... .
I don't get it. Cotto is about to start his training for this fight. MP will start his pretty soon. Tickets are already being printed and will be sold pretty soon. Fight strategies are already in the works from both camps and yet, nobody has signed the contract. What the heck is happening? Are they still haggling about the belt being included in this upcoming fight?
On the Pacland website they have an article on Arum saying everything is in place and the fight will happen at 145lbs with Cotto's belt on the line and the contract should be signed by tommorrow.
Fight contract reported to be signed Wednesday... The fight will be a welterweight title fight at a welter division catchweight of 145 lbs. ... .
Now the fight is officially on. The documents have been signed. The fight is at 145 pounds on Nov. 14. And its a world title fight, said Koncz who, however, said it remains uncertain whether the fight will be for Cottos WBO welterweight (147 lb) crown.
anybody receive anything from TopRank yet? also - sorry if I missed it - is 3k tickets for the general public the standard allocation for a fight like this? the rest are held back for comps/ballers/high-rollers by mgm?
From what I've read, there's only 3k to 5k tickets available to the general public... It's not necessarily the standard allocation but in big fights like this, it's expected that not so many tickets will be available to the general public... MGM Grand has a seating capacity of 17,000 people... .
