Top Rank Notebook
For
Immediate Release
PACMAN IN LOS ANGELES;
HEAVYWEIGHTS TO BATTLE
ON 'LETHAL COMBINATION;'
LATIN FURY 4 UPDATE!
Manny Pacquiao is in Los
Angeles and will be at
Top Rank's big 'Lethal Combination' press conference
noontime today at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel
on
South Figueroa St.
Pacquiao arrived last evening from The Philippines.
He was met by his team members at LAX. David
Diaz, the WBC lightweight champion, arrived
from
Chicago and he too will be at the press conference.
Top Rank today announced that giant heavyweight
Tye Fields of Las Vegas will take on Monte Barrett
of Queens, N.Y. on the Pacquiao vs. Diaz PPV
fight
card June 28 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao vs. Diaz 'Lethal Combination' will
be available
on HBO Pay Per View
LATIN FURY 4 UPDATE
Main event fighters Jorge Arce and Devid Lookmahanak
are both in Aquascalientes, Mexico to get set
for their
Latin Fury 4 battle this Saturday night.
World light flyweight champion Ulises Solis
is off the
card. Last week, Top Rank was told that Solis
was
ill and hospitalized. His brother, Jorge Solis,
will now
be on the telecast and take on Miguel Roman
in a 10
round bout.