The PacMan Cometh!

LOS ANGELES (October 27, 2012) – Pacquiao Nation Unite! Boxing’s Commander-In Chief and Fighter of the Decade, Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO, arrives in the U.S. Tonight!  Saturday, October 27.  Pacquiao and his team are scheduled to land at LAX International on Philippine Airlines Flight 102 at 8:05 p.m. PT.

Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs), boxing’s only eight-division world champion and the lone congressional representative from the Sarangani province in the Philippines, will begin his six-week U.S. training camp, on Monday, October 29, at Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif.  Pacman will be gearing up for the eagerly anticipated fourth act of his fistoric rivalry with professional nemesis and four-division world champion Juan Manuel Márquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs), of México City.

The Pacquiao vs. Márquez 4 welterweight collision will take place Saturday, December 10, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nev., and will be produced and distributed Live by HBO Pay-Per-View®.      

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Zanfer Promotions, Márquez Boxing, Tecate and MGM Grand, remaining tickets to Pacquiao vs. Márquez 4 are priced at $1,200, $900, $600, $400, and $200.  Ticket sales at $1,200, $900, $600 and $400 are limited to 10 per person and ticket sales at $200 are limited to two (2) per person.  To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000.  Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

The Pacquiao vs. Márquez 4 telecast, which begins at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 92 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. Follow HBO Boxing news at www.hbo.com and at www.facebook.com/hboboxing. Use the hashtag #PacMarquez to join the conversation on Twitter. For Pacquiao vs. Márquez updates, log on to www.toprank.com or www.hbo.com.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Media):

Lee Samuels, Top Rank:  702-378-1083 / Lee@toprank.com

Ricardo Jimenez/Márquez, Top Rank:  909-615-3436 / Ricardoej@aol.com 

Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Comm/Pacquiao:  303-548-0707 / TooFred@aol.com

Ed Keenan, EMC Events: 609-399-1330 /