It's Official: Pacquiao-Bradley on for June 9

MANNY PACQUIAO and TIMOTHY BRADLEY, JR.

COAST-TO-COAST NATIONAL MEDIA TOUR

ANNOUNCING THEIR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT

Tickets Go On Sale

Friday! Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT

Contact Top Rank directly to buy tickets directly via email: Asst.Tickets@toprank.com

LAS VEGAS, NEV (February 16, 2012) - Congressman MANNY "Pacman" PACQUIAO and TIMOTHY "Desert Storm" BRADLEY, JR. will embark on a two-city, coast-to-coast media tour, beginning in Beverly Hills, Calif., Next Tuesday!  February 21, to announce and celebrate the Pacquiao vs. Bradley World Welterweight Championship.  Pacquiao and Bradley, who have won 11 world titles between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao's World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship on Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.  The fight will be broadcast Live on Pay-Per-View.  Joining Pacquiao and Bradley on the tour will be their respective trainers, Freddie Roach and Joel Diaz, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Tecate, AT&T and MGM Grand, tickets to Pacquiao vs. Bradley will go on sale Next Friday!  February 24 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, and will be 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.

Bradley/Photo by Chris Farina

The top pound for pound fighters and world champions will begin the media tour with a news conference luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel, on Tuesday, February 21, followed by a news conference luncheon in New York, which will be open to the public, at Chelsea Piers in The Lighthouse at Pier 60 on Thursday, February 23.

At the conclusion of the New York public news conference, Pacquiao will jet back to Manila while Bradley heads up to Bristol, Conn where he will be the in-studio guest on ESPN Friday Night Fights the following night as well as doing a host of interviews throughout the day on various ESPN platforms.

PACQUIAO vs. BRADLEY NATIONAL MEDIA TOUR

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

The Beverly Hills Hotel - Crystal Ballroom

9641 Sunset Boulevard

Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210

Noon PT - News Conference

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - Open to the Public!

Chelsea Piers at Pier 60 - THE LIGHTHOUSE

23rd Street and the Hudson River

New York, NY 10011

Noon ET - News Conference