The breaking news on August 5th was that of HBO landing the rights to air the November 12th pay-per-view bout between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao’s last fight against Shane Mosley was carried by CBS-Showtime after seeing HBO televise nearly all of his previous conquests on American soil, dating back to his breakthrough over then-IBF junior featherweight champion Lehlo Ledwaba in June of 2001.
HBO’s loss in failing to grab the rights to Pacquiao-Mosley was looked at as a huge blow at the time, one in which they were sure to make up for with a huge offer to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. The recent deal included such perks as seeing HBO’s 24/7 series seeing airtime on CNN, Pacquiao and Arum being interviewed on CNN internationally, as well as the fight being promoted during the Major League Baseball Playoffs.
Source: www.examiner.comHBO secured Pacquiao vs Marquez 3. It means we will wait for the 24/7 episodes of Pacquiao and Marquez on HBO. For sure it has a lot of drama knowing the story behind these two fighters. They already met twice in the ring and both fights are very close. So excited and I can't wait to see the trilogy. In my humble opinion, I think Pacquiao will win by K.O. or T.K.O.. Watch Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 on Nov. 12, 2011 everyone.
Can't wait to see this fight. It will be a tough fight for Marquez specially now that Paquiao keeps on getting better and better every time he moves up in weight. For sure this would be another classic fight.
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