Proposed DelaHoya vs. Pacquiao Fight Card

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My proposed fight card is slowly shaping up....


Peñalosa opts for undefeated Mexican in title defense

World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa has picked undefeated 22-year-old Mexican Abner Mares over Nestor Rocha for his next title defense.

The Mares showdown is a mandatory title defense. Peñalosa is hoping the fight can be on the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de La Hoya undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on December 6.

Penalosa said that his manager, Billy Keane, called him and told him there were two offers on the table from Golden Boy Promotions.

The first offer stipulates that Peñalosa should defend his title against Rocha for a purse of $150,000, possibly on the undercard of the IBF/IBO welterweight title fight between Paul Malignaggi and Britain's Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton at the MGM Grand on November 22..

The second says the WBO champ should face No. 1 ranked Abner Mares (17-0, 10 KOs) also at the MGM Grand but on the megabuck Pacquiao-de la Hoya fight for a much bigger purse of $250,000.

Penalosa, the 36-year-old southpaw with a record of 53-6-2 with 36 knockouts, said his choice was Mares. “I am confident I can beat him.”
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[Puerto Rican Punch]

A local newspaper at Puerto Rico indicated that there were possibilities of having Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20 KO), if he wins his first title defense on October 04 against César Figueroa (30-6-2, 22 KO). The name of this card if "The First Step".

I am not sure if this is a possibility, but it would be nice...

[XaduBoxer]

A local newspaper at Puerto Rico indicated that there were possibilities of having Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20 KO), if he wins his first title defense on October 04 against César Figueroa (30-6-2, 22 KO). The name of this card is "The First Step".

I am not sure if this is a possibility, but it would be nice...

Addition of JuanMa to the December 6 Hoya-PAC fight card would be nice... only that it will not meet the general theme of Mexico (or Mexican-American) vs. Philippines fight card...

Maybe someday we can have a Puerto Rico vs. Philippines card and maybe headlined by Cotto vs. Pacquiao...
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[XaduBoxer]

So far this is what they're advertising now:

HBO PPV
Saturday, December 6 2008
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao (junior middleweight)
Gerry Penalosa vs Abner Mares (bantamweight)
Rey Bautista vs TBA (super bantamweight)


I hope Bautista's TBA is Jhonny Gonzalez... or Bernabe Concepcion

There's also a possibility that Campbell vs. JMM will be added to this card...

Whoa!!! What a tremendous PPV card...
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