Tickets for the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao showdown, called "Firepower," will go on sale Monday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. The mega-fight is scheduled for Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.Fans who register their email address on the Top Rank website will be able to purchase their tickets up to 48 hours prior to August 17.
Tickets are priced at $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150. Sales in the $1,000, $750, $500 and $300 ranges are limited to 10 per person. The $150 tickets are limited to two per person, with a total ticket limit of 12 tickets per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or go to www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) of Puerto Rico is the WBO welterweight champion, and a top 10 pound for pound fighter, while Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) of the Philippines is the IBO and Ring junior welterweight champion, and the best pound for pound fighter in boxing today. The two will meet at a contracted maximum weight of 145 pounds, with Cotto's WBO welterweight title on the line. If Pacquiao wins, he will have earned a historic seventh belt in seven different weight classes. No boxer in the history of the sport has accomplished such a feat. The recently retired Oscar de la Hoya is the only other boxer who has won six titles in six weight classes.
Cotto has begun training for his showdown this past week, while Pacquiao anticipates starting his training around the middle of September. The Filipino phenom is an early 2-1 betting favorite among oddsmakers, however, Cotto appears to be the biggest fighter that Pacquiao will have ever faced come fight night on November 14.
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