Only 1,000 tickets for the May 2 face-off between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky
Hatton are left for sale, Top Rank chief Bob Arum said yesterday.
Arum said the MGM Grand Garden Arena has been reconfigured to accomodate
16,000-plus and there'd be nothing left to be sold soon owing to the huge demand
for one of this year's most awaited showdowns.
Not all 16,000 seats were made available to the public when tickets went on sale
last friday as the lion's share were purchased earlier by both Top Rank and Golden
Boy Promotions(GBP) as well as MGM/Mirage properties,host venue of the scheduled
12-round super-light-weight title bout.
GBP,owned by Oscar De La Hoya,has promotional rights over Hatton.
"Its's going to be sellout", said Arum,who is in New York finalizing the details of the
upcoming press tour of Pacquiao and Hatton that will kick off in England on Feb.26 with
London as first stop and Manchester as the second and last leg of the promotional event.
From the UK, Pacquiao's and Hatton's camps will proceed to New York then to Los Angeles
in the first few days of March and the Filipino star will then immediately begin training at the
Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywod under Freddie Roach, while the British bomber will
return to Manchester for the initial phase of his preparation.
Hatton are left for sale, Top Rank chief Bob Arum said yesterday.
Arum said the MGM Grand Garden Arena has been reconfigured to accomodate
16,000-plus and there'd be nothing left to be sold soon owing to the huge demand
for one of this year's most awaited showdowns.
Not all 16,000 seats were made available to the public when tickets went on sale
last friday as the lion's share were purchased earlier by both Top Rank and Golden
Boy Promotions(GBP) as well as MGM/Mirage properties,host venue of the scheduled
12-round super-light-weight title bout.
GBP,owned by Oscar De La Hoya,has promotional rights over Hatton.
"Its's going to be sellout", said Arum,who is in New York finalizing the details of the
upcoming press tour of Pacquiao and Hatton that will kick off in England on Feb.26 with
London as first stop and Manchester as the second and last leg of the promotional event.
From the UK, Pacquiao's and Hatton's camps will proceed to New York then to Los Angeles
in the first few days of March and the Filipino star will then immediately begin training at the
Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywod under Freddie Roach, while the British bomber will
return to Manchester for the initial phase of his preparation.
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