Pacquiao vs Marquez 4 Tickets Released!
It appears like Top Rank Promotions and Manny Pacquiao selected the perfect challenger for his next fight, at least in a money sort of way.
Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez — their 4th meeting, with Pacquiao winning 2 and one draw — is appearing to be a massive box-office draw based on the early results.
Pacquiao-Marquez 4 sold around 13,000 tickets over the opening weekend of sales, based on Top Rank, making fewer than 3,000 remaining tickets for their December 8 fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Not bad for a non-title fight on HBO pay-per-view (9 p.m. ET), as their cheapest ticket price is $200.
“We are ecstatic with the response,” stated Top Rank chairman Bob Arum.
Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs), the first-term congressman from the Philippines, has earned world titles in a record 8 weight classes, and Márquez (54-6-1 (39 KOs), from México City, is a four-weight division title winner.
Pacquiao, 33, is returning off his initial loss in 7 years, an extremely debatable split decision to Timothy Bradley in June in a battle most ringside experts, together with the WBO, which commissioned the fight, believed Pacquiao had clearly won. Pacquiao has made the decision against a rematch with Bradley, for now at least.
Marquez obtained a unanimous decision victory against Serhiy Fedchenko in April in Mexico City, however that match was at 140 pounds, 7 pounds below the utmost weight for the December 9 fight.
His previous meeting with Pacquiao in November concluded with a questionable Pacquiao majority decision victory, which many ringside experts, as well as Marquez himself, felt the Mexican had won. Marquez, 39, was very troubled by the decision that he stated right after the fight he was going to stop..
Get a chance to watch this match live! Get your Pacquiao vs Marquez tickets now before they sell out!
