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Pacquiao vs. Hatton: Stars align for major match

By Jeff Haney

Wed, Apr 1, 2009 (2 a.m.)

Steve Marcus

Ricky Hatton poses Monday by a banner with an image of his opponent, Manny Pacquiao, in Hollywood, Calif.

If You Go

• Who: Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) vs. Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs)
• When: Saturday, May 2
• Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena
• Tickets: $150 to $1,000, mgmgrand.com
• TV: HBO Pay-Per-View, $49.95

HOLLYWOOD — Twilight on Hollywood Boulevard, and Bob Arum was in rare form.

Arum, well into his fifth decade of promoting boxing matches, clambered onto a makeshift outdoor stage in front of the Roosevelt Hotel, which hosted the first Academy Awards in 1929 but tonight was honoring a couple of matinee idols named Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.

Arum grabbed a microphone, which cut in and out as he spoke. It didn’t matter. Snippets of Arum’s speech boomed down the red carpet and across the street, where fight fans and curiosity seekers gathered on the sidewalk behind metal barriers at shops with names like Hollywood Souvenirs and Star Magnet.

“Great fight” ... “Manny Pacquiao” ... “Pound for pound” ... “Las Vegas!”

Half a block away, in the midst of a crush of cameras and microphones, Al Bernstein granted an interview to a guy holding what looked like a home-video camcorder. Two years ago, Bernstein said, he would have predicted a victory for Hatton. Now he understands why Pacquiao is favored to win.

Arum, meanwhile, must have been addressing the pay-per-view price, encouraging fans to pool resources.

“Have some pizza” ... “Tacos” ... “Make a night of it!" .......

SOURCE OF THIS NEWS

"The Pacquiao-Hatton Match is really getting more exciting as it's date is coming near. Every boxing fanatic has words coming out for this great boxing event. Let's all see and wait who will triumph in this another match of the century between Pacquiao and Hatton."