WBO Welterweight Title
When: 12th November Live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
What: Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Where: All on Primetime: Sky channel 480, Virgin Media ‘On Demand’ and online at www.primetimelive.co.uk
The President of the WBO, Paco Valcarcel has confirmed to me that the referee for Manny Pacquiao’s defense of his WBO Welterweight title vs Juan Manuel Marquez will be Tony Weeks and judged by Dave Moretti, Robert Hoyle and Glenn Trowbridge, all from the state of Nevada. WBO Supervisor for this fight will be Paco Valcarcel.
Tony weeks works very hard a being bilingual and that will help Marquez who does not speak English. Weeks is an excellent referee who is always in great position to referee fights. He is a very dominant referee without making too many appearances on your screen. He gets the fighter’s attention and works to keep the fighters in areas for clean hard fights. He does not tolerate any fouls and is on them immediately. Weeks did a great job in the Erik Morales war vs Marcos Maidana. Morales’s right was almost totally closed after the initial touching of the gloves. Yet Weeks let the Mexican Warrior fight on and that performance won over millions of boxing fans for the return of Morales. Great job by Weeks to see the fight through and let the all out war continue for the full 12-rounds.
For the WBO junior welterweight clash between Timothy Bradley and Joel Casamayor, the referee will be Vic Drakulich. The judges will be Levi Martinez, from New Mexico, and Adelaide Byrd and Burt Clements, both from Nevada. WBO Chairman of the Ratings Committee, Luis Perez, will be the Supervisor in charge for this fight.
Vic Drakulich’s worked the Zab Judah vs Amir Khan fight and he in a great position to see the location of the Khan punch on Judah and count Judah out. I also worked the Omar Niño Romero fight vs Rodel Mayol. in Guadalajara, Mexico. Romero hit Mayol with a low blow and as Mayol bent over in pain, Drakulich stopped the fight immediately. The call by Drakulich left Mayol a defenseless fighter but Romero stepped in, stepped on Mayol’s feet and knocked him out. A long review by Mauricio Sulaiman of the WBC, clearly showed what I saw and that was that Drakulich clearly signaled the fight to stop. Sulaiman declared the fight a technical decision draw. Drakulich showed again that he is always in a great position to call a fight.
Pacquiao vs Marquez III sees the World’s best pound for pound fighters return to Primetime this November. Ranked number 1in the pound for pound lists, Manny Pacquiao will be looking to end the controversy by convincingly dispatching long time rival Juan Manuel Marquez. After a controversial points decision and a draw both fighters have a point to prove. The previous battles have delivered knockdowns galore and this fight promises to be no different.
Timothy Bradley steps back into the ring after ten months out and having been stripped of his WBC title as issues with his manager meant a fight with Amir Khan didn’t happen. Bradley will want to return to winning ways and prove he is still the number 1 in the Light Welterweight division. To do that he’ll need to defend his WBO title against former two division champion Joel Casamayor.
Breidis Prescott also makes a quick return to British TV screens. Following his points loss to Paul McCloskey the only man to knock Amir Khan out aims to get back to winning ways as he challenges for the IBF Latino Light Welterweight crown. An undefeated Mike Alvarado stands in his way, with 41 KO’s from 58 fights between them this has all the makings of a fight of the night candidate.
The card is completed by Luis Cruz vs Juan Burgos for the NABO Super Featherweight championship.
So it’s titles fights all the way on November 12th, another must see night exclusive to Primetime!
You can order the card for only £14.95 by calling 08712004444*, visiting www.primetimelive.co.uk or Virgin Media customers can purchase using the ‘On Demand’ menu. Customers on Sky must register the first time they use Primetime and once registered can purchase using the ‘box office’ menu.
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