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GOATBUSTERS!
"PACQUIAO WILL EAT DIAZ'S LUNCH ...
AND HAVE BILLY FOR DINNER!"
World-Famous Freddie Roach
If World-Famous Freddie Roach has his way, there will
be a fourth man in the ring Saturday night when his star pupil, WBC
super featherweight champion MANNY PACQUIAO, challenges
WBC lightweight titleist David Diaz. A maître
d'!!!
"I have Manny ready to go," said Roach. "Manny's going to eat Diaz's
lunch on Saturday night and have Billy Goat for dinner. I'm thinking of
sending Manny out with a napkin tied around his neck and a fork in his
glove. If Cubs fans thought the meltdown of 1969 was bad, wait until
Manny lights it up like Mrs. O'Leary's cow!"
During Monday's press conference in Los Angeles, a goat, an alleged
descendent of Murphy, the goat owned by William Sianis, was presented to
Diaz and Pacquiao.
 photo courtesy Chris Farina/Top Rank
Cubs fans are well aware of the "Curse of the Billy Goat" from 1945 when
Sianis, the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, and Murphy, were thrown out
of Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the World Series. Sianis put a hex on
the Cubs, claiming they would never again win a pennant or play in the
World Series. The Cubs lost the '45 World Series to the Detroit
Tigers and they have never again won the pennant, much less appeared in
another World Series.
"Listen, man, when I saw that goat, that scared me," Diaz said. "I
started shaking. Imagine if the Cubs start losing. I'm not having that
on my ticket. No way am I going to be responsible for the Cubs losing."
Pacquiao's reaction? "I like goats....medium rare."
Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines,
boxing's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, attempts to become the first
Asian to win four sanctioned world titles in as many different
divisions, when he challenges Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago, for
his title, This Saturday!
June 28, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
in Las Vegas.
Remaining tickets for Pacquiao vs.Diaz,
priced at $600, $400, $300, $200 and $100,
can be purchased at the Mandalay Bay box office and at all Las Vegas
Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers, Macy’s
West at the Fashion Show Mall, and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are
limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit
card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000 or Mandalay Bay (702)
632-7580. Tickets are also available for purchase at
www.mandalaybay.com or
www.ticketmaster.com.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, the Pacquiao vs. Diaz pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Pacquiao vs. Diaz fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.
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