Pacquiao vs. Diaz - WBC Lightweight Championship

For his next title fight, Philippine National Fist Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao will be moving up to a higher weight division fighting another Mexican named David Diaz for the WBC Lightweight Championship. Pacquiao who currently has four titles in his belt, (WBC flyweight title, IBF superbantamwieght title and the WBC and Ring Magazine's superfeatherweight title) will be aiming for his fifth title in this fight.
It's gonna be an interesting match since this is Pacquiao's first time to move up a weight division fighting against a fellow 135 pounder. David Diaz, who holds a 34-1-1 record with 14 KO's will be fighting power for power against Manny Pacquiao's 46-3-2 with 34 KO's as both will try to knock each other down on early rounds of this fight.

The David Diaz versus Manny Pacquiao WBC Lightweight Title fight dubbed as "Lethal Combination" will be held on June 28 (Saturday 3:30PM) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. You can buy your tickets now at StarHub.

For Philippine televiewers, this fight will be broadcast live via satellite on Jun 29, 2008 (Sunday) starting at 10:00 am thru GMA 7 and Solar Sports channel.