Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division world champion and the only sitting Senator to capture a world championship belt, will add another first to his burgeoning list of Hall of Fame-caliber accomplishments with his live debut on ESPN and ESPN DEPORTES (also streaming live on the ESPN app) on Saturday, July 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET. The fight will be called ringside by ESPN commentators Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas. They will be joined by guest analyst Timothy Bradley, Jr., a former two-division world champion recently trained by Teddy Atlas who has met Pacquiao three times in the ring, winning their first match in a decision. ESPN DEPORTES will pair Jorge Eduardo Sanchez and Juan Manuel Marquez to call the main event in Spanish, with prefight commentary from Pablo Viruega, Leopoldo Gonzalez, Claudia Trejos and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao, the Boxing Writers Association of America's reigning Fighter of the Decade, will defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown against undefeated No. 1 contender and Brisbane's favorite son Jeff "The Hornet" Horn at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. This will be the first time Pacquiao has not fought on
Pay-Per-View since Sept. 10, 2005, when he stopped Hector Velazquez in the sixth round - 12 years and four weight divisions ago.
ESPN's coverage of "The Battle of Brisbane" will begin on Friday, June 30th, and includes live coverage of the Pacquiao and Horn weigh-in at 7 p.m. ET within
SPORTSCENTER on
ESPN and within Golpe a Golpe on
ESPN Deportes. During the week of June 26, classic Pacquiao fights will also be available on demand and streaming via the
ESPN app, on both
ESPN and
ESPN Deportes, including Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton (5/2/2009), Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez (11/12/11) and Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley (4/12/14).
The July 1 telecast will also feature Irish Olympic hero Michael Conlan (2-0, 2 KOs), from Belfast, in a six-round featherweight bout against Jarrett "Juarez" Owen (5-4-3, 2 KOs), of Brisbane, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior bantamweight world champion Jerwin "Pretty Boy" Ancajas (24-1-1, 16 KOs), of Cavite City, Philippines, defending his title against top-rated contender Teiru Kinosa (25-1-1, 8 KOs), of Kobe, Japan. The live telecast will open with an eight-round middleweight rumble between Shane Mosley, Jr. (10-1, 7 KOs), of Pomona, Calif. and son of former three-division world champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley, and David Toussaint (10-0, 8 KOs), of Canberra, Australia.
Saturday, July 1st on
ESPN and
ESPN Deportes
9 p.m. - 10 p.m. ET: Top Rank Boxing: Undercards & Main Event Preview
Shane Mosley, Jr. vs. David Toussaint
10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. ET: Top Rank Boxing: Main Event
Michael Conlan vs. Jarrett Owen
Jerwin Ancajas vs. Teiru Kinosa
Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff "The Hornet" Horn
Sunday, July 2nd on
ESPN Deportes
12:30 a.m. - 2 a.m. ET - SportsCenter
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