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By Ariel Fullido

        The much awaited rematch of Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas will be seen live via satellite on the widescreens, with no commercial break, this coming Sunday, October 7, starting at 8 AM at Screenville Cinemas 1, 2 and 3 of the Island City Mall.
   Boxing fans can also see the fight free on a slightly delayed telecast, on the widescreens at the Activity Center of the Island City Mall on the same day, starting at 9 AM.             
        Sparks will also fly on Pacquiao-Barrera undercard as three exciting bouts promise to be 100% action. Steven Luevano (33-1, 15 KOs) of La Puente, California will defend his WBO featherweight title against the No. 4-rated contender, Antonio Davis (24-3, 12 KOs), from Atlanta. Luevano captured the vacant world title in July this year by knocking down five times before ending the fight with an 11th round KO of undefeated Nicky Cook.
Davis is a former IBA super featherweight champion who returns to the ring fresh from winning the vacant NABO featherweight title, defeating undefeated Leon Bobo (16-0), on August 1. Career highlights for Davis include victories over Frankie Zepeda (15-1), and Jesús Salvador Pérez.

        Top-10 contender Librado Andrade (25-1, 19 KOs) of Mexico will take on former USBA super middleweight champion Yusaf Mack (23-1, 14 KOs), from Philadelphia for the vacant USBA super middleweight title. Andrade is a former NABO and NABF super middleweight champion and No. 1 contender who scores a second-round TKO of Ted Muller in Las Vegas. Mack, 27, enters this fight fresh from his June 27 10-round unanimous decision victory over Jose Juan Vasquez, ending his seven-year, 16-bout unbeaten streak.

        Francisco Bojado (17-2, 11 KOs) of Mexico will be taking on former world champion Steve “2 Pounds” Forbes (32-5, 9 KOs) of Detroit in a 10-round super lightweight battle. Bojado, 24, a 2000 Mexican Olympian, has won two straight fights, and is ready to take the biggest step of his career in taking on the vastly more experienced Forbes, where a victory will put Bojado back on the road to a world title shot.
Forbes, 30, who held the IBF junior lightweight title from 2000-2002, was the runner-up on last year’s season of “The Contender.” He will be looking to show he still has the skill to reign as world champion again.

        Tickets for the live telecast of Pacquiao-Barrera rematch are now available at Screenville Cinema ticket booths of Island City Mall. Price is only P300 on seating accommodation. For more details, call 501-2463, or 411-5521 local 350.     


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