Manny Pacquiao

A potential box-off between two former boxing greats in Papua New Guinea is being touted as a 'Las Vegas night' in the Pacific, but some are already ...

"And Anthony is the same. Maniatis said the undercard will likely feature fighters from PNG, the Philippines and Australia. It was the champion Pedroza's sixth defence and came shortly after he had KO'd one of Mexico's all-time greats, Ruben Olivares. And that was the end of him. There are no judges, a referee only to keep affairs orderly and calm. With Pacquiao's God-like status in the Philippines - where's he now a senator - there is clearly a large market for an event - any event - involving him. I always had a discussion with a referee before an exhibition to ensure that exhibition rules stand, and a number of exhibitions stopped accordingly, when it got too willing. "He was a very fine athlete at his best I'll say that, but that was 20 years ago. The Australian's last win was five years ago. The bout was shown on pay-per-view garnering over 1.6 million buys, raking in over $US80 million. "So tourism is going to benefit. No wonder then that this will be an exhibition bout only, with no title on the line.