Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao set separate public appearances Tuesday
When Top Rank's Bob Arum opted last week to pull Manny Pacquiao from his scheduled slot on the grand arrivals Tuesday at the MGM Grand, it caused a lot of anger among the Filipino star's fan base.
Because there was a $10 charge for Friday's weigh-in, which has since sold out, Arum's decision to have Pacquiao skip the arrivals that serve as the unofficial kickoff of fight week meant Pacquiao would not make any free public appearances before his fight with Floyd Mayweather on Saturday.
But now, both fighters will appear in public on Tuesday in separate events.
Pacquiao will hold a rally beginning at 11 a.m. Pacific time at Mandalay Bay in Bayside C on the first floor of the South Convention Center. Doors will open at 10 a.m. Appearing with Pacquiao wil be Arum, trainer Freddie Roach, assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and adviser Michael Koncz.
The Mayweather arrival ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in the Grand Garden Arena. Southern University's "Human Jukebox" marching band will perform, as will comedia Ricky Smiley. The event will be hosted by Doug E. Fresh. Doors open to the Grand Garden at 1 p.m.
Both events are free and open to the public.
