ESPN welcomes professional boxers Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (54 – 5 – 2, 22 KOs) and Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (31 -1 – 1, 22 KOs) to its headquarters in Bristol, CT this Monday, August 5th. The pair will make the rounds as part of a promotion for its upcoming bout this Fall. The pair will face off Saturday, November 23rd live from the Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena in Macau, China. The fight will be broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Pacquiao and Rios will start the day speaking with editors at ESPN The Magazine at 10:15am. From there, they will go on to chat on ESPN.com at 10:45am before heading on to make a number of appearances on different ESPN TV shows. The pair’s full schedule is listed below.
Pacquiao-Rios at ESPN
Time (ET) | Platform |
10:15 a.m. | ESPN The Magazine |
10:45 a.m. | ESPN.com Chat |
11:20 a.m. | First Take (ESPN2) |
11:40 a.m. | SportsCenter |
1:25 p.m. | SportsCenter |
1:45 p.m. | Viernes de Combates/ESPN Deportes TV |
2:15 p.m. | ESPNDeportes.com |
Audiences can find out even more about Pacquiao and Rios’ appearances at ESPN’s headquarters online at http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and the network’s official website, http://www.espn.com.
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