The title fight is the centerpiece of The Live Match, a black tie, by invitation only charity affair the Springboard Foundation is organizing to raise funds for Filipino children and their families.
Boxing promoter Edgardo "Boy" Cantada has also lined up a four-round exhibition bout featuring former world champion Gerry Peñalosa and Robert Dalisay.
The title fight will be televised on Sunday, May 23 in the popular television boxing show Fistorama starting at 2 p.m. on RPN-9. The rest of the fight card will be shown in the succeeding weekly episodes.
Major sponsors are San Miguel Beer, Ford, Gillette, Jardine Schindler, Circulan Macroxan and Lufthansa Cargo.
Smart Commnications, Le Souffle, Cantada Sports Center, HMR Group of Companies, Lane Moving and Storage, Business Profiles Inc., MCA, New World Renaissance Hotel, Qantas, Scan Asia, img, Hope/Winston, NBC, DHL, Intera Dent, Zen Asia Inc., Spectrum Security Services, Flour, Addict, P.S. Print, Haagen Dazs, Carepak, Campbell Alexander, Illington Global Distribution, Golden Tokyo Int’l. Entertainment Agency, C.M de Ravenna (Asia) Inc., La Flor de Isabela, CreAsia, Inc., and Starmaker.
"All in all, we have prepared five interesting fights that we hope will entertain the boxing fans and other guests," Cantada said.