It has been tradition that “appetizers” are served before the main course or meal. In boxing, same principle is applied and under card fights are prepared before unveiling the main event to give the people a good show.

In the upcoming Light Welter Weight title match of the reigning pound-for-pound king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and the Light Welter Weight Champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton on May 2, 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a total of 10 under card matches will be ventured before the main event will commence. Under card matches are the following:

Note: The arrangement is not certain.

1. England’s Joe Murray (1-0) versus Missael Nunez (4-7-2) of Los Angeles will be facing in a four-round featherweight fight.

2. Omar Chavez (14-0-1, 10 KOs) will be matched against Tyler Ziolowski (11-6, 6 KOs) in a four-round junior welterweight bout.

3. Bernabe Concepcion (28-1-1, 17 KOs) will be facing Columbia’s Yogli Herrera (21-8, 15 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight tussle.

4. Rising star Abner Mares (17-0, 10 KOs) of Montebello, California, will figure in a bantamweight bout with Jonathan Perez (14-5, 11 KOs) of Colombia.

5. Undefeated Mike Alvarado (25-0, 18 KOs) of Denver, Colorado, will fight a 10-round junior welterweight bout versus Joaquin Gallardo (18-7-1, 5 KOs) of Oakland, California.

6. Matthew Hatton (35-4-1, 13 KOs), Ricky’s brother, will face Tijuana, Mexico-based Ernesto Zepeda (39-11-4, 34 KOs) in an eight-round affair.

7. Cuba’s Erislandy Lara (4-0, 3 KOs) will be fighting against Chris Gray (11-7, 1 KO).

8. Matt Korobov (4-0, 4 KOs) of Russia takes it on against Rodrigo Aguiar (5-4, 3 KOs).

9. Brooklyn-based middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (15-0, 14 KOs) and Chicago’s Michael Walker (19-1-2, 12 KOs) will slug it out in an eight-round bout.

10. WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto (48-3-2, 35 KOs) of Mexico will defend his title against Canada’s Benoit Gaudet (20-1, 7 KOs) in the co-main event.

After these events, finally the main event will commence. It will be sure a long wait but it is all worth it because the fights before the main bout will be showcasing the future of today’s world boxing realm.