Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito HBO 24/7 Debuts Saturday

According to a press release from my groovy HBO executive producer buddies, 24/7 Pacquiao/Margarito debuts this Saturday with the first of four episodes leading to the super mega fight of Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, only on HBO PPV on November 13th.

Episode No. 1: Series Premiere

Debut:  SATURDAY, OCT. 23 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Other HBO playdates:  Oct. 23 (midnight), 24 (8:00 a.m.), 25 (7:30 p.m., 12:15 a.m.), 26 (12:30 a.m.), 27 (noon), 28 (4:00 p.m.), 29 (9:30 p.m., 2:45 a.m.) and 30 (11:00 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates:  Oct. 24 (12:10 a.m.) and 26 (8:30 p.m.)

HBO On Demand availability begins:  Nov. 1

Following the press tour announcing the fight, Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs), the newly elected congressman from the Philippines, opens camp in Baguio City, Philippines, while the recently reinstated Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) opens camp in Oxnard, Cal.

Episodes two and three of 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARGARITO debut on subsequent Saturdays— Oct. 30 (10:00-10:30 p.m.) and Nov. 6 (10:45-11:15 p.m.)—while the finale debuts Friday, Nov. 12 (9:30-10:00 p.m.), the night before the fight.  All four episodes will have multiple replay dates on HBO and will be available on HBO On Demand.

The executive producers of 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARGARITO are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; senior producer, Dave Harmon; producers, Jonathan Crystal and Abtin Motia; writer, Aaron Cohen.  Liev Schreiber narrates.

I personally never miss a 24/7 episode, but unfortunately, I will be at UFC 121 Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez this night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, but you can best believe as soon as I get back home, the first thing I will do is watch the midnight replay of 24/7 Pacquiao/Margarito Episode No. 1.

I wonder which will be more dramatic: UFC 121 or 24/7 Pacquiao/Margarito Episode No. 1?

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