Barely three weeks before the much-anticipated boxing event between People's Champ Manny Pacquiao and Mexican sensation Jorge Solis, Top Rank has finally laid out the complete line-up of fights in the April 15 event dubbed, Blaze of Glory.

Fil-Am Brian Viloria will fight Mexico's Edgar Sosa, ranked second by the WBC, in a 12-round fight to determine who will take the vacant WBC light flyweight championship title.

Undefeated welterweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., son of Mexican icon and former three-division world champion Julio Cesar Chavez will also be part of the undercard.

He will face Anthony Shuler of Indianapolis who is toting a 20-4-1, win-loss-draw record that includes 14 KOs. An all-Mexican matchup between reigning WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares and two-time world-champion and current number one contender Jorge 'El Travieso' Arce.

The much-awaited bouts between Mannny Pacquiao and Jorge Solis, as well the featured undercard bouts that include Brian Viloria against Sosa will be simulcast nationwide via television network GMA's strengthened network of originating stations and relay transmitters, a press release from the company said. *

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