Pacquiao-Mosley telecast available online

For those who won't be home but want to watch Saturday's Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley welterweight title fight, there's good news.

Top Rank, which is promoting the fight at the MGM Grand Garden, is making the pay-per-view telecast available online for the first time. The streaming video will be available on computers, phones and iPads for $54.95, the same price as the PPV at home.

"We can reach consumers in a modern media way," Top Rank president Todd duBoef said. "In today's modern world, people are used to accepting a digital platform. This will appeal to a younger audience and for people who are in transit and don't have a cable box."

DuBoef said the cybercast isn't intended to replace the traditional pay-per-view buys in homes.

"I don't know that it changes the dynamics of pay per view as much as it augments it," he said. "We've got 80 million homes to sell the fight to, so I don't see the cybercast as a substitute. What it does is it gives us more platforms to allow people who want to watch the fight the opportunity to do so. If you're on a plane, you normally wouldn't be able to see the fight. Now, you'll be able to."

DuBoef didn't want to guess how the cybercast will sell.

"All I know is we've been sold out (in the MGM) for three weeks, our closed-circuit advance sales have been phenomenal, and we've had great presale on the pay-per-view orders," he said. "I'd like to think we'll do well online the first time it's being offered."

Saturday's prime-time showing of the third installment of "Fight Club 360" on CBS figures to give a big boost to the pay-per-view and cybercast purchases this week. To order the fight online, go to toprank.com, cbs.com, showtimesports.com, cox.com or yahoo.com and click on the pay-per-view link on the home page.

■ JESSE MAGDALENO FIGHTS FRIDAY -- Las Vegas featherweight Jesse Magdaleno has joined his older brother Diego on the Top Rank card Friday at Mandalay Bay's South Pacific Ballroom. Jesse Magdaleno (3-0, two knockouts) will face Jonathan Alcantara (4-3-2) in a six-round bout, Magdaleno's first attempt beyond four rounds.

Diego Magdaleno (18-0, six KOs), the reigning NABF super featherweight champion, will defend his belt against Gilberto Sanchez Leon in the 10-round main event.

Also on the card will be former Notre Dame light heavyweight Mike Lee, Las Vegas super lightweight Anthony Lenk and featherweight Bernabe Concepcion, who will fight in the eight-round co-main event against Juan Carlos Martinez. Pacquiao has indicated he will be at the card to support Concepcion, who is from the Philippines.

■ VASQUEZ-ARCE OFFICIALS -- The Nevada Athletic Commission has selected Hall of Fame referee Joe Cortez to work Saturday's WBO world junior featherweight title fight between champion Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. and Jorge Arce at the MGM Grand Garden. The judges will be Robert Hoyle of Las Vegas, Burt Clements of Reno and Gary Merritt of Indiana.

The fight is part of the Pacquiao-Mosley undercard.

■ PRIMM CARD -- Golden Boy Promotions has set the majority of the lineup for its May 13 card at Star of the Desert Arena in Primm. Las Vegas lightweight Sharif Bogere (19-0, 12 KOs) will face Raymundo Beltran (24-4, 16 KOs) for the vacant NABO title in the 10-round main event.

Also on the card will be heavyweight Seth Mitchell (21-0-1, 15 KOs), who will meet Evans Quinn (20-5-1, 18 KOs) in a 10-round bout, and featherweight Gary Russell Jr. (15-0, nine KOs), who will meet Dat Nguyen (17-1, nine KOs) in an eight-round bout.

■ BWAA DINNER -- Tickets are available for the 86th annual Boxing Writers Association of America awards dinner Friday at the MGM. Among the awards to be handed out are Fighter of the Year (middleweight Sergio Martinez), Trainer of the Year (Freddie Roach) and Fight of the Year (the Dec. 11 junior welterweight title bout between Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana).

Tickets are $200 per person and must be purchased by Tuesday. For more information and to order tickets, go to bwaa.org.

Contact reporter Steve Carp at scarp@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2913. Follow him on Twitter: @stevecarprj.