The fight that the whole world has been waiting for over the last two years or more is between pound for pound king pins Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Now we know why up until this point it has yet to happen one word Arum.
Bob Arum the top man at Top Rank Boxing has been marking comments over the week or so that seem to contradict his fighter Pacquiao wishes. Early last week after Mayweather had called out Pacquiao via Twitter, the pacman told his home paper that he was due to meet Arum and discuss his next opponent. Pacquiao stated that he wanted Mayweather and was willing to submit to drug testing as well as take less then a 50/50 split.
Arum has other ideas he has a short list of four fighters for Pacquiao’s next fight none of which are named Mayweather, none of which would come close to generating the money that would be generated by a Mayweather Pacquiao showdown. That statement does not tell the whole story.
You see Pacquiao is the biggest attraction in boxing apart from Mayweather and therefore Arum could not ‘run the show’ Arum would not either get paid ‘twice‘, as he often does because he promotes both Pacquiao and his opponent or if not the opponent is exactly that he is not a name and therefore Arum would still get paid wonderfully well.
It is arguable weather or not it would be more then he would be paid for a Mayweather v Pacquiao fight or not, but the key is Pacquiao is much more likely to beat one of Arum short list of possible opponents rather then beat Mayweather and therefore Arum would be able to repeat the trick and use his cash cow once more. The excuses that Arum and Top Rank are making are laughable, first it was Pacquiao’s eye will not heel in time to fight May 5th, there is not enough time to promote the fight (its been promoted for the last 2 years or more) and that the outdoor 40,000 seat stadium in Las Vegas we not be complete in time. It is Las Vegas if it needs to be build by May 5th it would be. Bob Arum learned fully in Pacquiao ’s last fight against Marquez that Mayweather has Pacquiao’s number and Arum does not want to kill his cash cow just yet.
Freddie Roach has always joined Arum in saying November is the best time for the fight, due to the same excuses as stated by Arum. If you think about it November is the worst time for Mayweather and the Best for Pacquiao, the reason is simple whilst Mayweather is in prison Pacquiao can stay busy and then when Mayweather gets released be the sharper of the two for a November showdown as Mayweather would be rusty and have no time for a warm up fight. Mayweather may only fight once a year but his always in the gym staying in shape and getting a certain about or sharpness. Prison would not allow that.
All hope is not quite lost as Dan Rafael reported earlier today that Mayweather spoke to Pacquiao via telephone and hopefully they can force Arum to make the fight.
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Bob Arum the top man at Top Rank Boxing has been marking comments over the week or so that seem to contradict his fighter Pacquiao wishes. Early last week after Mayweather had called out Pacquiao via Twitter, the pacman told his home paper that he was due to meet Arum and discuss his next opponent. Pacquiao stated that he wanted Mayweather and was willing to submit to drug testing as well as take less then a 50/50 split.
Arum has other ideas he has a short list of four fighters for Pacquiao’s next fight none of which are named Mayweather, none of which would come close to generating the money that would be generated by a Mayweather Pacquiao showdown. That statement does not tell the whole story.
You see Pacquiao is the biggest attraction in boxing apart from Mayweather and therefore Arum could not ‘run the show’ Arum would not either get paid ‘twice‘, as he often does because he promotes both Pacquiao and his opponent or if not the opponent is exactly that he is not a name and therefore Arum would still get paid wonderfully well.
It is arguable weather or not it would be more then he would be paid for a Mayweather v Pacquiao fight or not, but the key is Pacquiao is much more likely to beat one of Arum short list of possible opponents rather then beat Mayweather and therefore Arum would be able to repeat the trick and use his cash cow once more. The excuses that Arum and Top Rank are making are laughable, first it was Pacquiao’s eye will not heel in time to fight May 5th, there is not enough time to promote the fight (its been promoted for the last 2 years or more) and that the outdoor 40,000 seat stadium in Las Vegas we not be complete in time. It is Las Vegas if it needs to be build by May 5th it would be. Bob Arum learned fully in Pacquiao ’s last fight against Marquez that Mayweather has Pacquiao’s number and Arum does not want to kill his cash cow just yet.
Freddie Roach has always joined Arum in saying November is the best time for the fight, due to the same excuses as stated by Arum. If you think about it November is the worst time for Mayweather and the Best for Pacquiao, the reason is simple whilst Mayweather is in prison Pacquiao can stay busy and then when Mayweather gets released be the sharper of the two for a November showdown as Mayweather would be rusty and have no time for a warm up fight. Mayweather may only fight once a year but his always in the gym staying in shape and getting a certain about or sharpness. Prison would not allow that.
All hope is not quite lost as Dan Rafael reported earlier today that Mayweather spoke to Pacquiao via telephone and hopefully they can force Arum to make the fight.
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