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Arum Not Shocked By Azteca/Televisa Pact For May 2nd
By Edward Chaykovsky
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is not surprised by the unique agreement between Mexican television rivals, TV Azteca and Televisa, to simultaneously showcase the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao mega-fight on May 2nd.
Other networks - like Showtime and HBO in the United States and Sky Sports and BoxNation in the UK - fought tooth and nail over broadcast rights. Showtime (who have Mayweather ) and HBO (who have Pacquiao) will come together to stage the pay-per-view. Sky Sports outbid BoxNation to secure the rights.
In the Philippines, several of the major networks will come together under bid winner Solar Sports.
But in Mexico, the two main networks set their differences aside and reached an agreement behind closed doors.
"That was never an issue because the Mexicans are too smart for everybody and they said, 'We ain't gonna kill each other,' so they put a bid in [together]," Arum said to the Grand Rapids Press. "But this is not unprecedented. That's what they do for the World Cup, and that's what they do for the Olympics, and they say, 'Why should we kill each other, like the Americans do, competing against each other, throwing money at this thing, when we team up and we both show it?' Makes sense."
