Top Rank, Golden Boy Discuss Pacquiao-Marquez Trilogy
By Lem Satterfield
Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, has already spoken with Top Rank President, Todd duBoef, about a possible trilogy showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. According to Schaefer, they had a good conversation, but it remains to be seen if the fight will actually happen.
"I said that I would be talking to Todd, and I have talked to Todd," said Schaefer. "But I'm not going to elaborate on what we discussed. That's all that I'm really going to say. We had a good conversation."
Pacquiao's next fight is already in motion. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has already secured the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the date of April 16. Arum plans to meet with Pacquiao in the Phillipines on December 14, and hopes to have an opponent locked in by December 19. Based on Arum's comments, Shane Mosley appears to be the leading candidate to get the fight. Andre Berto and Marquez are the other two candidates, but Mosley's name recognition has pushed him ahead of the pack.
"I mean, when you look at the general public, of those three guys, who would be the guy that would be most well-known? Easily, it's Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley's been around forever, he's beaten Oscar De La Hoya twice. So, it's Mosley. The second-most well-known of the three would be Marquez. You know? And, you know, with Marquez, there is a big drop off from Shane Mosley as far as the general public is concerned," said Arum.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
