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Manny Pacquiao fight shotcaller Bob Arum took a long look at Tim Bradley as the Californian retained his undefeated status against previously unbeaten Devon Alexander and liked what he saw with one glaring exception.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum rang me up to set the record straight.
While promoter Don King has been aggressive in courting Floyd Mayweather Jr., the unbeaten boxer is surrounded, at age 33, by the same people who have been in his Inner Circle for several years now and there is no indication, I mean zero signs that he will boot any of them in favor of the 79-year- old, legendary promoter. And that won't change even if Mayweather pops up at ringside at the Pontiac Silverdome on Saturday night for the heavily hyped HBO main event between Devon Alexander and Tim Bradley.
The West Virginia State Athletic Commission has contributed nothing to boxing and the board has continued its ineptitude in giving 48 year old former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield a free pass to go on with a bout in Copenhagen on March 5.
To borrow one of Muhammad Ali's most often used wisecracks, Ricardo Mayorga is not as dumb as he looks.
Showtime's reemergence as a powerful force in the biggest boxing matches on prime cable and on pay-per-view is, as I noted Saturday, a plus for the sport/business overall.
"You and Mike Tyson are flies. We are elephants. We smash flies."
Chargin Promotions rolls on with a Feb. 18 Telefutura card at San Francisco's intimate and historic Longshoreman's Hall (set up for 1,300 patrons).
Brazilian ring hero Acelino "Popo" Freitas is plotting a comeback.
Co-promoters Big Gary Shaw and Don King did not mention any specifics, gave no numbers as to ticket sales at the Pontiac Silverdome, site of the Jan. 29 highly-publicized Devon Alexander-Tim Bradley junior welterweight unification, but they did present a united front on a recent media conference call.