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A genuinely optimistic promoter Bob Arum said said on Friday night that he is "convinced" that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have the same ambition concerning their next fight.
If Manny Pacquiao, a decided underdog according to the bookmakers, can come up with a fight strategy as clever as his plan to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. to sign the bout contract, then chances are the Pinoy Idol will shock the world in this so called super bout.
Promoter Bob Arum invited investors from Falcoln Hawk Entertainment, a group which includes 83 year old Joseph Jackson (father of the musical family), to his palatial home in Las Vegas last Monday to discuss the Mayweather-Pacquiao Super Bout.
This tension-filled Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto Revenge Rematch isn't exactly Robert Garcia's first rodeo.
Conbtrary to repeated assertions and allegations that his promotional ego is out of control and that he's blocking the path to making the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao super fight, Bob Arum said Tuesday that he and his Top Rank company will only play "a functionary role" if the two fighters select any one of three investor group offers.
They may be grasping at straws but Mexican veteran Antonio Margarito and members of his camp are putting a lot of emphasis on some words said by Saturday night Madison Square Garden rematch foe Miguel Cotto.
He was as good as a heavyweight fighter can be without being great. That's one of the things I will always remember about ex-convict Ron Lyle, who died in Denver on Saturday at age 70. Of course, we should all recall how he gave the iconic Muhammad Ali fits before "The Greatest" stopped him in the 11th round in Las Vegas in 1975.
WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. offers no joy for fight fans who still desperately want to see the undefeated boxer cross gloves with Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao, the WBO welterweight king. During a recent interview, a direct question was asked by writer Kevin Davis of boxingsocialist.com, as to what Mayweather would do if Pacquiao pushed his promoter, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, to initiate the negotiations process.
SANTO DOMINGO--Joan Guzman had a "secret weapon" in his corner on Friday night at the Jaragua Hotel when he demolished Colombian tough guy Florencio "Chombo" Castellano with a textbook uppercut to the chin in the first round of a scheduled 12 round IBF Caribbean welterweight title bout.
Joan Guzman, whose has "lost" fights on the scales but never in the pro boxing ring, has just sent a weighty message to the entire junior welterweight division.