
Arum: Mayweather Won't Pay Canelo The Money He Wants
THE lawyer of Manny Pacquiao sees a bright side to the decision of Judge Melissa Saragosa in delaying the implementation of Floyd Mayweather’s 90-day jail sentence from Jan. 6 to June 1.

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THE lawyer of Manny Pacquiao sees a bright side to the decision of Judge Melissa Saragosa in delaying the implementation of Floyd Mayweather’s 90-day jail sentence from Jan. 6 to June 1.

We have been pointing out that the WBC International flyweight title fight between Filipino Roilo Golez and former world champion and No. 2 ranked Edgar Sosa who was defending his International title in Mexico was an obvious mismatch. But apparently the Games and Amusements Board and its officials didn’t think so.

Harvard law graduate and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has described the judge’s ruling, which allowed Floyd Mayweather Jr. to postpone serving his 90 day prison term from January 6 to June 1 to allow him to comply with a May 5th fight date as “the most bizarre thing I’ve ever heard.”

Sports Illustrated “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia says both he and WBO super bantamweight title contender Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire need to be worried about former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr whom Donaire fights for the vacant 122 pound title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on February 4.

American Rick Stahaley, the trainer who guided Manny Pacquiao to his first WBC world flyweight title in December 1998 believes that Pacquiao will choose WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson as his next opponent.

Exciting 22 year old Weng “Capt. Barbell” Haya, fresh from a gallant showing against WBO featherweight champion Orlando “Siri” Salido of Mexico last December 17 battles equally tough Jose "The Bomber" Ocampo for the WBO Asia Pacific junior lightweight title at the Hoops Dome in Lapu Lapu City on February 4.

Marroso told BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard “We have provided Mayweather with results of drug tests ordered by the athletic commissions with jurisdiction over Mr. Pacquiao's fights. Every test is absolutely clean. There is no presence of any banned substance whatsoever.”

Eager to get rid of his ring rust after a 20 month layoff, former WBO super flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona will battle lanky Carlos “Skinny” Fulgencio of the Dominican Republic at the air-conditioned Hoops Dome in Lapu Lapu City on February 4.

Revenge is on the mind of pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao’s longtime sparring partner Raymundo Beltran when he battles undefeated Luis Ramos Jr in a ten round North American Boxing Association, USA lightweight title fight at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California on January 6.

World Boxing Council President Don Jose Sulaiman has announced that the WBC will try to convince all female professional boxers in the world to have mammograms done so that breast cancer can be prevented in accordance with the periods of time advised by physicians.