Arum cites reasons on Pacquiao vs Cotto over Mosley

Top Rank Promotions chief Bob Arum thinks it’s much more practical for Manny Pacquiao to pick Miguel Cotto over Shane Mosley. And here is why. “Manny Pacquiao has saw for himself how immensely popular Miguel Cotto is,” said Arum in an interview over dzSR’s Sports Chat with Dennis Principe. “Miguel has always done extremely well on pay per view… Cotto brings more to the table than Mosley,” he added. Arum said that just like Filipinos, there are many Puerto Ricans in the US, all of whom will be rooting for their champion. This, he said, is Cotto’s edge over Mosley. “Miguel brings millions of Puerto Rican fans... those people will be coming for the fight and buy pay per view,” said Arum, who promoted some of boxing’s most historical matches. Arum added that Cotto is more likely to agree to a smaller split compared to Mosley, who has offered a 40-60 revenue share favoring Pacquiao just to get the Filipino to fight him. “Cotto has a smaller split than Mosley and Manny can just fight one fighter at a time. Down the road to next year there can always be a Mosley and Mayweather Jr.,” said the Top Rank chief. Mosley earlier accused Arum of blocking his way to prevent Pacquiao from fighting him. “Bob Arum is being the puppet master putting this together, but Manny will make more money fighting me,” said Mosley.