According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the fallout from the failed negotiations between pound for pound kings Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has likely produced a showdown between Pacquiao and former IBF Welterweight champion Joshua Clottey on March 13th possibly in Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
“Josh is ecstatic about it,” Clotteys manager,Vinny Scolpino told ESPN.com. “I think we can get this done in a couple of days. He’s coming home on Monday.”
“It’s the biggest payday he ever made in his life,” Scolpino told ESPN.com. “He should be doing flips. It’s a huge opportunity.”
Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao, told Rafael on Friday night the bout would take place at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
DuBoef said he and Top Rank chairman Bob Arum would fly to Dallas on Saturday to meet with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for a tour of the facility and to finalize the deal before being Jones’ guests at the Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Saturday night.
DuBoef also said former welterweight titleholder Antonio Margarito would fight on the pay-per-view card in the co-feature if he is relicensed at a hearing later this month or in February. Margarito had his license revoked in California for attempting to load his gloves with an illegal substance before facing Shane Mosley last January. Margarito is eligible to ask for his license back after a year, although there is no guarantee he will get it.
arum possibly promoting 2 cheaters now and on the same card? thats sad for boxing.
come on..stop the nonsense. Floyd could possibly be a cheater coz i read somewhere he was using painkillers. but what's sad are so called- boxing fans believing what Mayweather sr is saying withoung proof,,that's whats sad for boxing
Margarito on the under-card of Pacman? Bob Arum the snake still promoting a proven cheater and puttin ghim right into the limelight.
Arum is slime.
arum possibly promoting 2 cheaters now and on the same card? thats sad for boxing.
this will be an emotional fight for Cotto if he fights Margarito in the undercard of Pac- Clottey. who in their sane mind would not see the Cotto-Marg 2. this will be the most emotional fight for Cotto. a dedication to his dad and a shot at redemption. I will be on Cotto's side on this one. I hope Puerto ricans support this fight
Besides that, Cotto/Margarito 2 is a PPV headliner(one of the few in the sport right now). It would not be smart for Arum to put this on the undercard. It also would do huge gate at Madison Square.
i agree.. but it would do huge gate as well in texas coz it's near mexico and texas has no tax. texas has 100K capacity stadium. that can accomodate a lot of people for Marg-cotto 2 if u ask me
bro you gotta remember cotto's father just died imho he wont be there mentally in just two months...
good point. but he can even dedicate this fight to his lost dad. how bout that? a shot at redemption and a dedication to the person who taught him boxing. sounds great right?
cotto can do it. this will be his last shot at redemption. im a fan of cotto and i hope he accepts that fight. Valero-sotto that should be explosive. Cotto-Margarito 2 is acceptable as an undercard coz they both lost their last fights and those two would bring a lot of people to the Texas stadium
bro you gotta remember cotto's father just died imho he wont be there mentally in just two months...
come on..ur a boxing fan right?Cotto-margarito 2, valero-sotto, and donaire undercard of Clottey-Pac..these are solid fights..
Real Good fights but remember you are talking about a Bob production. Name me ther last Top Rank event that has had at least 2 real good name fights. Remeber this is the guy that makes people pay to watch Pavlik fight bums, The guy who made Yuri vs Santos a title fight before Pac Cotto, The guy who wants us to believe that Margarito is innocent also.
And all that said if that is the lineup I'm going as a boxing fan.
Just like Pacquiao can take an easy blood test. Doesn't mean the will does it?
Bullshit fights all around. There is only one fight that matter and we all know what it is.
and that fight is off thanks to floyd mayweather. now let's talk about reality not some fantasy fights..this is not a mayweather thread so stop with the "only one fight matters" coz it belongs in the fantasy fights forum
cotto can do it.
Just like Pacquiao can take an easy blood test. Doesn't mean he will, does it?
Bullshit fights all around. There is only one fight that matter and we all know what it is.
Well, even though I have been a longtime Pacquiao fan, I hope if this BS fight does happen Pacquiao gets the sh*t beat out of him for not giving us the fight we want. Pacquiao is just as much to blame as Mayweathers punk ass. I hope he gets punished and never gets another big fight. He and Mayweather should both just retire. I won't be paying for this crap either......just out of principal. I'm not gonna give these a**holes my money anymore until they put on the best fight that can be made! F*CK THEM ALL!!!
come on..ur a boxing fan right?Cotto-margarito 2, valero-sotto, and donaire undercard of Clottey-Pac..these are solid fights..
i read they will setup/modify it for the fight to sit around 40k ...
if true, thats good..
margarito-cotto is an intriguing fight. plus, Margarito is a mexican trying to erase his doubtful win over cotto. and this is cotto's last shot at greatness. then how about valero and Sotto. valero can only fight in texas..that should be explosive. and main event Pac-Clottey.. if ur a boxing fan, ull be excited to see this. maybe put another Filipino in the undercard like Donaire. :boxing: Bob is not an idiot. he will try to put on a show here coz it is a great event for boxing in the world's greatest arena
Bob will try to market this..thats why he wants it in Texas..cause he knows that Vegas will be an overshadow of the PBF/Pac fight falling through...
so he wants to "change it up" to hopefully bring it more appeal..not bad on his part..but if the other poster is correct in modifying it to have a less capacity than 100,000 seats..then it should be okay...
Cotto is in no shape to fight Margarito in just 2 months from now. Also, that fight is big enough that it could be held on it's on PPV so it wouldn't make sense to have it as an undercard. Having Margarito on the undercard is smart because of the high hispanic population in Texas but it will be against a lesser opponent.
cotto can do it. this will be his last shot at redemption. im a fan of cotto and i hope he accepts that fight. Valero-sotto that should be explosive. Cotto-Margarito 2 is acceptable as an undercard coz they both lost their last fights and those two would bring a lot of people to the Texas stadium
another fight under top rank would be the potential rematch between steven luevano and bernabe concepcion, whose last fight August 15, 2009 ended up in a disqualification win by luevano. But this may be hard to do because concepcion is a wild card/roach fighter.
Worth the buy? I think so.
if those fights are made, it is absolutely worth the buy. Valero will not demand much coz it will be his first fight in the spotlight. Cotto-margarito would fight each other for free. then put in Donaire, the next pac. he would gladly fight under Pac's last fight vs Clottey
um is this the new stadium that seats 100,000....
well there goes 80,000 empty seats!
i read they will setup/modify it for the fight to sit around 40k ...
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