bob arum is enthusiastic about a possible 5th fight between pacquiao and marquez. arum said that pacquiao-marquez 5 is now the biggest fight in boxing, bigger than pacquiao–mayweather. arum is well pleased with the ppv that pacquiao-marquez 4 produced and said the original timetable for pacquiao’s next fight of april 20 is now off the table because of the nature of pacquiao’s devastating one punch ko at the hands of marquez adding that because of the magnitude of the match a considerable amount of time would have to be given to the promotion of the fight. arum said pacquiao and marquez can do the fight somewhere else outside vegas, and that’s at the dallas cowboys stadium.
freddie roach also agreed to have a rematch and said it should be held as soon as possible. pacquiaos performance in his fourth fight with marquez is proof that the pacquiao still has got what it takes to continue fighting.
asked if he will attend pacquiao’s birthday bash on December 17, roach said he couldn’t because of the many things he had neglected as he was concentrating on pacquiao’s training at the wild card gym.
your thoughts?
WHo said anything about HBO being a part of it.
If JMM has been saying for year that he wants a fight in mexico city then now is the time for one, I think HBO's decision doesn't matter at this point. The fight will happen with or without HBO. Certainly the fight can be seen for free in mexican television and I don't even know hat your talking about HBO for. They (HBO) haven't even said a word on it. Eitherway, I have seen major events aired from Mexico. (kirkland v Angulo) It will happen.
The fight has to be on something other than mexican TV dude.
well its up to marquez, he calls the shots this time. i hope he tells bob arum to go fcuk himself. but then again i wouldnt mind watching that fight again. i suppose we are going to keep going round in circles until we get to pac marquez 17.
but what happens if pac wins a 5th fight, marquez will want a 6th fight! and so on. they should just call it a draw and move on.
it cost too much to bring the HD trucks and equipment to mexico and back. it cuts into HBO's profit. that said it would be great in azteca.
WHo said anything about HBO being a part of it.
If JMM has been saying for year that he wants a fight in mexico city then now is the time for one, I think HBO's decision doesn't matter at this point. The fight will happen with or without HBO. Certainly the fight can be seen for free in mexican television and I don't even know hat your talking about HBO for. They (HBO) haven't even said a word on it. Eitherway, I have seen major events aired from Mexico. (kirkland v Angulo) It will happen.
Marquez will make it happen in mexico , just watch.
it cost too much to bring the HD trucks and equipment to mexico and back. it cuts into HBO's profit. that said it would be great in azteca.
cost too much to do in Mexico. I'll guess Cowboys stadium and Marquez, who made $3 mil plus ppv probably gets a flat $12-15 mil.
Marquez will make it happen in mexico , just watch.
Money split: Marquez 65%
Location: Mexico
Testing: Full Random Blood and Urine testing
Weight Stipulations: Manny can't come in above 144lbs or suffer severe fines
make it happen.
cost too much to do in Mexico. I'll guess Cowboys stadium and Marquez, who made $3 mil plus ppv probably gets a flat $12-15 mil.
I think Manny can come back and do the same thing to Marquez.
There is no way in hell a great champion like Pacquiao is gonna retire on a lost like that.
He will fight that 5th fight.
Yeah he definitely won't retire. But he won't be the same after that KO.
Money split: Marquez 65%
Location: Mexico
Testing: Full Random Blood and Urine testing
Weight Stipulations: Manny can't come in above 144lbs or suffer severe fines
make it happen.
Im cool with that, but i'd want in Mexico tho
A mega fight will never happen in Mexico.
The media doesn't even come close to showing how sh1tty it is down there with the government struggling to control the various cartels.
FWIW I live in South Texas and I was just talking to a friend of mine, who said they paid those cartels 2-3K ransom for a relative, only for those guys to take the money and send there relative back, chopped up and in a barrel.
Those dudes down there are bout that life bro....and you definitely don't wanna go down there.
Useless unless Pac gets another fight in before that. He's on 2 losses now... how about you give Pac a breather against Rios?
That's the style Pac needs
I'd watch...but not buy!!!..I mean when you're asleep on the canvas for that long..it effects you not only physically, but mentally..Pac should fight someone else..he needs a small break, then a tune up...
What were the PPV numbers for the 4th fight???
At this point, PPV numbers doesn't mean shit anymore, since everybody here and their mothers know that all these PPV number interest and battle all started with FLoyd vs Pac negotiations. Now that Pac lost, the megafight between Floyd and Pac is no more, and the new megafight is now Pac vs Marquez 5.
Arum has a death wish for Pacquiao. His fans do too. SMH @ those who think he's just gonna bounce back good as ever going forward. That chin is permanently cracked.
I think Manny can come back and do the same thing to Marquez.
There is no way in hell a great champion like Pacquiao is gonna retire on a lost like that.
He will fight that 5th fight.
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