Bob Arum Blasts De La Hoya Over Pacquiao-Cotto Blog

[WhoreUs]

It's obvious who Arum is rooting for. I bet he has nothing planned for Cotto should he beat Pacquiao. Pretty sad.

arum wants pacquiao-mayweather and cotto-margarito.

those 2 would make tons of money.

[trainhard_187]

If the fight is close, its going to Pacquiao. Thats for damn sure.

[twinchrome44s]

Ring size issue aside I think DeLaHoya was still right in his conclusion that Arum is favoring Pacquiao. There are, in his mind, bigger paydays ahead for Pac over Cotto but I think he has written Cotto off prematurely and its working to fuel Cotto's fire. Pac is a great lightweight that is moving up for money and when you chase money that way, in spite of your natural limitations, you get burned. Needless to say Cotto only extended with Arum because Arum held leverage with this fight but if he beats Pacquiao he should look to settle with Arum to break contract and go after a Mayweather payday cause he won't get it while with Arum. and he shouldn't give Arum another big payday by way of his hard work he just doesn't deserve it.

[edgarg]

Ok, so you won the battle of the ringsize comment. BUT, we all know who Arum is favoring to win the fight. 50,000 stadium to host Pac-Floyd nxt year? That sounds like a lot of money to be made for everyone. I highly doubt he's got plans to put Cotto in that stadium...

That's because he knows damned well that it would be very toughj to get Mr. "Safety First" Mayweather to agree to fight Cotto, the more so if he beats Manny P. impressively.

As a promoter of both fighters, he has to show impartiality to each, with NO favouritism.

Tpo imply otherwise is a sleazy slur.

Manny is better box office because he's always smiling, seems to give the impression that he's game to fight anyone up to heavyweight (although the Roach always makes sure to have an "edge" and the opponents are carefully selected), is suitably humble, and elicits admiration as "the little guy" going up againt a bigger guy, who only wants to give boxing fans a good show. Gives the impression he doesn't care about the money etc.etc. a very newsworthy subject.

For whatever reason, Manny P. will sell more PPV's, etc than Cotto, therefore Bob Arum, who has made both these guys multi-millionaires, as a first class business man, tries to have a forecast plan, for "down-the-road". Oscar sometimes shows signs of jealousy.

Incidentally, with Arum's "expletives", I wonder will he get a suspension from the WBC???

[LFGC79]

As long as the gloves are 8oz the ring can be a 80 feet by 80 feet.

[ShoulderRoll]

Arum was right about the ring size thing, but he needs to stop being so greedy and give us better undercards for these PPVs.

Outside of Pacquiao vs. Cotto next weekend's lineup sucks.

[Heru]

Think Oscar is a lil mad at being 0-2 against Manny? 1st Loss being not signing him....2nd loss....well we all know....

Probably, not as mad as some people make it out to be, but of course he's a little mad that this midget beat his ass in front of a lot of people.

That and he probably tells Millie how he could've beat Pacquiao if he wasn't drained.

[Corelone]

God bless DLH and uncle Bob. I'll bet on UB over 4 rounds at a catch weight.
DLH needs to step up his game and quit trying to buy made fighters.

[FLYBOY]

all promoters are jerkoffs. every single one of them.

[FLYBOY]

bob arum is making some nice loot in this fight by the way...
28% of Pacquiao's money
at least 20% of Cotto's money

Arum is making at least 10 million plus additonal revenue....