Comments Thread For: Insider Notebook: Top Rank/Golden Boy; Pacquiao; Gomez

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By Robert Morales - Oscar De La Hoya stood on the dais inside a third-floor Mexican restaurant in East Los Angeles on Monday. De La Hoya and some of his Golden Boy Promotions cohorts were there to formally announce the signing of amateur star Frankie Gomez of East Los Angeles.

But De La Hoya was only too happy to discuss Saturday's welterweight title fight between champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium, as well as some of the Texas-size venom unleashed on Golden Boy by rival promoter Bob Arum.

Pacquiao won an easy decision. And Clottey has taken some heat for not taking more chances, but De La Hoya didn't go there.

"I actually predicted the fight going that way," De La Hoya said. "Clottey is a very difficult style, very difficult fighter to fight. I'm surprised that Pacquiao didn't knock him out because he was hitting him with a lot of shots. But Clottey's a very difficult fighter and Pacquiao did well and I'm extremely happy for him. [Click Here To Read More]

[-Rab]

No Bob Arum....... FUCK YOU!

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Men, **** Arum!!!!

[mrpain81]

Good stuff Robert.

[SceneSpectator!]

What Arum said is true.. that Clottey tried to retaliate punching but receiving more than 100 punches per round denied him from firing from his shell!

[-Rab]

So now we're going to have a feud between Golden Boy and Top Rank? This is ridiculous... Now some of the best fighters in the world won't fight each other (Not talking about just Manny and Floyd, I mean every fighter signed with each) because an old man is bickering with a money hungry mexican. God these promoters piss me the **** off.

[jameshepenstall]

Not a big fan of Golden Boy or De La Hoya but Bob Arum is a massive, pulsating, purple ****. he needs to wedge that chip off his shoulder and get on with quality boxing cards, which he seems to be losing his ability to do. The styles he suggests those boxers used against Pacquiao are (coincidentally) the same styles that got them there in the first place, great insight Bob.
BRING BACK TONY!

[scarhead]

Bob Arum is mad cause Mayweather-Mosley is going to do 3 million PPV's.

Anyone know how Pacquiao-Clottey did on PPV?

[Sugar Q]

Bob Arum is mad cause Mayweather-Mosley is going to do 3 million PPV's.

Anyone know how Pacquiao-Clottey did on PPV?

It's strange that there hasn't been an announcement about the PPV numbers. I have a feeling they did far less than they expected and don't wanna talk about it. Either way I know they didnt do a million homes so they might as well come out with it.

[MakeDamnSure]

It's strange that there hasn't been an announcement about the PPV numbers. I have a feeling they did far less than they expected and don't wanna talk about it. Either way I know they didnt do a million homes so they might as well come out with it.

It's strange that your brain is like a block head. PPV numbers are released 1-2 weeks after the fight is done.