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Manny Pacquiao needs to ditch Bob Arum
By Stacey Taylor:Over the last several years, Floyd Mayweather Jr has gained a reputation of avoiding dangerous fighters in pursuit of the fights that make more sense financially. In the lighter divisions, Mayweather fought and beat the best. He defeated the late Diego Corrales at super-featherweight and Jose Luis Castillo at lightweight (twice).
As Mayweather moved up in weight he opted to fight more popular fighters, rather than more worthy opponents. Arturo Gatti, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, all had a massive followings that would have filled any arena. Mayweather chose to fight the aforementioned while ignoring the legitimate challengers in his own division like Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
The fighters himself is all too aware of this perception and it sits easy with him as he watches his bank balance grow, and who can blame him.
Then we have Many Pacquiao, the people’s champion, a fighter fighting for a nation who projects the impression he would fight anyone. Up to this point, no-one has really questioned the Filipinos resume, after all, he defeated the Mexican trio of Barrera, Morales, and Marquez, names already cemented into the sports history.
However if you look a little deeper you will discover Pacquiao also fought Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, furthermore he fought both after Mayweather, so if they were damaged goods when Mayweather shared a ring with them they have been in further decline when Pacquiao faced them.
Then we dissect Pacquiao’s record further to discover it’s becoming more frequent him sharing a ring with fighters promoted by Top Rank and Bob Arum, who also promotes Pacquiao.
Now as the world awaits a Pacquiao – Mayweather showdown Bob Arum has been pointing his radar towards Mexican Antonio Margarito, and yes, you guessed another Arum fighter. Margarito has been inactive for over a year due to his year-long suspension from the sport. In his last bout before his suspension he succumbs to the pressure of Shane Mosley and was stopped in the ninth round. So where is the sense in matching Pacquiao with Margarito.
In truth, there is only one welterweight fight we all want to see and that’s Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It’s my belief the Filipino’s promoter does not want to gamble his main asset on a Mayweather bout, and would rather serve his own best interest by putting the Filipino in the ring with yet another Top Rank fighter. Pacquiao vs. Clottey we had the Cowboys stadium as a smokescreen, it was the event we all looked forward to and not the fight, and for good reason as the fight played out the way we all knew it would. Arum stood on the podium at the Cowboy’s stadium and told us boxing was entering a new era, and it would be he who dawned the era of big-time boxing taking place in football stadiums. How’s about dawning a new era of getting the fights made we all want to see.
A Pacquiao fight is good for Mayweather and will provide the American with the perfect platform to silence the critics, or at least some. Mayweather will always have detractors, it comes as part of the deal when you posses a talent and are as outspoken and confident as he.
A Mayweather fight is good for Pacquiao as if victorious he will surely harden his already cemented legacy. There would be no doubt whose head the pound for pound crown sat atop if Pacquiao was to defeat Mayweather.
Together Pacquiao-Mayweather they spell disaster to Bob Arum who could see his main earner plummet in worth were he to lose.
Manny Pacquiao needs to ditch Bob Arum
By Stacey Taylor:Over the last several years, Floyd Mayweather Jr has gained a reputation of avoiding dangerous fighters in pursuit of the fights that make more sense financially. In the lighter divisions, Mayweather fought and beat the best. He defeated the late Diego Corrales at super-featherweight and Jose Luis Castillo at lightweight (twice).
As Mayweather moved up in weight he opted to fight more popular fighters, rather than more worthy opponents. Arturo Gatti, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, all had a massive followings that would have filled any arena. Mayweather chose to fight the aforementioned while ignoring the legitimate challengers in his own division like Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
The fighters himself is all too aware of this perception and it sits easy with him as he watches his bank balance grow, and who can blame him.
Then we have Many Pacquiao, the people’s champion, a fighter fighting for a nation who projects the impression he would fight anyone. Up to this point, no-one has really questioned the Filipinos resume, after all, he defeated the Mexican trio of Barrera, Morales, and Marquez, names already cemented into the sports history.
However if you look a little deeper you will discover Pacquiao also fought Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, furthermore he fought both after Mayweather, so if they were damaged goods when Mayweather shared a ring with them they have been in further decline when Pacquiao faced them.
Then we dissect Pacquiao’s record further to discover it’s becoming more frequent him sharing a ring with fighters promoted by Top Rank and Bob Arum, who also promotes Pacquiao.
Now as the world awaits a Pacquiao – Mayweather showdown Bob Arum has been pointing his radar towards Mexican Antonio Margarito, and yes, you guessed another Arum fighter. Margarito has been inactive for over a year due to his year-long suspension from the sport. In his last bout before his suspension he succumbs to the pressure of Shane Mosley and was stopped in the ninth round. So where is the sense in matching Pacquiao with Margarito.
In truth, there is only one welterweight fight we all want to see and that’s Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It’s my belief the Filipino’s promoter does not want to gamble his main asset on a Mayweather bout, and would rather serve his own best interest by putting the Filipino in the ring with yet another Top Rank fighter. Pacquiao vs. Clottey we had the Cowboys stadium as a smokescreen, it was the event we all looked forward to and not the fight, and for good reason as the fight played out the way we all knew it would. Arum stood on the podium at the Cowboy’s stadium and told us boxing was entering a new era, and it would be he who dawned the era of big-time boxing taking place in football stadiums. How’s about dawning a new era of getting the fights made we all want to see.
A Pacquiao fight is good for Mayweather and will provide the American with the perfect platform to silence the critics, or at least some. Mayweather will always have detractors, it comes as part of the deal when you posses a talent and are as outspoken and confident as he.
A Mayweather fight is good for Pacquiao as if victorious he will surely harden his already cemented legacy. There would be no doubt whose head the pound for pound crown sat atop if Pacquiao was to defeat Mayweather.
Together Pacquiao-Mayweather they spell disaster to Bob Arum who could see his main earner plummet in worth were he to lose.
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