8th boxing title forPacquiao excites Arum

[pasawayako]

The prospects of Manny
Pacquiao winning an eighth
world title in as many weight
classes is making Bob Arum
forget about Floyd Mayweather,
Jr.
As the ultimatum issued by Arum
for Mayweather to make a
decision nears, the Hall of Fame
promoter is readying a couple of
attractive alternatives for
Pacquiao, who is likewise excited
to win an unprecedented eighth
world crown.
Pacquiao is widely recognized as
a seven-division world
champion and even if a fight
with Mayweather does not
materialize this year, the Filipino
can still look forward to a
historic night.
“If Manny fights Miguel Cotto, it
could be in a Middle Eastern
country and if it ’s Antonio
Margarito, it could be in a
20,000-seat arena in Monterrey,”
said Arum on Wednesday from
Las Vegas, where he has been
keenly awaiting word from
Mayweather to issue a statement
regarding a proposed
November 13 showdown with
Pacquiao.
Cotto of Puerto Rico holds the
WBO super-welterweight crown
and if Pacquiao clashes with
Margarito, it would be for the
vacant WBC version of the 154-lb
throne.
Pacquiao has won world titles at
flyweight, super-bantam,
feather, superrfeather,
lightweight, junior-welter and
welterweight, a feat not even the
legendary Sugar Ray Leonard
has achieved, winning just five.
“My meeting with
representatives from that Middle
Eastern country went very well, ”
said Arum.
Arum is giving Mayweather until
the end of this week to make a
decision.
Meanwhile, Arum said super-
flyweight Nonito Donaire, the
lone Filipino who won over the
weekend in Puerto Rico, will be
showcased in a big promotion
versus world bantam king
Fernando Montiel of Mexico in
November.
“It won’t be in the undercard of
a Pacquiao fight,” said Arum,
who boasts that everything is
green and go for such a
matchup unless Montiel loses this
weekend.
Montiel is meeting Rafael
Concepcion of Panama this
Saturday in Mexico City.
If Montiel survives Concepcion
— which ringsiders believe he
will — Donaire will be next in
line.

[The Big Dunn]

The prospects of Manny
Pacquiao winning an eighth
world title in as many weight
classes is making Bob Arum
forget about Floyd Mayweather,
Jr.
As the ultimatum issued by Arum
for Mayweather to make a
decision nears, the Hall of Fame
promoter is readying a couple of
attractive alternatives for
Pacquiao, who is likewise excited
to win an unprecedented eighth
world crown.
Pacquiao is widely recognized as
a seven-division world
champion and even if a fight
with Mayweather does not
materialize this year, the Filipino
can still look forward to a
historic night.
“If Manny fights Miguel Cotto, it
could be in a Middle Eastern
country and if it ’s Antonio
Margarito, it could be in a
20,000-seat arena in Monterrey,”
said Arum on Wednesday from
Las Vegas, where he has been
keenly awaiting word from
Mayweather to issue a statement
regarding a proposed
November 13 showdown with
Pacquiao.
Cotto of Puerto Rico holds the
WBO super-welterweight crown
and if Pacquiao clashes with
Margarito, it would be for the
vacant WBC version of the 154-lb
throne.
Pacquiao has won world titles at
flyweight, super-bantam,
feather, superrfeather,
lightweight, junior-welter and
welterweight, a feat not even the
legendary Sugar Ray Leonard
has achieved, winning just five.
“My meeting with
representatives from that Middle
Eastern country went very well, ”
said Arum.
Arum is giving Mayweather until
the end of this week to make a
decision.
Meanwhile, Arum said super-
flyweight Nonito Donaire, the
lone Filipino who won over the
weekend in Puerto Rico, will be
showcased in a big promotion
versus world bantam king
Fernando Montiel of Mexico in
November.
“It won’t be in the undercard of
a Pacquiao fight,” said Arum,
who boasts that everything is
green and go for such a
matchup unless Montiel loses this
weekend.
Montiel is meeting Rafael
Concepcion of Panama this
Saturday in Mexico City.
If Montiel survives Concepcion
— which ringsiders believe he
will — Donaire will be next in
line.

of course it does. Bob doesn't want manny fighting floyd even though manny wnats to fight. so he sells him on the 8th title.

[Shattered Jaw]

Pacquiao versus Margarito is a good fight for WBC at 154. The Cotto rematch would be a joke for Pac.

Obviously I still want to see the Mayweather fight but I'd also like to see Pac move up to around 150-152 and challenge Martinez at his full 160lb weight. That would be an incredible fight.