Arum: Pacquiao fights for the Casual boxing fans...

[PrinceCharlez]

The ones that have no clue about boxing...Pacquiao fights for the casual fans, the ones who cant name all the fighters. THey can only name the fighters Manny is up against...smh


I wonder what we call those casual fans?

[Las Vegas,]

I'll take *******s for 500 OP.

[ThePunchingBag]

Pacquiao can please both hardcore and casuals by fighting Marquez or Mayweather.

Arum is a sack of ****

[treason1]

hes trying to run a buisness !!!!! what do you expect !!!! i hope manny leaves him because at this point manny doesnt need him

[ThePrince]

The ones that have no clue about boxing...Pacquiao fights for the casual fans, the ones who cant name all the fighters. THey can only name the fighters Manny is up against...smh


I wonder what we call those casual fans?

Arum and HBO call them 'money in the bank'.

Seriously, Bob did a '**** you, kiss my a$$' to boxing fans and writers/followers of the sport and put on a master class of promoting and hype when he put together Pacquiao-Margarito. Most people thought it was a sham of a fight with a disgraced fighter who should've been banned for life- a guy who was destroyed, banned, fought a nobody and garnered only 12-15K PPV. Most predicted it would flop, sell much less or slightly more than the Clottey fight... and yet it did 1.2 million (and counting) buys because Arum flexed all his muscle- 24/7, 60 minutes, more mainstream exposure and turned **** into gold.

So obviously he knows he doesn't have to cater to real boxing fans, just has to put together a package that can get the most hype and exposure to the mainstream and casual fans. Mosley makes the most financial sense even though it's the worst possible pick of all the options that were out there. Marquez is second best as there's the built-in history. And obviously Berto and Martinez are unknown commodities and hard to sell to casuals, so they're out.

Boxing's a business and $ rules all. Sad but true. Arum has been around long enough to know what sells and what doesn't, it's strictly about making the most $ possible now and not giving a **** what hardcore fans and journalists think because in the grand scheme of things, their thoughts are irrelevant... Pacquiao-Margarito being exhibit A.

[tesla_power]

The ones that have no clue about boxing...Pacquiao fights for the casual fans, the ones who cant name all the fighters. THey can only name the fighters Manny is up against...smh


I wonder what we call those casual fans?

NSB's resident trolls???

[PrinceCharlez]

I'll take *******s for 500 OP.

lmao....ding ding ding...u are todays winner!

[OpaiSoma]

Theres nothing wrong with that, its smart business if you ask me.

[xcaret v3]

those casual fans are called *******s/pinoys

[Russian Crushin]

A ******* or ***** would be hardcore fans

Dam even trolling is to hard for *****s