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It's pretty clear that Bob Arum is not interested what so ever in making the biggest fights possible for both his Middleweight Champion and his Welterweight Champion. Mayweather/Pacquiao would be the biggest fight in history, and Martinez/Chavez Jr would be huge in Mexico and Latin America.
Yet Bob Arum has done nothing but make excuses as to why his fighters should not fight the biggest challenge in their weight class.
We know the story with Floyd: Manny is scared of needles, Drawing blood weakens him, Mayweather wont fight in Singapore, Mayweather wants too much money, We dont like that he already picked a date and a venue (even though Bob Arum did the exact same thing for Manny in his last fight. He had a date and the MGM on hold before Shane had been picked as his opponent)
Now it seems he's doing the same thing to Sergio Martinez. His biggest excuse is "Martinez is not a PPV draw" . . . well what PPV draw has Chavez ever fought? Name one? Is Manfredo a PPV draw? Then Bob Arum goes on to say sponsors wont get behind Martinez, Martinez cant sell tickets and so on. And not just with Chavez, now there's excuses to not make a possible Pacquiao/Martinez fight. First Roach says "we'll fight him if he can make 150", Sergio publicly agrees to 150 . . . and then it's "we'll fight him if he can make 147". WTF? Segio hasnt made 147 since 2000-2001. Thats 10 years ago.
With Bob Arum prepare to see Manny vs. Bradley/Ortiz in April of 2012, and a couple of years from now Chavez Jr might be 60-0. All Bob Arum wants to do is set up hand picked opponents for his cash cows, and make sure they're both Top Rank fighters. This is horrible for boxing.
Yet Bob Arum has done nothing but make excuses as to why his fighters should not fight the biggest challenge in their weight class.
We know the story with Floyd: Manny is scared of needles, Drawing blood weakens him, Mayweather wont fight in Singapore, Mayweather wants too much money, We dont like that he already picked a date and a venue (even though Bob Arum did the exact same thing for Manny in his last fight. He had a date and the MGM on hold before Shane had been picked as his opponent)
Now it seems he's doing the same thing to Sergio Martinez. His biggest excuse is "Martinez is not a PPV draw" . . . well what PPV draw has Chavez ever fought? Name one? Is Manfredo a PPV draw? Then Bob Arum goes on to say sponsors wont get behind Martinez, Martinez cant sell tickets and so on. And not just with Chavez, now there's excuses to not make a possible Pacquiao/Martinez fight. First Roach says "we'll fight him if he can make 150", Sergio publicly agrees to 150 . . . and then it's "we'll fight him if he can make 147". WTF? Segio hasnt made 147 since 2000-2001. Thats 10 years ago.
With Bob Arum prepare to see Manny vs. Bradley/Ortiz in April of 2012, and a couple of years from now Chavez Jr might be 60-0. All Bob Arum wants to do is set up hand picked opponents for his cash cows, and make sure they're both Top Rank fighters. This is horrible for boxing.
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