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Chris Algieri, of Long Island, has offer to fight Manny Pacquiao in China in November
It's a huge opportunity for the local fighter who came up in club shows and cutting his teeth at the Paramout Theatre in Huntington. The offer is for seven figures on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Bob Arum of Top Rank has made a formal offer to Long Island's Chris Algieri to face Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 22 in Macao, China, continuing a string of incredible good fortune for the Huntington native, the Daily News has learned. Arum and Algieri's promoter, Joe DeGuardia said an agreement could be reached in the coming days.
"We have a Pacquiao offer on the table and we are negotiating that actually as we speak," DeGuardia said in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. "And I expect that we're going to have a resolution within the next day or two."
DeGuardia declined to go into details on the deal but said it's a seven-figure offer to Algieri, who would be rising in weight to challenge Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight belt. The bout will be shown on HBO Pay-Per-View at the Venetian Casino, where Pacquiao fought Brandon Rios last year.
Arum expects to talk to DeGuardia again Wednesday and said that Artie Pelullo, who has options on Algieri, is traveling to Arum's home in Los Angeles, where Arum is on the mend from knee replacement surgery, to help finalize the deal.
"I hope we'll be able to get Joe on the phone and we'll be able to button this up," Arum said in a phone interview. "We're talking serious now with the idea of making the fight. It's not [BULL]. Now, whether it gets made or not I don't know."
Arum wouldn't say if Algieri (20-0, eight knockouts) is the only fighter he's made an offer to face Pacquiao. DeGuardia wouldn't say, either. "But I can tell you the fight is there for Chris," the Bronx-based promoter said. "The fight is there for Chris."
A fight with Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 knockouts) would be an incredible windfall for Algieri, who's gone from performing in club shows and cutting his teeth at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington to now the top candidate to face Pacquaio. He was impressive in upsetting former WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov June 14 at Barclays Center, boxing with his right eye completely shut for most of the bout.
"It's the best possible fight out there for Chris," DeGuardia said. "He did great in the Ruslan fight and he did great there but fighting Pacquiao puts him on a completely different level and a win against Pacquiao makes him a star, a legitimate and true star."
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It's a huge opportunity for the local fighter who came up in club shows and cutting his teeth at the Paramout Theatre in Huntington. The offer is for seven figures on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Bob Arum of Top Rank has made a formal offer to Long Island's Chris Algieri to face Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 22 in Macao, China, continuing a string of incredible good fortune for the Huntington native, the Daily News has learned. Arum and Algieri's promoter, Joe DeGuardia said an agreement could be reached in the coming days.
"We have a Pacquiao offer on the table and we are negotiating that actually as we speak," DeGuardia said in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. "And I expect that we're going to have a resolution within the next day or two."
DeGuardia declined to go into details on the deal but said it's a seven-figure offer to Algieri, who would be rising in weight to challenge Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight belt. The bout will be shown on HBO Pay-Per-View at the Venetian Casino, where Pacquiao fought Brandon Rios last year.
Arum expects to talk to DeGuardia again Wednesday and said that Artie Pelullo, who has options on Algieri, is traveling to Arum's home in Los Angeles, where Arum is on the mend from knee replacement surgery, to help finalize the deal.
"I hope we'll be able to get Joe on the phone and we'll be able to button this up," Arum said in a phone interview. "We're talking serious now with the idea of making the fight. It's not [BULL]. Now, whether it gets made or not I don't know."
Arum wouldn't say if Algieri (20-0, eight knockouts) is the only fighter he's made an offer to face Pacquiao. DeGuardia wouldn't say, either. "But I can tell you the fight is there for Chris," the Bronx-based promoter said. "The fight is there for Chris."
A fight with Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 knockouts) would be an incredible windfall for Algieri, who's gone from performing in club shows and cutting his teeth at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington to now the top candidate to face Pacquaio. He was impressive in upsetting former WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov June 14 at Barclays Center, boxing with his right eye completely shut for most of the bout.
"It's the best possible fight out there for Chris," DeGuardia said. "He did great in the Ruslan fight and he did great there but fighting Pacquiao puts him on a completely different level and a win against Pacquiao makes him a star, a legitimate and true star."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/mo...#ixzz36v32r3Wr
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