Comments Thread For: Bob Arum: Rios vs. Alvarado Trilogy Still Going Forward

[Nightfall]

Arum would do the same thing and do everything he can so that the fight is not cancelled.

thats if mayweather were still with toprank. i'm talking about now. arum would hold a press conference to do anything to stop mayweather from fighting.

[Thutch2412]

Gacal (Manny's lawyer) has been publicly calling for Arum to step aside since January 2014. This is what was reported by FightHype:

December 30, 2014:

FightHype.com was recently contacted by a representative of Franklin "Jeng" Gacal, long-time Filipino lawyer and Chief of Staff for Filipino Congressman Manny Pacquiao, who was looking to set up a face-to-face meeting with undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather. According to the representative, Gacal is going to be in Mayweather's hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada from December 30 to January 3, and wants to speak with him in hopes of gathering evidence to prove that it's Pacquiao's own promoter, Bob Arum, not Mayweather, preventing the mega-fight from happening.

"In Vegas from the 30th-Jan 3rd and would love a chance to sit with MM [Money Mayweather] and bring the truth back to MP [Manny Pacquiao], so MP will know it has been Koncz and Bob blocking all along," the representative wrote in a recent email sent to FightHype.com. Of course, this wouldn't be the first time that Gacal has tried to convince Pacquiao that Arum is standing in the way of him getting the fight he truly wants. Earlier this year, several months prior to Pacquiao signing a 2-year extension with Top Rank, Gacal publicly urged the Hall of Fame promoter to release the 8-division world champion from his contract to allow him to make history by fighting Mayweather.

http://www.fighthype.com/news/article18903.html

For more on Gacal's opinions, I suggest you read his interview from January 2014:

http://www.rappler.com/sports/47311-gacal-pacquiao-arum

I knew hes tried to be vocal about Bob and Manny earlier this year, but fighthype is obviously pro floyd, thats why i was wondering if the supposed "email" from gacal was legit, like i said it makes sense since floyd just recountered again in the last 72 hrs

[damned1974]

Rios/ Alvarado 3...yawn. Lukewarm and as bland as a baked potato without topping. The second fight was not great, why does it warrant a 3rd fight?