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Why Arum doesn't like a Pacquiao-Garcia fight
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 10/22/2014 11:10 PM
Boxing promoter Bob Arum maintained that he doesn’t favor Danny Garcia as a possible opponent for Manny Pacquiao.
The Top Rank Inc. CEO explained that Garcia, the current junior welterweight king, might not even get past Chris Algieri, who is scheduled for a 12-round joust with Pacquiao.
“I don't think Danny Garcia if he fought Algieri today would have much of a chance,” Arum said in an interview with Radio Rahim. “I mean Algieri is a real great athlete.”
There have been talks of a possible match-up between Pacquiao and Garcia before the Algieri fight was set up.
“We were gonna make Pacquiao-Provodnikov, but once Algieri licked him (Provodnikov), then we figured Algieri has enough of a back story to make this fight very interesting,” he said.
Hall-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach earlier said the unbeaten Garcia will be a perfect opponent for Pacquiao once the Filipino steps down to the junior welterweight division.
The 26-year-old Garcia has a record of 29 wins with no loss, with 17 of his victories coming by knockout. He currently holds the WBC, WBA and RING light-welterweight titles.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/10...o-garcia-fight
September 12, 2014:
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, manager Al Haymon is very open to the idea of having WBC/WBA 140-pound champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17KOs) move up in weight to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2 38KOs).
"I love the Danny Garcia-Pacquiao fight for instance. We have talked to Al about it and he likes it, he's open to it. We're going towards the right direction [of making fights with Top Rank]," De La Hoya said.
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier, De La Hoya met with Top Rank on Thursday and several potential fights were discussed.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, and Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, are very interested in having the Filipino superstar face Garcia next year. Pacquiao will first defend his title against Chris Algieri on November 22 in Macau, China.
Although there is a lot of tension between Arum and Haymon, De La Hoya says that wouldn't be an issue with making the fight, because the two promoters will handle the actual negotiations.
"There is a manager at Top Rank that I'm not too fond of that works closely with Top Rank. I'm not gong to work with him, I'm going to work with Bob," De La Hoya said.
Why Arum doesn't like a Pacquiao-Garcia fight
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 10/22/2014 11:10 PM
Boxing promoter Bob Arum maintained that he doesn’t favor Danny Garcia as a possible opponent for Manny Pacquiao.
The Top Rank Inc. CEO explained that Garcia, the current junior welterweight king, might not even get past Chris Algieri, who is scheduled for a 12-round joust with Pacquiao.
“I don't think Danny Garcia if he fought Algieri today would have much of a chance,” Arum said in an interview with Radio Rahim. “I mean Algieri is a real great athlete.”
There have been talks of a possible match-up between Pacquiao and Garcia before the Algieri fight was set up.
“We were gonna make Pacquiao-Provodnikov, but once Algieri licked him (Provodnikov), then we figured Algieri has enough of a back story to make this fight very interesting,” he said.
Hall-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach earlier said the unbeaten Garcia will be a perfect opponent for Pacquiao once the Filipino steps down to the junior welterweight division.
The 26-year-old Garcia has a record of 29 wins with no loss, with 17 of his victories coming by knockout. He currently holds the WBC, WBA and RING light-welterweight titles.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/10...o-garcia-fight
September 12, 2014:
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, manager Al Haymon is very open to the idea of having WBC/WBA 140-pound champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17KOs) move up in weight to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2 38KOs).
"I love the Danny Garcia-Pacquiao fight for instance. We have talked to Al about it and he likes it, he's open to it. We're going towards the right direction [of making fights with Top Rank]," De La Hoya said.
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier, De La Hoya met with Top Rank on Thursday and several potential fights were discussed.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, and Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, are very interested in having the Filipino superstar face Garcia next year. Pacquiao will first defend his title against Chris Algieri on November 22 in Macau, China.
Although there is a lot of tension between Arum and Haymon, De La Hoya says that wouldn't be an issue with making the fight, because the two promoters will handle the actual negotiations.
"There is a manager at Top Rank that I'm not too fond of that works closely with Top Rank. I'm not gong to work with him, I'm going to work with Bob," De La Hoya said.
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