Comments Thread For: Arum: Pacquiao Will Pick His Next Opponent, Not Me

[Raonic]

He fought Algieri dude.

Algieri might not have superstar talent but he was the 140 champ and had the right to challenge for the 147 title.

[Scott9945]

Garcia will get a deal to stay with a multi million dollar fight against Pac. Provo has that cheap promoter that allows TR to manipulate the deal

Banner Promotions reps Provodnikov and they aren't on good terms with Top Rank right now and they just left HBO for Showtime.

A deal for a Pacquiao fight would probably get Mikey back, but I think too much time has passed and too much damage done. Garcia would certainly need a tune up and no doubt that Pacquiao is thinking strictly short term.

[Prime 407]

Manny should retire, he doesn't even want to fight, he's too busy playing pretend congressman.... one day he'll realize he only has that position while he fights and the people will relegate him to a bench warmer role once he's retired from the sport.

[Mike Rotch]

Enter Garcia vs Pacquiao. They will duck Khan, for sure.

[STREET CLEANER]

Banner Promotions reps Provodnikov and they aren't on good terms with Top Rank right now and they just left HBO for Showtime.

A deal for a Pacquiao fight would probably get Mikey back, but I think too much time has passed and too much damage done. Garcia would certainly need a tune up and no doubt that Pacquiao is thinking strictly short term.

Indeed he does. Mikey has been on the shelf too long. Another wasted talent entangled in a lawsuit against his promoter

[pmays]

Arum is always speaking for Manny

Let Manny speak to his fans for himself you always pick his fighters, and everything else. If he picks his next fighter then stop throwing names out there like your going to pick them then.

[BrometheusBob.]

If he makes it Manny's return fight and puts it on HBO then he doesn't have to.

IMO its all about getting fans back on your side. Floyd didn't do this with Berto when he could've.

If Bob does, kudos to him because I think fans would appreciate not having to pay for a Manny fight.

I can't tell if those kudos are sarcastic because I personally would not watch that fight free or not. I understood Pac/Rios 1 - but if there was any time Rios could have picked where he could win it was the time he picked. And still, he was shutout. I'd have absolutely no reason to think that a rematch would have any significance or chance of being competitive whatsoever. I'd feel too insulted to watch it.

But then again, I said I would probably not watch Mayweather-Berto and I ended up streaming it.

It's gonna be Vargas or Dulorme


Arum should grow a pair and put him in with Herrera.

None of these three fights are going to happen.

Who would probably beat Berto

Agreed

[game20ver]

Pacquiao should fight GGG and quit cherry picking his opponents.

[IR0NFIST]

Pacquiao is really a 135 pound fighter or 140 at this stage of his career. The fact that he's campaign at 147 to find challenges is commendable. It's like Floyd campaigning at middleweight and taking on GGG. When Dela Hoya was the PPV king of boxing, he fought everybody, even went up to middleweight to fight a prime Hopkins.

[IR0NFIST]

Pacquiao should fight GGG and quit cherry picking his opponents.

Lol Pacquiao had one fight at Jr. Middleweight at a 150 lb catchweight and he weighed in at 144 1/2 lbs. Floyd, on the other hand, was ranked #1 at Jr. Middleweight, had a couple of belts at that weight class, and had fought twice there without needing a catchweight. GGG called Floyd out on more than one occasion, but instead of taking the fight he cherry picked Berto.