Comments Thread For: Arum Says HBO Was Sour on Pacquiao vs. Khan For PPV

[North Star]

If not Khan, than Brook would have been a good match up. Have Crawford on the undercard and match him up with the winner later in the year.

[bigdunny1]

Don't buy this at all. A complete lie until HBO comes out and says it. Rather Arum just say we picked Bradley or Manny picked Bradley and leave it at that instead of this horse crap excuse.

[Deevel916]

I call B.S. There would have been more interests for a Pac/Khan fight than for this unnecessary trilogy that nobody wants.

I'm sure that since its an in-house fight, Arum enticed Pac with more money just to take it. Arum still comes off like a fat rat. More so than a fight vs Khan.

[bigdunny1]

Anybody who gives this bogus excuse the time of day is just a fool. This has nothing to do with HBO. Arum wanted to keep this fight in house so he makes more money and has control of the winner no matter what the only real option for pacman was Crawford or Bradley. Manny wanted nothing to do with Crawford because a young undefeated fast top 10 p4p fighter was a major risk to beat him. So he was left with having to fight Bradley again and Bob had to give him a large advance to finally agree. This fight is a combination of Manny wanting a easier fight and arum having limited in house options for Manny to choose from. Nothing to do with HBO, Bob's lying.

[Deevel916]

Sucks that it's a fight that I have zero interest in seeing AGAIN. Good that I won't be paying for it and will wait till the following week to catch the replay for FREE.

[mathed]

Anybody who gives this bogus excuse the time of day is just a fool. This has nothing to do with HBO. Arum wanted to keep this fight in house so he makes more money and has control of the winner no matter what the only real option for pacman was Crawford or Bradley. Manny wanted nothing to do with Crawford because a young undefeated fast top 10 p4p fighter was a major risk to beat him. So he was left with having to fight Bradley again and Bob had to give him a large advance to finally agree. This fight is a combination of Manny wanting a easier fight and arum having limited in house options for Manny to choose from. Nothing to do with HBO, Bob's lying.

Do you think this is the first time Pac has received an advance before a fight?

[DblLFThooK]

people do buisness with people they like. Khan is not one of them. And unfortunatley he is not talented or marketable enough to look pass the personal differences in the favor of a large payday for all involved. Having said that broner falls in the same catagory in bob's eyes. Bradley is the safe financial choice. If it is the right choice? Who knows.

[bigdunny1]

Do you think this is the first time Pac has received an advance before a fight?

Nope. Arum has giving him advance money in the past to ignore a bad fight or to reup and extend his contract a few more years.

[SteveM]

If not Khan, than Brook would have been a good match up. Have Crawford on the undercard and match him up with the winner later in the year.

As much as I think Brook is a good boxer, he is even less known in the USA than Khan. That's why he never even made the list.

[hayZ]

Bull**** imo. Khan is a bigger name than Bradley everywhere but Tim's neighbourhood.