Proof Pacquiao ducked Khan, Bob Arum lied and HBO did not pass up on the fight.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

My respect for Canelo just grew, everyone ducked Khan, Pacquaio, Mayweather, Bradley but not CANELO he aint shook.

[b00g13man]

Yeah, Bob definitely lied. It's not a duck though.

[BrometheusBob.]

I don't think Arum wanted the fight either but I don't think Pacquiao was concerned about Khan.

Either way this Khan/Canelo fight is ass

[hhs661]

Top Rank ducking? You don't say

[Cuban Linx]

lol, you have a point.

We all knew Pac's last fight was going to be against an in house opponent. The excuse from Arum was just terrible though.

[Craveman]

But why would Pacquiao duck Amir Khan in his last fight. If Pacquiao gets beat, his future PPV fights won't suffer because he will retire anyway.

[Scipio2009]

Bob Arum the crook told us that the Pacquiao v Khan fight didn't happen because HBO didn't believe Khan was big enough of a name for PPV. But Khan now happens to be big enough of a name to fight Canelo Alvarez, HBO's star attraction on HBO PPV?

Canelo Alvarez calls his own shot, regardless of what anyone else wants to say about it; against the protests of everyone, Alvarez fought Erislandy Lara because that was the fight he wanted.

Unless things drastically changed since Schaefer left, Canelo Alvarez takes home 85% of the proceeds off of the US PPV, Alvarez seems to have exclusive rights to his TV deal in Mexico, and he's locked up some prime sponsorhips.

Canelo needed a marketable opponent for Cinco de Mayo weekend, access to fighters was limited (thanks HBO/Golden Boy), and Khan likely emerged as the most marketable name that was available (Khan fighting in the US for so long that I doubt that his UK profile is really all that, but he's likely sold Oscar on being this massive UK star that folks will travel for).

[trixx12]

Bob Arum is biggest liar in boxing greedy leecher.

[trixx12]

And I believe Pacquaio was misinformed by Arum he actually didn't duck, Arum was the real culprit who never want this fight.

[KnockoutKings]

Its obvious Arum wanted to keep it in house. Most promoters will do that if they can. Oscar has shown to be more willing to work with others.

Also, I thought this fight was going to be HBO PPV regardless of opponent? So of course they would accept Khan as a choice if Rosado/Monroe were the other options.