Bob Arum, Jerry Jones meet to discuss bringing Pacquiao-Margarito bout to Cowboys Stadium
By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Bob Arum, Jerry Jones meet to discuss bringing Pacquiao-Margarito bout to Cowboys Stadium
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Bob Arum, Jerry Jones meet to discuss bringing Pacquiao-Margarito bout to Cowboys Stadium
By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News
Bob Arum, Jerry Jones meet to discuss bringing Pacquiao-Margarito bout to Cowboys Stadium
By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Arum - Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will be in May 2011?
Bob Arum mentioned that hed rather deal with DOn King than the Golden Boy Promotions, who is the current partner of Maywetaher in his last four fights.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Manny Pacquiao transcending boxing like Muhammad Ali says Bob Arum
By Gareth A Davies
Promoter Bob Arum believes that since Manny Pacquiao was elected as Congressman to Sarangani Province on May 10, the world champion boxer “can transform the Filipino nation, rid the country of corruption and be seen as a true leader.”
“We all know this century is going to be Asia’s century, with China, India and Malaysia on the rise, and they can go with that wave. This is an adventure far more important than landing with left and right hands in a ring,” promoter Arum told The Telegraph.
“I’m at an age that I probably won’t see this come to fruition, but I hope I do. I really see this kid who lived on the streets, who didn’t even graduate from high school, and whose learning came recently, becoming the instrument of change in his country.”
Arum told me he felt mesmerised by Pacquiao when he visited him during his election campaign. “I found out things there I couldn’t even believe, saw Manny speaking in different dialects, and although I could not understand what he was saying in his rallies, I could tell from the cadence just how he whipped up the crowd and that he is a fantastic orator. Not just good – fantastic.”
“In another era he could have been a leader. Had he come earlier he would have probably been the resistance leader against invading nations. People don’t really see that in the US in his boxing career because he’s not really confident speaking English.”
Surely it will be a shock to the system, fighting and learning to work in Congress ? “Sure. It occured to me that how will be be able to find the time, but a fighter has tremendous downtime. Manny fights twice a year, trains for a couple of months, and in between times he can study the legislation.”
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Promoter Bob Arum believes that since Manny Pacquiao was elected as Congressman to Sarangani Province on May 10, the world champion boxer “can transform the Filipino nation, rid the country of corruption and be seen as a true leader.”
“We all know this century is going to be Asia’s century, with China, India and Malaysia on the rise, and they can go with that wave. This is an adventure far more important than landing with left and right hands in a ring,” promoter Arum told The Telegraph.
“I’m at an age that I probably won’t see this come to fruition, but I hope I do. I really see this kid who lived on the streets, who didn’t even graduate from high school, and whose learning came recently, becoming the instrument of change in his country.”
Arum told me he felt mesmerised by Pacquiao when he visited him during his election campaign. “I found out things there I couldn’t even believe, saw Manny speaking in different dialects, and although I could not understand what he was saying in his rallies, I could tell from the cadence just how he whipped up the crowd and that he is a fantastic orator. Not just good – fantastic.”
“In another era he could have been a leader. Had he come earlier he would have probably been the resistance leader against invading nations. People don’t really see that in the US in his boxing career because he’s not really confident speaking English.”
Surely it will be a shock to the system, fighting and learning to work in Congress ? “Sure. It occured to me that how will be be able to find the time, but a fighter has tremendous downtime. Manny fights twice a year, trains for a couple of months, and in between times he can study the legislation.”
Read more at telegraph.co.uk
Friday, July 2, 2010
Mayweather, Pacquiao fight negotiations completed —Arum
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"It’s now up to Mayweather if he wants to fight (Manny Pacquiao)," Arum told The Bulletin in a phone interview.
Arum said that if Mayweather decides not to fight, he has no other recourse but to "look for somebody else."
It may be recalled that the negotiations for the highly publicized Mayweather-Pacquiao fight have been held almost in total secrecy as negotiators led by Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer were under gag order during the entire process.
Mayweather and Pacquiao were reportedly agreeable to a November fight date, and that the venue would be Las Vegas, Nevada.
At least two contentious issues have remained unresolved as of yesterday. These are the random drug test and fight purse issues. Arum did not say if he and Schaefer had agreed on the issues before sending the final recommendations to Mayweather for approval.
Arum announced earlier that he has lined up Miguel Cotto for a possible rematch with Pacquiao or a fight with Antonio Margarito if Mayweather declines the final proposal.
source: thenationonlineng.net
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Pacquiao relents on pre-fight tests
By Roy Luarca
MANILA, Philippines—This time, Manny Pacquiao is giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. little room to reject their proposed megabuck bout on Nov. 13.
After thumbing down Mayweather’s demand for Olympic drug testing and canceling their fight set on March 13, congressman-elect Pacquiao is now willing to deviate from his hard-line stance.
Pacquiao, intent on forging what could be boxing’s biggest showdown ever, said he is now amenable to undergo random drug and urine testing 14 days before the fight.
Originally, Pacquiao wanted the tests to be held at least 24 days before the fight, saying blood extraction procedures made him weak.
The 31-year-old Pacquiao said he felt weak when he fought and lost by unanimous decision to Erik Morales the first time they met in March 2005 as a result of the late tests.
Pacquiao went on to beat the Mexican great in their next two bouts.
“Whatever is agreed upon, it’s OK with me,” Pacquiao said in Filipino. “I trust Mr. (Bob) Arum on this matter.”
Pacquiao, who’s been proclaimed as winner of Sarangani’s lone congressional district, flew in from Gen. Santos City on Tuesday to meet with President-apparent Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
The seven-division champ shot a Ginebra commercial on Wednesday and visited his commercial building in Manila’s Quiapo district Thursday night with confidant Rex “Wakee” Salud.
Pacquiao, who will take a crash course on governance at the University of the Philippines, said he’s willing to be tested two weeks before fight night provided that the amount of blood to be taken would be minimal.
Projected to enrich both fighters by at least $40 million, the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was almost sealed before a last-minute demand by the American for random testing derailed negotiations.
Known for his intense focus when in training, Pacquiao said he sees no conflict in his duties as a congressman and as a fighter.
Source: http://sports.inquirer.net/professional/professional/view/20100521-271181/Pacquiao-relents-on-pre-fight-tests
MANILA, Philippines—This time, Manny Pacquiao is giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. little room to reject their proposed megabuck bout on Nov. 13.
After thumbing down Mayweather’s demand for Olympic drug testing and canceling their fight set on March 13, congressman-elect Pacquiao is now willing to deviate from his hard-line stance.
Pacquiao, intent on forging what could be boxing’s biggest showdown ever, said he is now amenable to undergo random drug and urine testing 14 days before the fight.
Originally, Pacquiao wanted the tests to be held at least 24 days before the fight, saying blood extraction procedures made him weak.
The 31-year-old Pacquiao said he felt weak when he fought and lost by unanimous decision to Erik Morales the first time they met in March 2005 as a result of the late tests.
Pacquiao went on to beat the Mexican great in their next two bouts.
“Whatever is agreed upon, it’s OK with me,” Pacquiao said in Filipino. “I trust Mr. (Bob) Arum on this matter.”
Pacquiao, who’s been proclaimed as winner of Sarangani’s lone congressional district, flew in from Gen. Santos City on Tuesday to meet with President-apparent Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
The seven-division champ shot a Ginebra commercial on Wednesday and visited his commercial building in Manila’s Quiapo district Thursday night with confidant Rex “Wakee” Salud.
Pacquiao, who will take a crash course on governance at the University of the Philippines, said he’s willing to be tested two weeks before fight night provided that the amount of blood to be taken would be minimal.
Projected to enrich both fighters by at least $40 million, the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was almost sealed before a last-minute demand by the American for random testing derailed negotiations.
Known for his intense focus when in training, Pacquiao said he sees no conflict in his duties as a congressman and as a fighter.
Source: http://sports.inquirer.net/professional/professional/view/20100521-271181/Pacquiao-relents-on-pre-fight-tests
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Not a Super Bowl, but Pacquiao an event
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The czar of boxing was so devastated the fight didn't happen, it took him weeks to get over it.
The (not Don) King of promoters was so mad he could barely utter Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s name.
And the emperor of Dallas felt like he had just lost the Super Bowl.
"I wanted that fight here with those two fighters worse than my next breath," Jerry Jones said.
The fight, of course, was Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, and it fell apart despite the frenzied efforts of some of the biggest names in boxing and one of the biggest egos in Texas. If not for a nasty dispute over blood testing, it might have filled Cowboy Stadium and given Jones the kind of megafight he believes his new $1.2 billion edifice rightfully deserves.
Instead, he had to settle for the hottest fighter in the game. He got Pacquiao, but even a salesman like Jones can't fool anyone into believing Joshua Clottey is Mayweather.
So he's selling Pacman. He's selling the event which, appropriately enough, is titled "The Event."
Mostly, he's selling his stadium.
"This is going to be big time," Jones said. "I'm going to over-deliver."
That should make the 45,000 fans expected to show up Saturday night happy, and it will certainly please de facto boxing boss Ross Greenburg and promoter Bob Arum. They couldn't put together the fight that everyone wanted, but, between the show in Dallas and the May 1 show featuring Mayweather against Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, they've rebounded to produce a decent substitute.
They've also gotten a new ally for the sport in Jones, who is already better at selling fights than he is at picking wide receivers.
"The thing that's blown me away is what an unbelievable promoter this guy is," Arum said. "He never gets tired. We took a two-day trip to Mexico and he was able to drink everybody under the table and kept going. He gave dozens and dozens of interviews to Mexican media outlets. It's really something to see."
Read more: foxnews.com
The (not Don) King of promoters was so mad he could barely utter Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s name.
And the emperor of Dallas felt like he had just lost the Super Bowl.
"I wanted that fight here with those two fighters worse than my next breath," Jerry Jones said.
The fight, of course, was Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, and it fell apart despite the frenzied efforts of some of the biggest names in boxing and one of the biggest egos in Texas. If not for a nasty dispute over blood testing, it might have filled Cowboy Stadium and given Jones the kind of megafight he believes his new $1.2 billion edifice rightfully deserves.
Instead, he had to settle for the hottest fighter in the game. He got Pacquiao, but even a salesman like Jones can't fool anyone into believing Joshua Clottey is Mayweather.
So he's selling Pacman. He's selling the event which, appropriately enough, is titled "The Event."
Mostly, he's selling his stadium.
"This is going to be big time," Jones said. "I'm going to over-deliver."
That should make the 45,000 fans expected to show up Saturday night happy, and it will certainly please de facto boxing boss Ross Greenburg and promoter Bob Arum. They couldn't put together the fight that everyone wanted, but, between the show in Dallas and the May 1 show featuring Mayweather against Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, they've rebounded to produce a decent substitute.
They've also gotten a new ally for the sport in Jones, who is already better at selling fights than he is at picking wide receivers.
"The thing that's blown me away is what an unbelievable promoter this guy is," Arum said. "He never gets tired. We took a two-day trip to Mexico and he was able to drink everybody under the table and kept going. He gave dozens and dozens of interviews to Mexican media outlets. It's really something to see."
Read more: foxnews.com
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Pacquiao responds to GBP's LA Press Con media controversy + audio interview w/ Bob Arum
by Dennis "dSource" Guillermo examiner.com
Those who do not understand the gravity of the alleged actions taken by one Kelly Swanson, publicists of Golden Boy Promotions, against Philippine personnel and fans during the press conference of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley in LA are either simply shortsighted or insensitive simply because the issue does not affect them.
Leave it to Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum to put things in perspective.
In an exclusive interview I did with Arum this morning regarding the issues I just brought up, Arum flat out blasted the actions against Philippine media men and asked for the banishment of whoever is responsible for instituting the said rules.
Whether Swanson was acting on her own discretion or had orders from Team Mayweather is unclear but what is however is that a line has been crossed.
Whatever happened to freedom of speech? And the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. brought this issue upon himself together with Golden Boy Promotions with their insinuations and constant mentions implicating Manny Pacquiao and the country of the Philippines with performance enhancing drugs and cheating, how come astute members of Philippine media who are seasoned professionals in their craft, have to be filtered and excluded in any form of way in their search for the truth? Read Full Story
Those who do not understand the gravity of the alleged actions taken by one Kelly Swanson, publicists of Golden Boy Promotions, against Philippine personnel and fans during the press conference of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley in LA are either simply shortsighted or insensitive simply because the issue does not affect them.
Leave it to Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum to put things in perspective.
In an exclusive interview I did with Arum this morning regarding the issues I just brought up, Arum flat out blasted the actions against Philippine media men and asked for the banishment of whoever is responsible for instituting the said rules.
Whether Swanson was acting on her own discretion or had orders from Team Mayweather is unclear but what is however is that a line has been crossed.
Whatever happened to freedom of speech? And the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. brought this issue upon himself together with Golden Boy Promotions with their insinuations and constant mentions implicating Manny Pacquiao and the country of the Philippines with performance enhancing drugs and cheating, how come astute members of Philippine media who are seasoned professionals in their craft, have to be filtered and excluded in any form of way in their search for the truth? Read Full Story
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