Bob Arum honestly cares for the fans?
By Recah TrinidadThere was, thanks in part to Miguel Cotto, relief for poor fight fans who got indefinitely pinned to the floor waiting for a go-signal to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao super fight.
There was, thanks in part to Miguel Cotto, relief for poor fight fans who got indefinitely pinned to the floor waiting for a go-signal to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao super fight.
The clamor for Manny Pacquiao to start seriously pushing his promoter to arrange what could be the biggest fight ever continues to snowball.
Former Pacquiao victim Oscar De La Hoya is hoping Pacquiao convinces Top Rank chief Bob Arum to pursue a match against undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr.
HOLLYWOOD—Even Oscar De La Hoya has weighed in on the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez issue.
The former boxing poster boy and reigning pay-per-view king said he felt Marquez had the edge in the hotly debated contest, adding that the Mexican counterpuncher has the Filipino ring icon completely figured out.
LAS VEGAS—Bob Arum has been tracking numbers ever since the third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez was announced. With two days left before the fight, he likes what he’s seeing. And Pacquiao should like it even more. The pay-per-view (PPV) buys are streaming in as hoped for, and that could mean Pacquiao [...]
That was a shabby job they did in shoving former world welterweight boxing champion Joshua Clottey on the spot following Nonito Donaire Jr.’s dull, tasteless defense of his twin world bantamweight crowns last Sunday.
Nonito Donaire Jr. will bring his act to Manila again in June.
LOS ANGELES—Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Oscar de la Hoya and his Golden Boy promotions chief Richard Schaefer over allegations the Filipino fight king used performance-enhancing drugs. Terms of the settlement were not released, and there was no indication in a press release on Tuesday that Pacquiao had given up his legal [...]
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has accepted the public apology of Oscar De La Hoya and experts feel this could pave the way for the return to action of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. “I accept De La Hoya’s apology and am grateful for it,” Arum told the Inquirer Thursday. De La Hoya, who [...]
LOS ANGELES—Oscar “the Golden Boy” De La Hoya is undergoing rehabilitation for “substance abuse” in a California facility. The American entertainment show TMZ said the 38-year-old De La Hoya went into the clinic some time within the past few weeks. TMZ, which first reported De La Hoya’s problem, quoted the owner of Golden Boy Promotions [...]
Manny Pacquiao once again put on a magnificent display of boxing skill, incredible hand speed, cat-quick movement, remarkable power and indomitable courage in pulverizing a hapless Antonio Margarito in 12 rounds on Sunday.
