Manny Pacquiao challenges Yuri Foreman March 20 I told you that Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum was completely frustrated. Now the Pacman promoter, unable to get the Floyd Mayweather camp to come off its persistent demand for random blood testing, has turned to his own stable of fighters to select the Pinoy Idol's next ring foe. As he suggested several times before, Arum is going to match Manny up against newly crowned WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman--he of Belarus, Israel and now Brooklyn. The likely date for the bout is March 20, a week after the projected Mayweather-Pacquiao date at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Vegas will be the site for Pacquiao-Foreman as Pacman attempts to make more ring history by winning a world title in a record eighth weight class. When he stopped Miguel Cotto Nov. 14 for two welterweight crowns, Pacquiao recorded his seventh weight class world title bout. Arum may swtich venues from the MGM to the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus. Arum will meet with Foreman's manager, restaurant owner Murray Wilson, on Sunday morning in Las Vegas. So maybe the "odds and ends" of the deal for the rabbinical student's first title defense will be made over bagels and lox. Certainly, you could say that Mayweather's misfortune, in killing or deferring a $30 million paynight, is good lox for young Foreman. Here's one future rabbi who will never go hungry. http://www.examiner.com/x-5699-NY-B...nny-Pacquiao-challenges-Yuri-Foreman-March-20
Hmmm... wondering about this. If Pac fights at 154 then Floyd will say fighting Pac at 147 is a 'concession'
i would be better for pacquiao to fight somebody elss who has balls to face him in the ring rather in the media.
What happend to Malignaggi? I know Foreman is Arums fighter. He will use Foreman as a ploy to get Mayweather to sign, and Foreman will have a hush hush clause in his contract that he has to step aside should Floyd and manny agree and he gets a spot on the undercard and a little shopping bonus.
I think it's a shame. The potentially biggest fight in history seems to have officially gone down the drain. :-(
Posted this in another thread but there seems to be conflicting reports (surprise, surprise): Didn't want to start a new thread to add to already 2903423452348 threads about this fight so I just picked this one to post but.... here is the absolute latest (as of about an hour ago) on the fight. Steve Kim of MaxBoxing tweeted: got my haircut, now bout to workout and then lunch at Rafa's. told that Pac-May is looking good(for now) He also mentioned this last night: No matter what’s being said by either Richard Schaefer or Bob Arum, the bottom line is this, as long as Bruce Binkow of Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank’s Todd duBoef, continue to talk, Pacquiao-Mayweather is not dead. I was told that the two talked last night and continue to try and iron out a compromise Take it for what its worth.
um....doesn't california use random blood and urine testing? edit: source: http://www.dca.ca.gov/csac/forms_pubs/faqs.shtml Q. How do I know if I will be tested or not? A. At events, all contestants are subject to drug testing of any kind at any time. anyone know more about this?
If it is true that Pacquiao got blood tested either 14 days and/or 24 hours before the Hatton fight, then I pretty much suspect that he either is on something or at least unsure about it (not always in control of what goes into your system), or he is DUCKING FMJ. I don't care if he doesn't have a history of ducking fighters, in this particular instance - this one singular situation - that's what it reeks of.
Man I hope this is true. I really hope I am just a sucker for some of the most insane pre-fight banter in the history of all sport.
14 days was the initial number floated around by GBP/Mayweather team. It turned out to be actually 24 days as confirmed by HBO.