Bob Arum: "Ali was more selfish, Manny is about helping the people"

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  1. sosolid4u09

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    [url]http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garethadavies/100008110/freddie-roach-congressman-manny-pacquiao-will-ko-floyd-mayweather/[/url]

    “Ali was a wonderful guy, for sure, but I would say Ali was more selfish, more about himself, where Manny is about helping the people, especially the poorest of people.”


    Ive never really been one to bash Bob Arum. But i did think this quote was messed up! fair enough if you feel manny helped people more.... but no need to be calling the greatest SELFISH and about Himself. Im a fan of PAC but this was unnecessary
     
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  2. Golden Boy 360

    Golden Boy 360 Boxing's Biggest Cash Cow Full Member

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    Bob Arum comes off as a *****.
     
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  3. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bob does that without opening his mouth.
     
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  4. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    What the hell does emmanuel have to do with Ali?
     
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  5. pretty boy

    pretty boy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bob arum is a ***** and i dont what the relevance of this quotation is but it is the truth. Manny is about helping people.
     
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  6. sosolid4u09

    sosolid4u09 4 8 15 16 23 42 banned Full Member

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    As I said, I Like manny. But does Bob not realise in trying to make Manny look better he is gonna have a lot more haters on his case now, just coz mr Bigshot Arum cant keep his trapp shut
     
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  7. phierl

    phierl Active Member Full Member

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    Ali had character, he handled himself alot better than Manny did overall.
    BTW nothing wrong with being selfish, funny to hear Bob Arum point that out as a slightly negative trait of Ali.
     
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  8. prideofvbeach

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    I sort of see what he's saying, but it seems like a forced comparison nonetheless. Ali only became a selfless person once retired. But then, I do remember drinking, partying, entouraging Manny from only four years ago worrying the hell out of Roach. So, if Manny is selfless, it's only come with a recent maturity. Somehow karaoke replaced wild boozing, but I guess it shows in the ring. He wouldn't have lost that first Morales fight had been as focused then as he is now. It would have ended like fight two and three instead.
     
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  9. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    Ali gave up yrs of his prime to stand up against a war and encourage so many people to become something better. Why don't Arum pay Mayweather the 5 million that he owes him. Arum just like so many other promoters are the most selfish assholes on the planet.
     
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  10. golden boxer

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    bob arum is a scumbag
     
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  11. Devintea

    Devintea Active Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali helped bring love into the black community. In addition to uplifting negroes who were afraid to think of themselves as beautiful or great. He spoke all around the world and inspired more books than most leaders combined. Yeah...Manny is too new to lay in the same sentence with Ali.
     
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  12. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    Who is Bob Arum to call anyone selfish? He is a boxing promoter and they are most most selfish and greedy people in all of sports.
     
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  13. under the wire

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    Many people forget that Ali was very racist. Yet, he recently found out he had white grand parents.
     
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  14. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    It would be a good day for boxing when that selfish greedy ******* dies, all he does is match his fighters up with each other so he keeps the cash, he is even more greedy for cash then money may.
    Ali and Pacquiao both are much better people then bob Arum will ever be.
     
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  15. Rudyard

    Rudyard **** How You Feel!! HOE! banned

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    The more and more this hoe opens his mouth the more he turns people away from him..Arum out of all people shouldnt let the word selfesh part his teeth.

    Arum is a ****ing hypocrit!:mad:
     
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