Is it just me or did it appear to anyone that Arum was the one who made Manny retract his statement with the 14 days? I mean he went out of his way to be the one to make the official statement refuting it all... I can only think of a couple of things... Arum is trying to play hard ball... (again) Arum just doesn't want to give Floyd the payday :huh Arum doesn't want the fight and wants to milk the cow some more Thoughts?
have always thought Arum doesnt want the fight. 1) he think Pacquiao could potentially get beaten up bad and that takes away his pulling power 2) he knows Pacquiao will retire after a Mayweather fight
he wants the fight...he wants the money.... but most of all.... he wants to display power Arum wants to be the one in control....he wants his name in the mentioning of manny and floyd.... wants to be thanked if the fight goes through.
milking the cow we know this is his style because he outright said that is what he is doing with Juanma and Gamboa.
Yeh, Arum always gives me a bad feeling when thinking about the possible fight. It wouldn't really shock me if Arum puts it off as long as he can, meaning, saving this fight for Pacquiao's last fight.
Look, if Bob Arum wanted this fight it would have happened already. Let's be realistic. Manny has said "just not the day before the fight." Roach has said "not within 5 days" or whatever. They've all got Arum in their ear telling them Team Mayweather is trying to push them around.
* In 2000 Bob "Mafia" Arum admitted during a federal trial that he bribed the IBF president in order to gain a more favorable rating for one of his fighters * Bob "Mafia" Arum was penalized $125,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in for a bribe to get one of his fights sanctioned * The FBI raided Arum's Top Rank office in Las Vegas in 2004 for allegedly fixing fights. * UFC president Dana White accused Bob "Mafia" Arum of "sucking the life out of the sport (boxing) and not putting anything back in." * Arum has been accused of being a racist by Robert Lee, the former president of the International Boxing Federation said of Arum "I pin the racism charge on him because he once told me: `We will let the Blacks and the Latinos fight in the ring and we will count the money on the outside'." After all this do ya really think Bob "Mafia" Arum is a piece of ****? :yep
How do the opponents of a Top Rank fighter make sure the fight isn't rigged when it comes to big fights?:think