Pacquiao wants to fight in the Cowboy Stadium again
March 19th, 2010
By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao reportedly wants to fight at the Cowboys Stadium again after defeating Joshua Clottey by a lopsided 12 round decision last Saturday night in front of 50,000 screaming fans. The fight may have been a disappointment due to Clottey not really bringing his A game on that night, but it was still an interesting card due to all of the young prospects that fought on the undercard.
If Clottey, a virtual nobody to many boxing fans in the United States, can bring in good numbers with Pacquiao, then slightly more notable fighters like Edwin Valero, Juan Manuel Marquez or Antonio Margarito would probably do even better. Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be the best of all opponents, but that doesn’t seem like a realistic option because of the demands that Mayweather would want to make a fight happen.
But short of Mayweather, a fight between Pacquiao against Valero, Margarito or Marquez would be a good alternative. Margarito may not get his license back in time for a fight against Pacquiao in four to five months, so he’s someone that Pacquiao might have to wait on a little bit. Still, he would a great opponent because of his huge following in the Mexican community. Marquez is also a great opponent for Pacquiao. It doesn’t matter that Marquez appears to have lost a step in the past year, he’s always someone that will give a great fight.
Valero could be the best of the bunch. With his huge power and explosive offensive, he and Pacquiao would bring huge fireworks in the ring if they were to go at it. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, seems interesting in Pacquiao fighting Valero, saying “If we do Valero there, we could sell out the whole place. You don’t have to close half of it down.” I see the fight doing really well.
Maybe not as good as a sellout, but a fight that could sell over 60,000. Valero will have to win his next fight against Lamont Peterson to be available for a fight against Pacquiao, but this is a great fight. I think it’s a much better fight than the Pacquiao-Clottey fight.
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These types of fights are the ones that are killing the sport…My buddy and I decided to go to the bar which we paid $10 dollars at the entrance…when the fight ended, the whole bar was booooing at the screen…and seemed like everyone was talking about the same thing…nobody wants to see mosley vs mayweather…or pacquiao vs clottey…everyone is interested in Mayweather vs Pacquiao…It is ashame what boxing is doing to themselves after Pacquiao and Mayweather leave who is gona keep boxing alive..There are no upcoming explosive boxers..Most guys are all about the money…It is a shame that a sport dominated once by real champions like Ali and Chavez is now filled with young guys that after gettin a couple of dollars and loose a fight..they claim to be to young to receive punishment like Victor Oritz..Pacquiao has kept the sport alive because he has fans of all races, not to m ention every philipino family watches on everytime he fights..Boxing will be in the ICU unit if they put on bullt matches like they have been…
PAcquiao still has soo much SPEED SIZE AND POWER at WELTERWEIGHT!! Its realllly SCARY!!!!Ok MAyweather nuthuggers..FACT..PACQUIAOS Ring weight against Morales 144 Barrera 144 JMM 145..Diaz 147..DLH 148..Hatton 148…Cotto 147..Clottey 149..HOW DOES HE MOVE UP from FW ALL the way to WWeight AND KEEP HIS speed power ?? ITS A MYSTERY!!..must be steroids..OR that he has been fighting around the same weight for 5 years come fight night so of coarse his speed/power remains..
pacman = 2nd greatest of all time, after ray robinson..
maywether = greatest waste of talent of all time since prince naseem.
manny pacman vs antonio margarito infront of 100k roaring fans in dalls, make it happen…………..fight of the century!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARSE,
You are completely right he wants to fight in texas because there is no testing.
ouch, that hurt…. had a lil zing to it didn’t it.
Floyd will clean up his family right after Pac leaves his mistress along and be faithful to his wife. Sweep around your own front door, and never cast stones living in a glass house buddy.
You are the joke.
Floyd Mayweather jr needs to clean his family first and himself, convicts and crack heads.
TO ALL PACHATERS & PBF FANS,
YOURE ALL SAYING PBF IS BETTER, PBF IS THE BEST OF THE BEST. PACMAN HAS NO CHANCE AGAINST HIM. YOU ALL BELIEVE THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THE FACT IS – PBF IS MORE EXPERIENCED, BIGGER, HAS 5” LONGER REACH, HE HAS ALL THE ADVANTAGE.
PACQUIAO ASKED FOR A BIGGER RING. AFRAID HE MIGHT NEED A BIGGER AREA TO RUN WHEN HE IS BEING CHASED BY A BIGGER , BETTER OPPONENT.
PACQUIAO ASKED FOR 50/50. MAYBE HE THOUGHT HE EARNED IT AFTER WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED. OR MAYBE HE THOUGHT SINCE PBF IS BIGGER, BETTER & EVERYTHING YOU SAY HE IS, HE WILL GET BEATEN UP BADLY ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT GET HALF.
PACQUIAO ASKED FOR A 10-MIILION/LB. TO GET MORE MONEY JUST IN CASE PBF WILL BE HEAVIER, HE WILL BE AT THE RECEIVING END OF HEAVIER BLOWS AND WILL GET BEATEN UP MORE BADLY THAN HE EXPECTED.
PBF ASKED FOR OLYMPIC STYLE TESTING. THE FIRST EVER PROFESSIONAL BOXER TO DO SO. HE CLAIMS HE WANTS TO CLEAN THE BOXING SYSTEM WHICH WAS WORKING FINE FOR HIM & EVERYONES ELSE UNTIL NOW. OR HE IS AFRAID THAT PACQUIAO, THIS LITTLE RETARDED MIDGET FROM A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY WITH PEDS IN HIS SYSTEM MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT HIM? THIS IS THE FIGHTER YOU’RE ALL CRAZY ABOUT? AND THIS BOXER IS GOING TO BE A HALL OF FAMER? CAN’T HE JUST USE PEDS TOO AND STILL HAVE ALL THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING BIGGER, BETTER, 5” REACH LONGER, MORE EXPERIENCE, SMARTER AND ALL THAT YOU SAY HE IS
YOU ARE FOLLOWING BLINDLY.
WHO’S THE JOKE?
Fight in Texas, no major stars in crowd attendance to generate revenue for the city, pay the crazy high Texas taxes, pay roach, Arum, and everybody else involved, doesn’t leave too much take home cash from the purse, but look at the bright side of it, Texas don’t test for PED’s, so it’s worth it right.
You’ve got to be joking – the undercard was awful. The only guy even remotely interesting was Soto, but c’mon, he fought David Diaz for chrissake.
Take a drug test man and stop trowing 2000 punches just like that at your age without any enhancement. Just agree to a drug test man
If it is against Mosley, would Shane be asked to comedown in weight? or, the fight will be @147? I hope Roach doesn’t ask for the silly 2-lbs again, just so the Pac critics can’t say anything.
Valero is undefeated n a lose to the p4p king won’t really hurt he’s status n also he will get a big payday n his contract with arum has a fight with pac
Its going to be an upset come May 1st.
Its going to be Pacquaio vs Mosley in November @ Dallas Stadium once again.
Vegas knows Mayweather will not fight Pacquiao due the lack of random testing.. Judges will give the the very close fight to Mosley… So the Money Wheel keeps turning for the next big bet that feeds the blood and soul of Las Vegas…
what if pretty boy mayweather face joshua clottey.
both defensive fighter. will they box?
Valero vs. Pacquiao would be more interesting than the Mayweather vs Pacquiao, but it won’t be bringing as much $. Both Edwin and Manny are both offensive fighters so there will be more action and excitement. We all know that money is the bottom line. Another interesting fight is Gamboa vs Pacquiao or Valero vs Gamboa. I’d rather see a fight full of action than another lack luster fight like the Clottey did with Manny. Floyd would be running around the ring fighting Manny, not much exchanges. So bring on the Valero vs Pacquiao or Gamboa vs Pacquiao.
For certain people celebrity is what matters, they don’t really care about the quality of the fighters or the fight itself, they only want to watch their celebrity.
For more serious fight fans, boxing aficionados, what matters most is not the celebrity but the quality of the fights. These people bought the Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight because they thought that Joshua would put up a tough fight, despite the odds being against him. These fans are not going to watch Pacquiao fight a blind man, a disabled man. They want to see a real fight. Pacquiao always delivers, but it takes two to make a fight. The fight was lousy, it would have been more exciting to watch pacquiao punch the corner post. This was one of the worst fights I have seen in years. I have seen more action watching a cat sleep.
@ MarathonMan1
Because they dont test for drugs in Texas
Why fight in Texas and pay all the taxes?
Valero is only 135 pounder and untested, margacheato dosent deserve it, I really hope Manny leaves Top Rank Bob Arum is ruining pacs reputation fighting “in house” fighters so bob can keep all the money. Why not floyd/mosley/berto/bradley/alexander?? They are good fights the fans want to see. But Bob dont care about fans. I hope Pac wakes up and fires his a**
I’d rather watch mosley against pacquiao than coward Jr
pacman vs valero, i pay 500 bucks each ppv……or more…..im not a loser like mayweather…..lol!
Valero vs Pacquiao would be awesome! If he dispatches Peterson via KO then Manny can go down to 140 and fight him, being it on! Two southpaws KO specialists banging each other what a sight to behold! I will pay 60 buckaroos for it on PPV.
I hope he doesn’t give Margarito a shot, he needs to earn his way back to title contention. Margarito should rematch Clottey or Williams. A Pac/Valero fight would be awesome but Valero may need to build his name…that Peterson choice is very risky. I’d like to see Williams beat Cintron then fight Manny later in the year. I think Mosely/Mayweather will have a rematch and Marquez should go after Bradley or Alexander before he’s too old…Hatton would make for a better brawl though. Imagine Hatton/Marquez and Haye/Vitali at Wembley Stadium!
manny and margarito yes,I want to see that fight.then manny with paul williams next.
forget floyd,if he lose he fight mosley again. but think mosley will throw this fight for a part of GBP. he slip with floyd and said he owns the company ,and oscar pick mosley to win win aka ko
Of course Manny wants to fight in Texas again. They don’t test for PEDs!!!
With that brain damage I fear Valero might die in the ring, and with the guaranteed hits from Pac he migth just get that. I don’t want to see that. Pac doesn’t need that. Nobody needs that.
Feed Valero to the WOLF.
pekpek don’t put bad words in your comments…..revised it if you want to…
The question is whose PBF going to fight next. If he keeps with his Olympic style testing demand I don’t think other boxers will fight him. This would be good for PAC because there would be more available fighter for him to choose.
Athletes at the Olympics complains about the testing where it disrupts their training.
If you have honor like the american way, fight by the commission and bring boxing back or MMA will be more popular.
Floyd won’t fight outside Las Vegas, Nevada…. and you know why? The X-factor.
I hope they dont rush Valero. Let him deal with some of the fighters at 135-140. Lots of interesting match-ups. After all he just moved up himself.
but wait, T. Bradley beat Lamont P. and “I caynt see” Campbell and all Valero got to do is beat L. Peterson.
PacMan, I believe in you but come on now!!!!! At least have
Valero and Bradley go at it for the oppotunity for no. 1 contender
Still the fans deserve a Pac vs/ May/ Mosley showdown. Something has to give to make this fight happen. For the sake of boxing and those who keep the sport alive…. US FANS!!!
valero needs a lot of experience before he can fight manny
Pacman would absolutely monster Valero. Pac just too strong and would be a HUGE step up in class for the big hitter from Venezuela. Let’s see how Valero does against Peterson. A convincing win would definately have him in line.
If it’s not the winner of Mosely/Chickenwing jr. than I say bring on Valero if he beats Peterson.