Why doesn’t Pacquiao tell Arum that he’s not interested in fighting Margarito?
August 19th, 2010
By Chris Williams: This may seem like a silly question but why doesn’t Pacquiao stand up and tell Bob Arum that he’s not interested in facing Antonio Margarito next? Why is Pacquiao just letting Arum call the shots and pick out whom he pleases? We already know the story about Arum bringing Miguel Cotto and Margarito to Pacquiao and asking him to pick one. But why didn’t Pacquiao just say, ‘no thanks’ to both of them instead of just Cotto? It’s not too late. The contracts still haven’t been signed for the November 13th fight. Margarito had his boxing license attempt declined by the California Athletic Commission on Wednesday, and this was after the Nevada Athletic Commission had already rejected Margarito’s attempt at relicensing by a vote of 4-1.
Arum says he never expected the California Commission to grant Margarito his license. He’s now going to take Margarito to the Texas Athletic Commission in an attempt to get him licensed there. But this looks really bad for Arum, Margarito and Pacquiao, because he’s the one that has to fight Margarito. It doesn’t look like Arum is going to change his mind about insisting on Margarito being Pacquiao’s opponent. But that’s why Pacquiao needs to step up and tell Arum that he doesn’t want to fight him. If Pacquiao is the biggest star in boxing like many people think he is, then he should have no problem speaking his mind about an opponent that boxing fans are cold about.
I can’t believe that Pacquiao really wants to fight this guy. With so little interest in this fight, other than Arum and Margarito’s fans, it seems like the wise thing for Pacquiao to do would be to tell Arum that he doesn’t want to fight Margarito. Even if Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz has to be the one to tell Arum for Pacquiao, I think it would be smart if Pacquiao made that happen.
I don’t see this as being a fight that’s good for boxing and I don’t think it’s good for Pacquiao, because he could probably make much more money in a rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez or a fight against guys like Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez or Shane Mosley. Those would be great fights and I would be willing to bet they would do better on PPV than the Margarito fight will.
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That is what Manny should do. But the fight is gunna make a whole bunch of money for aram and pac and cheato, so its guna happen. Then once Manny KO’s Cheato we wont ever have to talk about Antonio Margarito ever again. Thats the one good thing about this fight margarito goes bye bye after.
I heard Cheatos will sponsor the fight
Paquiao is getting so wealthy,Hes not one to make waves with promoters, He just shows up and fights.
Why? they cant make a name without fighting Pac? ahahaha….
i dont think Texas wants to look more liberal than California/,do thy?
Chris williams pull it out of mayweathers ass
Chris williams pull it out of mayweathers ass hole.
PacMan has only one mentality to fight anybody, no excuses, no bs demands, and too much drama unlike coward Floyd Jr….
@ wilfredo
LMFAO Top rank test dumie
Hes a Top Rank puppet, and he has ZERO say in anything!!!! Top Rank test dummie!!!
Boxing fan PERIOD
You see I’m looking at it as a challenge. I’ve been saying Floyd has been avoiding Pwill for awhile and I would love to see Floyd fight Martinez. Both bigger, stringer and Martinez possiably faster. To me, he’s a white Roy Jones as times.
IMO Pac would be destroyed by both because yes PWILL is tall and has a great punch output. His style suits Pac but is just too tall. Martinez on the other hand has speed, movement, technical abilities and again SPEED. We haven’t seen pac face a fighter with these abilities since JMM. There is a reason for that too.
I want to see Floyd fight these bigger threats instead of beating up these smaller guys that he has been bashed for in the past yet NOW everyone wants him to fight yet another smaller fighter.
Pac cant handle, speed, counter punching technical abilities, movement and again more importantly SPEED. People want to argue that but they cant because he hasn’t faced anyone recently with these abilities to prove me wrong.
Bob Arum is going through Hoops to get this slow trotting Margarito in with Pac. Kind of makes you wonder if his agenda was to ever put Pac in the ring with Mayweather. There are plenty of other fighters that have a license. I don’t understand why Margarito is being considered especially when the best is supposed to fight the best. I mean that’s THE STANDARDS everyone places on Floyd’s head… What about Pac?
@F.L.A.
Your right about Martinez, it just seems like he fights at a higher weight class when he fights. I dont think Pac or Mayweather can beat him. Mayweather might have the better chance.
PWILL Man this guy needs to fight doods his own size and quit picking on litte guys. I dont think Mayweather of Pac could beat him too just his reach and height alone is too much for either fighters.
I understand if Texas will let Margarito fight there, heck, Nevada doesnt even recognize the other States on banning Xyloca1ne, all 49 of them except Nevada!!
Why? they cant make a name without fighting Pac? ahahaha….
Keep on chasing the cash-cow.
Boxing fan PERIOD
Margarito and Martinez are the same size.
Pwill yes is tall but if he can fight at 147 what can you do about it?
The best fight the best why are we getting Pac vs Margarito?
Man I can’t believe their putting Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez in this Mix.
Paul Williams is 6’1 with a 80 inch reach. This fool should be fighting in 170-180 weight class. His picking on doods much shorter and smaller than him. I dont think Floyd of Mayweather can beat Paul Williams just cause of his hight and reach is too ridiculous.
Sergio Martinez is 5’11 with a 76 inch reach. Natural weight at about 165. Pac stands NO chance with this guys. His waay bigger and longer reach. Floyd might have a chance with this guy, but I doubt it.
Floyd 5’9 72 inch reach.
Pac 5’6 67 inch reach.
Makes no sense to fight Martinez or Williams.
BigSlyNHS
Since you seemed lost on the subject, I figured I would help you out.
As of Jan 12th 2006, The Ring Magazine Welterweight rankings were….
WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
Champ: CARLOS BALDOMIR
1. ANTONIO MARGARITO
2. ZAB JUDAH
3. CORY SPINKS
4. SHANE MOSLEY
5. LUIS COLLAZO
6. THOMAS DAMGAARD
7. KERMIT CINTRON
8. JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA
9. OKTAY URKAL
10. DAVID ESTRADA
You see when Mayweather was ranked #1 P4P at this time and came “up” into the WW division. He then beat 2 of the top 3 guys right off the bat. When is the last time Manny went into a division and beat the top 2 guys or 2 of the top 3 guys in a division? Interesting isn’t it?
Did you happen to notice that Pac, Cotto and Margarito are all promoted by Bob Arum? Did you know that Bob used to promote Mayweather? Did you NOT know that they left on bad terms? Did you not realize that if ANYONE knew how to make or break a fight with Floyd, its Mr Bob Arum? Yet it seems he can never get a deal made. Interesting isn’t it? It’s also interesting how many hoops Arum is going through in order to get Pac in the ring with Margarito. Kind of Makes you wonder if his agenda was ever to get Pac in the ring with Mayweather who is not promoted by Top Rank.
If Mayweather where to beat Margarito instead of Baldo everyone would be screaming that he avoided Baldo. Its funny because that’s just what they did when they said that Floyd was scared of Judah. He fought Judah, then they said he was scared of Baldo. He fought Blado, then they said he was scared of Hoya. He fought Hoya, then they said he was scared of Mosley. He fought Mosley, and now they’re saying that same tune all over again about Pac.
You want to say Floyd avoided Cotto (a glorified Gatti) and Margarito (a taller Baldo) then that is fine. Point is, Floyd walked into the division fought Judah who everyone said he couldn’t beat and was “scared” of and then went right to the Champion which Margarito wasn’t and technically destroyed the Champion, easily!
I find it very amusing that people are so overly hyped at the fact that people are saying Mayweather is “scared” and a “coward” where as if they followed Floyd’s career long enough you would realize that its nothing new. Its the reason why most hate him. They claim he’s scared and or going to lose and doesn’t. Thus haters are born. All this Mayweather being scared of Pac is the same tune just a different name.
Last time I checked Pac STILL wants to fight in a court room rather than a ring!
For once I agree with Chris Williams. That’s why Pac is asking for more money upfront from Arum on this fight.
For this to be a PPV success, Margarito should follow the Floyd promotion template and become the bad guy, talk lots of smack and be hated upon so that viewers can pay to see him catch a beating. Margarito should own up to the bricks and act like if it were up to him he would bring a baseball bat to the ring. Remember, someone in Floyd’s inner-circle already admitted that most of Floyd’s fans pay to watch him lose. Margarito is already disgraced, now he can be hated upon.
However, Margarito doesn’t have that in him to play the role of the villain. I’m waiting until 2011 for the real fight, Pac v Margarito is just an exhibition.
Chris I read an article yesterday that said someone from Pac’s camp (idk who) said it was Pacquiaos choice to fight marg
pac doesnt want to fight a runaway slave n$gger.
Why does this writer presume to know what Pacquiao wants? didn’t he just write an article saying that it was Pac’s idea to fight Margarito? this dude would say anything to put down Pac. Why not write an article on Floyd telling Al Haymon on not wanting to fight Pac
@TICH OPEN YOUR MIND BOY… ALL BOXING FIGHTS ARE SANCTIONED BY A LEGITIMATE BOXING ORGANOZATION. SO CATCH WEIGHT IS NOT THE PROBLEM BCOZ IT WAS AGREED BY BOTH PARTIES AS WELL AS THE GOVERNING BODY. HEY MEN… ITS THE BOXING SKILL, COURAGE AND DEDICATION THAT BROUGHT MANNY TO TOP!!! DONT WORRY YOUR FLOYDIE D GIRLIE IS STILL SECOND TO HIM AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THAT WAY.
@chris williams, YOU WANT MANNNY TO FIGHT EITHER PAUL WILLIAMS OR SERGIO MARTINEZ? WHY DONT YOU SUGGEST THAT TO YOUR IDOL FLOYDIE D GIRLIE, AND SHOULD YOUR FLOYDIE FIGHT EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO GUYS THEN, I WILL BE FOREVER HIS NO 1 FAN. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THAT SCENARIO WILL SURELY NOT HAPPEN!!! -AND ALL THE BOXING PEOPLE KNOWS THAT – BECAUSE YOUR FLOYDIE GIRLWEATHER IS THE NO 1 DU CKER IN BOXING HISTORY!!! GIRLIE FLOYDIE IS THE BIGGEST JOKE AND HOAX IN THE WORLD OF BOXING!!!!! ANT THATS THE BOTTOM LINE!!
@chris williams, YOU WANT MANNNY TO FIGHT EITHER PAUL WILLIAMS OR SERGIO MARTINEZ? WHY DONT YOU SUGGEST THAT TO YOUR IDOL FLOYDIE D GIRLIE, AND SHOULD YOUR FLOYDIE FIGHT EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO GUYS THEN, I WILL BE FOREVER HIS NO 1 FAN. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THAT SCENARIO WILL SURELY NOT HAPPEN!!! -AND ALL THE BOXING PEOPLE KNOWS THAT – BECAUSE YOUR FLOYDIE GIRLWEATHER IS THE NO 1 DUCKER IN BOXING HISTORY!!! GIRLIE FLOYDIE IS THE BIGGEST JOKE AND HOAX IN THE WORLD OF BOXING!!!!! ANT THATS THE BOTTOM LINE!!
@TICH YOU STUPID IDIOT! YOU JUST CANNOT ACCEPT TH FACT THAT PACMAN IS THE ONLY BOXER IN THIS PLANET WHO WILL BECOME AN 8 DIVISION WORLD BOXING CHAMPION!!!
Pac fans they just defend anything, everybody knows Chris Williams supports Floyd and instead of u Pac fans campaining for Pac to fight somenone instead of Margarito all u do is to attack Chris Williams. At the end of the day we have Pac in so many brutal wars and not paid compared to Floyd and when Floyd says he is the PPV king u start insulting him again. U need to get real and not be short sighted. Arum is using Pac for his own ego coz he does not want to deal with other promoters coz he is greedy.
@ bigslynhs
What are you talking about? All i said was why fight someone who’s suing you. I didn’t say anything about a blood test, or mention old fights or try to state facts, so what are you talking about. Like i said Mayweather doesn’t want to make Arum richer than what he already is. He can’t stand Arum. So before you try to lash out at me, RELAX. I don’t care if he’s scared or not or if they fight or not. I knows who’s going to win anyway, so why argue? You Pacquiao fans kill me. Boy i tell you.
Uh, why would he say that?
it was Manok Phagiao that insisted on a fight with Plasterito.
(at a catchweight, of course).
NOYNOY!
@ Quisey
@ MrRomero
be true to yourself, you know the real reason why floyd is avoiding pac.
floyd can’t afford to see himself in the same situation as hatton in the second round of his fight with pac. he was lying on the canvass, gasping for air, or cotto with blood oozing from different part of his face, or that of clottey being clobbered and made like a human punching bag, or delahoya who quit while still sitting in his stool. floyd has to pay his arrogance, all bad people will pay dearly for their actions.
instead of saying things only m@ron will believe, why don’t you floyd fans post blogs or comments here or on some other sites asking floyd to fight pac? in that way, you will know the truth…
@ Quisey
@ MrRomero
pac wants big money in his fight against floyd (that’s about boxing), he is suing floyd because the mayweathers defamed him (that’s about in the interest of justice).
therefore, the two are different, it just happened that floyd made it another excuse to duck pacman, with his legion of m@r@nic fans helping him to avoid pac.
the fight is not going to happen because floyd is scared of pac, and he is getting help from his nih fans to make himself safe from pac. floyd has millions of lame excuses to duck pac as he did to other fighters he avoided, here are some:
Cotto: “He is from puerto rico”
Margarito: “I’m a businessman”
and now Pac: “I’m on vacation”
and guess what? all his fans believed these excuses hahaha…
@ Mr Romeo
I agree how are you taking someone to court but want a big money fight? And like i said Mayweather does not want to see Arum richer than what he already is. Remember Pacquiao is a good fighter no doubt, but he really got his name bigger by being mentioned with Pretty Boy Floyd all of the time. If there was no Floyd, Manny would be big but not that big.
@ MrRomero
could you kindly make intelligent comments, if ever you are capable, and refrain from saying things only m@r@n will believe?
Mr Romero, you forgot to pick up your cart and donkey when we deported you for the 2nd time earlier today, we ask that you pick them up immediately so you can continue selling oranges or we will have to dispose of these items.
Pacroid don’t wanna fight anyone that can box. Because he then will be exposed for the FRAUD PED user that he is. Pacroid don’t have heart. The minute he starts to getting his ass cracked watch him quit
pacman, is just a typical pinoy…timid and mild mannered. so forget about him, being vocal.
@Chris Williams
This is a business decision on Arum. Pacquiao is asking for millions and there is no opponent outside of Top Rank stable that could produce what Pacman is asking. Arum can’t co-promote with others and still give what Pacquiao is asking for. I hope you agree that Pacman is a prizefighter like your boy PBF, unless PBF changed his mind and fights Pacman. Pac-Margarito fight it seems does’nt make sense but for business perspective it does make a lot of sense. If you want to see Pacman fights you have to pay…and pay big.
You leonard wanna be…shut the f…. up!! you don know nothing about boxing..Saying moneymay it’s afraid of fighting pacman.dude shut up..don’t coming here with none sense opinion..Go wash dishes your kitchen it’s so dirty..dumb azz kid needs to be schooled about boxing.A $45 million dollars and he’s scare!!!! What a clown this kid is.Don come back here ok.
It seems to me that this Margarito fight is blowing up in Arum´s face, why he pushed so hard and so fast with a guy that disgraced boxing and more importantly, does not have a license to fight in the US is really beyond me. Most everyone knew that California would deny Margarito a license but it just makes this fight look even more like a sham. Arum is trying to stick a round block in a square peg meanwhile he has about 5 other perfectly fitting square blocks sitting in his hand and the whole time we are all watching how ridiculous this looks.
It might not be a bad idea for Manny to nut up and tell Arum this whole thing is past ridiculous and that he is ready to fight one of the other opponents waiting in line that actually HAVE a boxing license in the US.
just a thought…
Yep!!… margacheater vs pacman it doesn’t make any sense I’m sick and tired of this BS with the boxing politics…This is crazy I thought pacman should be facing the best out there and bob arum picking none sense fight for pacman it’s not fear for us..we pay too much money On Ppv to see great fights.. but this match!! I don’t think so.
chris, chris, chris, chris, chris…..
there are other writers on this sute that are putting you to shame.
write proper articles idiot. by the way great prediction on foreman/cotto. top marks
He should fight Mayweather if not then Marquez if not then give one of the jr welterweights a shot or even paul williams if not then Cotto. Margacheato should be the last M0therF@cker getting a shot at Pacquiao