By Chris Williams: Recently, Bob Arum said that he’s considering matching Manny Pacquiao up with possibly Shane Mosley or Juan Manuel Marquez. I don’t know if Arum is aware of this but Floyd Mayweather Jr. just got finished dominating both of these fighters in one-sided 12 round unanimous decision back to back victories.
What’s the point in putting Pacquiao in with fighters that Mayweather has already schooled? Pacquiao already fought a softened up Ricky Hatton last year after Mayweather had stopped Hatton previously. Does Arum just want to put Pacquiao in with fighters that have recently taken one-sided beatings? I don’t really don’t see the gain for Pacquiao to be facing either Marquez or Mosley at this point.
There’s no real sense of excitement when you’re talking about a couple of fighters that weren’t just beaten by Mayweather, they schooled in the worst way imaginable. Why would Arum want to put Pacquiao in with fighters that have recently been beaten? I just don’t see the point.
Does Pacquiao get put in with fighters coming off a recent beating by design? If you look at a lot of Pacquiao’s opponents in the past couple of years, a lot of them were either coming off of bad whippings or their career was on a serious decline at the time Pacquiao fought them.
These are Pacquiao’s recent opponents in the past two years: Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Oscar De La Hoya. Each one of these fighters had been beaten recently at the time that Pacquiao fought them.
So, why is Arum looking to put Pacquiao in with some of Mayweather’s retreads? Why not put Pacquiao in with someone that is actually winning, looking good and has a chance to beat him. And while Arum is at it, why doesn’t he have Pacquiao fight someone without a catch-weight? I’m officially sick of watching Pacquiao fight for titles aided by catch-weight handicaps.
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