Arum says Pacquiao is going to get his biggest career payday against Mosley

By Boxing News - 12/22/2010 - Comments

By Dan Ambrose: Manny Pacquiao will do alright in this little mismatch bout that his promoter Bob Arum has set up for him against 40ish Shane Mosley for May 7th. Pacquiao has made $20 million a piece in his last three mismatch bouts against Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito. However, Arum sees Pacquiao making even more than that against Mosley, which is kind of hard to believe given how bad Mosley has been fighting recently.

But boxing fans seem willing to pay to watch Pacquiao no matter who he’s put in with. It doesn’t take a Mosley for Pacquiao to get a good payday, as we saw recently when Arum matched Pacquiao up against his little known Top Rank fighters Clottey and Margarito and the bouts still made good money on pay-per-view.

In an article at the manila bulletin – mb.com.ph, Arum said “Manny’s going to get his biggest payday.” Arum didn’t say how much Pacquiao will get for the Mosley fight, but it’s got to be more than $20 million and that’s a huge number. It looks like Arum is counting on a lot of casual boxing fans scooping up this fight in high numbers. Arum has his own way of telling what fans are interested in because fans seem to want to see Pacquiao face Andre Berto and Juan Manuel Marquez rather than the faded Mosley.

Arum could have a better estimate of what fans really want to see than most people think. Arum says “The phone just keep on ringing” in his Top Rank office since the fight with Mosley has been announced.



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