By Dave Lahr: In tonight’s midnight media conference call with Bob Arum, he said what everyone pretty much already knows, that Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed his July 16th deadline to say whether he would agree to a fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Arum will now start looking at putting a fight together between Pacquiao and either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito. Neither option is appealing, but that’s what we’re going to get.
Pacquiao vs. Margarito
Margarito will attempt to get another meeting with the Nevada Athletic Commission
By Chris Williams: Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) was recently rejected by a 4-1 vote by the Nevada Athletic Commission in his efforts to try and get his boxing license back in the United States. The Nevada Commission advised Margarito to go back to the California Athletic Commission, who previously revoked Margarito’s license last year, and try to have them give it back to Margarito. According to Michael Marley at Examiner.com, Arum said that one of his lawyers attempted to get Margarito’s case put on the July 26th meeting of the California Athletic Commission.
Is Arum the only one that wants to see Pacquiao fight Cotto or Margarito?
By Jason Kim: While I can understand the reasoning why Bob Arum would want Manny Pacquiao to fight either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito next, since Arum would make more money because he wouldn’t have to deal with an outside promoter when splitting the money for the fights.
Will fighting Cotto or Margarito enhance Pacquiao’s legacy?
By Chris Williams: it seems like a big waste of time for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to take on either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito in either of his next two fights. With Margarito unable to get his boxing license back in the United States right now because of the plaster like substance that was discovered on his hand wraps before his fight with Shane Mosley last year, it would send the wrong message if Pacquiao was to fight Margarito outside of the United States.
Will Pacquiao fight Margarito outside the United States?
By Dan Ambrose: There’s a possibility that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao could still wind up fighting two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito next or at least in the near future. Margarito, 32, failed to get his boxing license renewed by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Friday. They voted 4-1 against Margarito getting his boxing license back. Margarito has been advised to to apply to the California Athletic Commission, the ones who took Margarito’s boxing license back a year ago after a foreign substance was found on Margarito’s hand wraps before his 9th round TKO loss to Shane Mosley in January 2009.
Pacquiao could be facing Margarito in September or November
By Chris Williams: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) could be facing Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in either September or November depending on how Pacquiao does in his congressional election next month. Either way, it looks as if Top Rank will be putting Pacquiao next. According to news from the Record, Pacquiao could face Margarito in November if he wins the political election in a fight that would take place in the United States in the Cowboys Stadium or possibly Mexico City.