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08-09-2010, 09:50 PM
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August 9th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in putting the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito Top Rank clash at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Pacquiao and Margarito will be fighting for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title, despite the fact that Pacquiao has never fought at that weight before and Margarito has fought only twice in that division in the past six years and only recently fought a fringe contender at that weight.
Whatever the case, Margarito is ranked number #1 by the WBC and will be fighting the biggest money fight of his 16-year pro career. Margarito has fought only once in the past year after losing his boxing license due to a plaster like substance being found on his hand wraps before his fight against Shane Mosley last year.
Still without a boxing license to fight in the United States, Margarito has already been denied a license by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Margarito’s promoter Bob Arum is going to attempt to get his license back from the California Athletic Commission later on this month, the ones that took Margarito’s license away in the first place.
It’ll be interesting to see if Arum is able to get Margarito’s boxing license back from the Texas Athletic Commission if the California Commission rejects Margarito’s application. If not, then Arum and Margarito will have to try other states, such as New Jersey.
Pacquiao has already fought in the Cowboy stadium last March, beating former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that lacked drama and was pretty much a dull fight from start to finish.
However, incredibly 50,000 fans showed up to see the bout, which figured to be a one-sided fight even before it took place. The fight sold 700,000 pay per view buys; not bad for a fight against an opponent [Clottey] that doesn’t have much of a fan base in the United States.
The Margarito-Pacquiao bout could bring in similar numbers, as Margarito isn’t a very popular fighter either in the U.S. and most boxing fans seem to see this as a huge mismatch. Fans wanted to see Pacquiao fight someone else, preferably Floyd Mayweather Jr. Unfortunately; the fans will have to wait on that fight happening for at least until next year, if not longer. It will depend on a number of things. The percentage split of the revenue and the random blood testing that Mayweather wants.
August 9th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in putting the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito Top Rank clash at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Pacquiao and Margarito will be fighting for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title, despite the fact that Pacquiao has never fought at that weight before and Margarito has fought only twice in that division in the past six years and only recently fought a fringe contender at that weight.
Whatever the case, Margarito is ranked number #1 by the WBC and will be fighting the biggest money fight of his 16-year pro career. Margarito has fought only once in the past year after losing his boxing license due to a plaster like substance being found on his hand wraps before his fight against Shane Mosley last year.
Still without a boxing license to fight in the United States, Margarito has already been denied a license by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Margarito’s promoter Bob Arum is going to attempt to get his license back from the California Athletic Commission later on this month, the ones that took Margarito’s license away in the first place.
It’ll be interesting to see if Arum is able to get Margarito’s boxing license back from the Texas Athletic Commission if the California Commission rejects Margarito’s application. If not, then Arum and Margarito will have to try other states, such as New Jersey.
Pacquiao has already fought in the Cowboy stadium last March, beating former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that lacked drama and was pretty much a dull fight from start to finish.
However, incredibly 50,000 fans showed up to see the bout, which figured to be a one-sided fight even before it took place. The fight sold 700,000 pay per view buys; not bad for a fight against an opponent [Clottey] that doesn’t have much of a fan base in the United States.
The Margarito-Pacquiao bout could bring in similar numbers, as Margarito isn’t a very popular fighter either in the U.S. and most boxing fans seem to see this as a huge mismatch. Fans wanted to see Pacquiao fight someone else, preferably Floyd Mayweather Jr. Unfortunately; the fans will have to wait on that fight happening for at least until next year, if not longer. It will depend on a number of things. The percentage split of the revenue and the random blood testing that Mayweather wants.