Legal Battle Over Pacquiao: Top Rank vs Golden Boy |
Special news coverage on the legal battle between Bob Arum's Top Rank, Inc. and Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions on who has the promotional rights on Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao signed with Golden Boy on September, 2006 and two months later Pacquiao also signed with Top Rank. In the aftermath, Top Rank and Golden Boy sued each other. The case is currently being heard in U.S. Courts. As a side effect big fights between the two promoters' fighters could not be made or have had great diffulty of being made which deprived the boxing world of the fights it wanted to see.
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GOLDEN BOY-TOP RANK SIGN AGREEMENT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 30 Jun 2007

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has informed Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that he had “just signed the settlement agreement with Top Rank and a press rele Read full story Promoters' settlement paves way for Pacquiao-Barrera II By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, 30 Jun 2007 Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, bitter promotional rivals whose ongoing feud was holding boxing fans hostage because they refused to match their fighters, reached a peace accord Friday after two weeks of court-ordered mediation.
The settlement, reached Wednesday and signed Friday, was jointly Read full story Promoters' settlement paves way for Pacquiao-Barrera II By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, 30 Jun 2007 Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, bitter promotional rivals whose ongoing feud was holding boxing fans hostage because they refused to match their fighters, reached a peace accord Friday after two weeks of court-ordered mediation.
The settlement, reached Wednesday and signed Friday, was jointly Read full story SALUD, NAZARIO WELCOME GOLDEN BOY-ARUM SETTLEMENT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 30 Jun 2007 WBC founding secretary general, the eminent lawyer Rudy Salud, yesterday welcomed reports of a settlement reached between former bitter rivals Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Salud was joined in welcoming the news by Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao’s former business manager Rod Read full story Pacquiao-Barrera on Oct. 6! By , FightNews.com, 30 Jun 2007 Top Rank, Golden Boy will share Pacman rights after settlement is reached
Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have reached a settlement of the various legal disputes including that pertaining to Manny Pacquiao. Bouts between Manny Pacquiao and marquee fighters under contract to Golden Boy will be Read full story Lawyers Draft Arum-De La Hoya Global Peace Pact, Pacman-Barrera II To LA! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 29 Jun 2007 The pieces to the puzzle are being put into place. Now the lawyers on both sides are carefully crafting the peace agreement in which Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya will bury their legal hatchets.
It’s going to be a “universal settlement,” which legal parlance for a global deal e Read full story ROACH SAYS THE BEST FIGHT FOR PACQUIAO IS BARRERA By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 29 Jun 2007

In the midst of a swirl of speculations regarding the possible resolution of the bitter conflict between Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum of Top Rank in the mediation talks presided over by retired judge Dan Weinstein, traine Read full story Pacquiao-Barrera II on Oct. 6? By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 29 Jun 2007 BARRING ANY unforeseen circumstance, Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera are going to get it on for the second time on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas.
A major breakthrough in the peace talks involving Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) happened yesterday in the US after Bob Arum told media out Read full story Bob Arum: 'Talks Are Going Good' Golden Boy-Top Rank War Nears End. Pacman Peace Gives Barrera Manny Bout! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 28 Jun 2007 EXTRA EDITION UPDATE: At 3:13 p.m. PDT, Peacemaker Bob Arum informed me "the talks are going good, real good."
Bob Arum’s lips are still zipped. All the Top Rank bossman would tell me Wedneday is that the mediation process between his company and rival Golden Boy Promotions is at the make i Read full story Peace in the Middle East? By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, 28 Jun 2007

Since late last summer, as Manny Pacquiao was whisked away in a limo at LAX with a briefcase full of cash by Oscar De La Hoya as he arrived for his training camp to begin preparations for his rubbermatch against Erik Morales, G Read full story Golden Boy-Arum Pacman Peace Pact Imminent, Barrera Gets Manny Bout! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 28 Jun 2007 Bob Arum’s lips are still zipped. All the Top Rank bossman would tell me Wedneday is that the mediation process between his company and rival Golden Boy Promotions is at the make it or break it stage.
“Things are very delicate,” Arum said. “That’s all I can tell you. Read full story No news on Pacquiao foe yet; Barrera rematch still possible By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, 28 Jun 2007 AFTER promsing to announce Manny Pacquiao’s next fight this week, nothing came out of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
However, following the orders of Judge Daniel Westein for mediation, the possibility of skipping an Oct. 6 fight with Mexican Humberto Soto for a mega-buck rematch against Marc Read full story Tight-Lipped Bob Arum Promises Mysterious Manny Pacquaio Disclosure Wednesday! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 27 Jun 2007 His lips are sealed. And, if you know promoter Bob Arum, that’s a rarity.
But the Top Rank bossman did tell Boxingconfidential.com Tuesday night that there will be news forthcoming regarding his prized prizefighter, Manny Pacquaio, on Wedneday.
So what will the stunning or not so stunnin Read full story For Future Lawyer Emmanuel D. Pacquaio, One Free Lesson In Justice Or Is It Just Us? By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 27 Jun 2007 "Black people go to court lookng for justice, look around...what do you see, JUST US." -- RICHARD PRYOR
"Down at the Halls Of Justice, the only justice is in the halls."--LENNY BRUCE.
My favorite lawyers of all time are the real Edward Bennett Williams and the fictional Arthur Kirkland as play Read full story Glacial Thaw: Judge Weinstein Pushing Golden Boy, Top Rank Mediation Towards Pacquaio Peace! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 26 Jun 2007 This is the man who is push, push, pushing Bob Arum and Top Rank to settle its legal dispute over Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquaio with Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions. And he is push, push, pushing in the other direction as well.
That's his job description, getting parties at odd Read full story Pacquiao mediation update! By Dennis Principe, FightNews.com, 25 Jun 2007 The expertise of a well-known negotiator of multibillion-dollar cases in the United States is being put to test now that he is part of the celebrated issue involving Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
Days ago, this writer learned from reliable sources that former San Francisco Superior Cou Read full story Pacquiao no longer good as advertised? By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 Jun 2007 MANILA, Philippines -- Reporting from the scene, Bob Arum claimed Manny Pacquiao figured splendidly in a case deposition earlier this month.
It was not clear if Pacquiao used an interpreter to give his side on the promotional tussle in which Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions are locked in.
Pa Read full story Pacquiao's future is in Top Rank, Golden Boy's hands By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, 23 Jun 2007

LAS VEGAS -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum won't discuss the ongoing mediation with Golden Boy Promotions because of a confidentiality agreement signed by both sides, but he is willing to discuss Manny Pacquiao's next Read full story An expert is called to mediate By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, 23 Jun 2007 THE expertise of a well-known negotiator of multibillion-dollar cases in the United States is being put to test now that he is part of the celebrated issue involving Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
BusinessMirror gathered from sources that former San Francisco Superior Court Judge Dani Read full story ATTY. SALUD WARNS, ARUM AND PACQUIAO WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 22 Jun 2007

The founding secretary general of the WBC, the eminent lawyer Rudy Salud who is steeped in a sports background, says Top Rank promoter Bob Arum will “ultimately hav Read full story
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