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.

How De La Hoya and Arum cooked a Golden goose
As partners they made each other rich, but as rival promoters their bitter feud may be hurting the fight game
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr 2007

Oscar De La Hoya was once so happy with fight promoter Bob Arum that the young boxer presented him with his prized Olympic gold medal during Arum's 65th birthday celebration at a Reno hotel ballroom. Th Read full story

WBC ignores legal cases
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 24 Apr 2007
If WBC president Jose Sulaiman has his way, he’ll throw lawyers out the window for interfering in the process of determining the deserving challengers for the world championship. Sulaiman made a cameo appearance at the weigh-in the day before Manny Pacquiao demolished Jorge Solis at the Al Read full story

What now, Pacquiao?
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 21 Apr 2007
MANNY Pacquiao’s mind is now clearly focused on his battle for the lone congressional district of South Cotabato and his efforts to oust incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio, who is seeking her final term. Both his lawyer Franklin “Jeng” Gacal and close friend and confidant Rex “Wakee” Salud, cl Read full story

Courts told to decide on Pacman case
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 21 Apr 2007
WORLD Boxing Council founding secretary-general Rudy Salud has called on the United States courts to decide on the case of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao, who is at the center of a legal battle between Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank. Golden Boy filed a case for tortuous interference again Read full story

Pacman hopes row ends by June
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, 20 Apr 2007
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao flies to New York in June to see his brother Bobby fight Humberto Soto on June 9 at the Madison Square Garden and gets a toast from the Boxing Writers Association of America as fighter of the year during a formal gathering. Pacquiao also hopes that officials o Read full story

Row over Manny to be settled amicably?
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 19 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO – Manny Pacquiao’s lawyer Franklin (Jeng) Gacal said recently he expects the legal battle between Top Rank and Golden Boy over the Filipino boxing icon’s promotional rights to be settled out of court sooner than later because it makes business sense to compromise instea Read full story

Duboef, Top Rank Extend Second Olive Branch To Golden Boy For Manny Pacquaio Peace Talks!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 19 Apr 2007
Bob Arum used this web site to extend an olive branch to Golden Boy Promotions last week. Top Rank's bossman cited the mounting legal bills his company and Oscar De La Hoya's company keep getting from their respective high-priced law firms as they squabble over the promotional rights to Filpino ring Read full story

GOLDEN BOY WARNS ARUM TO LAY OFF BARRERA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 18 Apr 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has warned Top Rank’s Bob Arum to lay off former WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera. Schaefer expressed his disgust over claims by Arum that Barrera was leaving Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and disclosed that Read full story

THE BEST DANCER IN THE WORLD STILL NEEDS A PARTNER
By George Kimball, BoxingTalk.net, 16 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO--- Saturday night’s “Blaze of Glory” card at the Alamodome was supposed to supply some answers, but once again we’re left mostly with questions. The only certainty is that when the Pac-Man hits the campaign trail  back in the Phillipines this week he will do his s Read full story

Breaking News: Arum Willing To Sit Down, Settle Pacman Case Now!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 13 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO--It's hard to predict whether the former Swiss banker, Richard Schaefer, will laugh, cry or pick up the phone when he hears this one. Schaefer has, after all, more or less said that Arum, 75, is bordering on the senile and that he needs "to hand the reins" of Top Rank over to his stepsto Read full story

Bob Arum Stakes Claim to Pacquiao Gold
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, 11 Apr 2007

If you ever wondered why the bidding has been so fierce over the promotional rights to the little Filipino dragon named Manny Pacquiao just have a look at his box-office numbers. Plain and simple, having the pleasure to promote the " Read full story

STRAIGHT SHOOTER
Freddie Roach talks about Manny’s political career, the Arum-de la Hoya rift and why the success of 'Pac-Man' and 'Golden Boy' doesn’t have anything to do with him
By Dominic Menor, PhilBoxing.com, 11 Apr 2007
JUDE Turcuato, one of the hosts of "In the Zone", said it best: Freddie Roach is a victim of his own success. He’s so good everybody wants him. Everybody wants him badly he needs to spend less time on some fighters to accommodate others. For the first time since Manny Pacquiao fought in a U Read full story

INSIDE SPORTS: PACQUIAO-SOLIS FIGHT PREVIEW
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 10 Apr 2007

Having watched tapes of undefeated but unknown Jorge Solis it is increasingly evident that Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao, if he is anywhere near the condition Read full story

SCHAEFER SAYS HE ISN’T WORRIED ABOUT ARUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 01 Apr 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he is “not really worried” about (Bob) Arum, the Top Rank Promoter with whom Golden Boy Promotions is engaged in a legal battle over promotional rights of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao. In an overseas telephone conversation with Viv Read full story

Boxing - Q&A with promoter Bob Arum
By John Whisler, San Antonio Express, 01 Apr 2007
At age 75, Bob Arum remains one of boxing's great promoters. This past week, I was able to catch up with him to discuss his April 14 card at the Alamodome. How are ticket sales going? Extremely well. It's such an exciting card. I mean, people really want to be entertained and see terrific boxi Read full story

GOLDEN BOY REVEALS ARUM’S PUSH FOR SOTO MANDATORY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 30 Mar 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer stands by his claim that Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum had pushed for his fighter, Humberto Soto to be named mandatory challenger against newly crowned super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. The reports caught the Pacquiao camp by surprise altho Read full story

Pacquiao wants Roach to call the shots
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 28 Mar 2007
MANNY PACQUIAO wants a special someone to be in his corner when he makes a return trip to the venue of one of his most storied victories. Not his wife, but his trusted cornerman Freddie Roach. Pacquiao told his lawyer Franklin Gacal that he would like nothing more than to have Roach at the stadi Read full story

Q&A: Bob Arum!
By Felipe Leon, FightNews.com, 27 Mar 2007
Top Rank's Bob Arum held court at La Piñata restaurant in San Diego, CA recently to announce "Blaze of Glory", Manny Pacquiao's return to the ring after his three-round slaying of Mexican great Erik Morales last November. On April 14th from San Antonio TX's Alamodome, Pacquiao (43-3-2, 34KO) will de Read full story

DL Hoya still working to stop Pacquiao fight
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 27 Mar 2007
TOP RANK doesn’t expect Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) to throw in the towel in its fight to stop the April 14 clash between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Jorge Solis in San Antonio, Texas. Bob Arum "assumes GBP to appeal" the injunction that had been denied by a Las Vegas court last Read full story