I hope you people will finally stop ?nagging? me about Billy. I just spoke to Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and he told Boxingconfidential.com exclusively that Kid Billy The Goat is safe and sound and enroute back to the animal talent agency in Southern California from whence he came.
?Nobody is eating this goat,? Arum said. ?We got him fromr a place that rents out animals to the movie studios. This goat is a better actor than the fighter Francisco Lorenzo. By the way, the WBC did the right thing and they?re not recognizing Lorenzo as a world champion. They are calling what Nevada ruled a DQ win for Lorenzo as a no contest so my guy, Humberto Soto, is not being given an unfair loss. Lorenzo is a terrible actor
?Back to Billy, I must say what a well-mannered goat he is. We had him on the dais at these press conferences and he conducted himself better than most of the people.?
I touched on numerous other subjects with a slightly hoarse (not horse) Uncle Bob, including:
Juan Manuel Marquez: ?He may never fight Pacman a third time because Golden Boy has done a stupid thing in putting him in with Joel Casamayor. It?s so stupid because Casamayor will stink him out and beat Marquez. Fuck it, who needs Marquez after that?
Edwin Valero: ?You know, I don?t think there is a Filpino alive in the United States who did not watch the PPV against David Diaz last night. Valero will be a great opponent and make for a huge fight against Manny. He is 24-0, all by KO, so many early KOs. If Nevada will license Edwin, we can go here. He is now licensed in Texas so we could also go there. This fight will happen in November.?
Joan Guzman, Nate Campbell, Juan Diaz: ?We won?t get to Ricky Hatton until next year because he?s got Paulie Malignaggi upcoming. Next to Manny, I say that Guzman is the toughest guy out there. Casamayor means nothing. Nate Campbell means nothing. As far as Juan Diaz goes, Manny will pound the shit out of him. I mean, Juan Diaz is a little bit limited and only a slight upgrade from David Diaz.?
Game tryer David Diaz: ?What a nice kid. Nobody would turn him down as an opponent. He made a good payday and he deserves it.?
On Pacman?s Picasso ring artistry: ?Difference was not killing himself to make the weight. I had to get him out of the 130-pound class. When he killed himself to make weight and had only one day to replenish, it took the oomph out of him physically. It?s like when peole said Miguel Cotto had no chin and got tired at 140 pounds. They see a stronger, better Cotto at 147 pounds, it?s the same with Manny. Manny is just a great fighter.?
Heavyweight Giant Failure Tye ?Big Lie? Fields: ?Bruce (Trampler) kept telling me the kid couldn?t fight so I am to blame on this one. We moved him from Grade B opponents to Monte Barrett and Monte is not exactly Mike Tyson. Tye is a nice kid but he?s got no whiskers at all. Monte was funny after the fight. He said I owed him a favor, I asked why and he said, ?Because I saved you a lot of money you?d have spent on that guy.? Monte was exactly right, he did save me money on Fields.?
