The bloom is off the rose for Manny Pacquiao and Bob Arum.
Arum told the LA Times Tuesday he ?could care less? if Pacman puts the kibosh on a May 2 Ricky Hatton bout in Las Vegas.
Arum has sided with Hatton?s lawyer and rival promoter Golden Boy in saying that the Pinoy idol had agreed to split all revenue 50-50 with the popular British fighter.
Arum is infuriated that Pacman lawyer Franklin ?Jeng? Gacal has demanded a 60-40 money division in Manny?s favor.
Gacal?s job, as Manny?s advocate, is not to care about or protect the financial interests of Arum and Top Rank. His only concern is what?s best for his client, superstar Pacquiao.
Insiders in the Pacquiao camp tell me bad blood has been festering for some time between Arum and the Filpino attorney.
Some insiders also say that Pacquiao is not blind to the fact that Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones, Joe Calzaghe and other ring superstars set up their own promotional firms.
If they can do that and prosper, then why wouldn?t Pacquiao want to cut loose Arum?
Jacal and others around Megamanny feel Arum and his company are making too much money off the fighter.
Is this a mere lover?s quarrel or the opening chapter of a bitter divorce?
