Top Rank promoter Bob Arum went straight to the point, even if the object of his frustration was boxing champion Manny Pacquiao.
Arum expressed concern in Baguio City after seeing Pacquiao spar for nine rounds over the weekend, saying the 31-year-old Filipino stands to lose against Antonio Margarito if their Nov. 13 title fight is held right now.
?When I watched him on Saturday, I didn?t see the kind of speed that he would need to beat Margarito,” said the 78-year-old Arum while holding court when media day was held in Pacquiao?s high-altitude training camp at the Shape-Up gym inside the Cooyesan Hotel on a stormy Monday afternoon.
?If the fight happened on Saturday, Margarito would win the fight.”
Accompanied by stepdaughter Dena duBoef, Arum arrived in the country?s Summer Capital Saturday and was personally at ringside when the `Pa
