It seems as though the uneasy relationship between Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and Don Jose Sulaiman, President For Life of the World Boxing Council, is at the tipping point.
In the immediate wake of the third Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao bout last Saturday, Arum branded Sulaiman an “asshole” for saying the WBO sanctioned title bout was a mismatch in Pacman’s favor.
Minutes ago, Sulaiman circulated this public blast on Tio Roberto.
“Answer of Jose Sulaim?n to Bob Arum?s insult
Promoter Arum insulted me in the press with a swear that I wouldn?t dare to type out for respect specially to ladies. I think of Bob Arum is one of the greatest Promoters that my eyes have seen, but also that he has no class, has no idea of what a gentleman is, and if he would be subjected to an open heart surgery, the doctors would find no heart. I have tried all my life to be his friend, and have always supported him specially at his rough times,but unfortunately, he does not know either the meaning of that word. He just can?t help it. Arum selected Juan Manuel M?rquez as he thought that he was no threat to Manny Pacquiao, his multi billion ace; I also believed, as a boxing fan, that Marquez was at his age, not going to beat Pacquiao. but Marquez proved Arum and myself wrong, as he might not have beaten him for some, but he did not lose either ; I am happy to accept it as it was a competitive fight good for boxing; Arum also is trying to sign the rematch , with his extraordinary sensitivity and keen perception and smell of where the love of his life, the color green. If he is really interested, it has to be in Mexico and nowhere else. About 40 years ago, the immortal promoter George Parnassus told me : ?Jos?, if some day the Atomic bomb destroys the world and only Robert Arum and you remain on earth ,,,,,,,,, don?t you dare to give him your back; Perhaps it took me this long to understand what my hero George Parnassus meant.” Jose Sulaiman
