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Betrayal of Trust PhilBoxing.com Fri, 14 Apr 2006 At this time may we turn your attention to an imposition by the ruling boxing council for Manny Pacquiao to fight Oscar Larios for the WBC International title belt on July 2 at the Araneta Coliseum. Why is it neccessary for us to remind you that accomodation of such an order by the Mexico based cartel is not in accordance with what is accepted as lawful. Quite a number of titleholders have shown disdain by thrashing this accolade of dubious nature to the waste can. Yes sir, legitimate crown holders have outwardly rejected the notion of representing the sponsoring cartels by way of thrashing championship belts at a given turn. Erik Morales, Larry Holmes even Marco Antonio Barrera and Mike Tyson at one time threw their belts. And yeah, Riddick Bowe did his act earlier if you recall. Apart from the above-mentioned gastos, the promoter (Pacquiao) has to pay for airline travel (domestic and foreign,) billet and per diems not to mention the imposed wage of supervisor, referee, judges etc which again to our way of thinking cannot be accepted as lawful-- not to forget likewise the various fees the local commission would be asking. l Manny can stand on his own merits without this needless obtrusion. I remember when Luisito Espinosa defended his WBA bantamweight title against Israel Contreras, the fight supervisor dictated numerous steps in order to make things difficullt during the weigh-in, use of gloves, bandaging etc. The Games & Amusements board at that time allowed the fight superviwsor to have his way, disregarding our plea for execution of the local governing rules.. And this was a world title fight (WBA) with Luisito defending his crown in our own turf. I'll allow you a guess as to which boxing body will prevail when rules governing this international bout come up for discussion during the pre-fight meeting of the Pacquiao/Larios fistic tussle. And while we are it, perhaps we should remind the 'revenuers' that taxes due this fight should be collected since the law on tax exception does not apply to non-title matches as decreed in the Serafin Salvador law. Why is Manny being subjected to all this iniquitous burden? I maintain that this is one of the biggest betrayal of trust given to Manny by his handlers since the sale of the Banaue rice terraces more than once by con artists in various eras. Click here for a complete listing of columns by this author. Click here for a complete listing of this author's articles from different news sources. |
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