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PACQUIAO BELITTLES VALERO'S KO'S By Hermie Rivera PhilBoxing.com Fri, 05 Jan 2007 Through most of 2006, Manny Pacquiao was in the spotlight, chased by boxing's top guns for the right to stage his megabuck fights. A flick of his fingers lines up guys to his mansion for his prized signature to multi-million dollar fight contracts. Cutting the best mileage out of his limited know-how in contract negotiations, Pacquiao opted for Top Rank's Bob Arum to act as his promoter--- much to the consternation of Oscar de la Hoya, an early favorite in the tug of war of two of boxing's prime movers. While Arum snagged Manny's support for now, the Pacman incredously wants Marco Antonio Barrera in the April title setto, a rematch that has gone pffft owing to the proximity of Oscar de la Hoya's 'Cinco de Mayo Encuentro' with Floyd Mayweather Jr Too, there was this more compelling HBO March date for the Pacman to face the Mexican Baby-faced Assasin. Marco, the current WBC super featherweight ruler fights for the Golden Boy Promotions. Fact is, he co-promotes his fights with Oscar and so with the rest of the GBP fighters. Manny's move to junk Marco has deprived Oscar's group the opportunity of staging what Barrera fans have been clamoring for; a chance for redemption of their idol since his fall at the hands of the Filipino ring 'incomparable' at San Antonio's Alamodome. Pshaw! A rare treat for those aching for the long-awaited rematch capped by an adios fight Oscar has penciled against Floyd Jr. on May 5.One of de la Hoya's treat for Filipino fans as it surely will involved some of our country;s rising stars. Pacquiao, last year's huge boxing free agent is typically unaffected by all the fuss. The Filipino boxing hero is busy cashing in on the huge outlay Bob Arum has earmarked for him. He is enjoying his holidays as he awaits from his Uncle Bob the promised bonanza.. He'll plunge headlong into training though if his meeting with the Mexican champ is salvaged somehow. A mean feat I say since the rift between Arum and de la Hoya has been irretrievably lost what with the announced pairing of Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera in the March 17 championship card at MGM's Grand in Las Vegas,Nevada. I wonder how the guys at HBO are taking these mind- boggling developments. Rumors swirled, speculation and downright misinformation abound as to the route Manny will take even as high-profiled promoters pursued him. Not even Arum's repeated claim of an airtight contract with Manny could dissuade other promoters from making a grab of what's left to take. Since Manny has no plans of adding weight and is sticking to his current weight class. the rematch with Barrera remains the only option of Arum to make good his vow of generous committment to our boxing great-- else he is toast. The other factor vexing Bob is the dearth of talents in his bull pen. Rival Oscar has corraled most if not all of the viable suoer-featherweight contenders.So that if one insists on a Barrera/Pacquiao rematch, de la Hoya.s group must be in the mix else there'll be no meaningful fight for the new year to speak of. One of Arum fighters who is undefeated in 21 fights by knockout is the Venezuelan Edwin Valero, He is being touted as Pacquiao's opponent in Macau (courtesy of Steve Wynn) and so with a ringster named Humberto Soto.. Manny is not impressed at all. "Valero's KO victims" says the GenSan knockout artist are "nothing but certified tuktuk drivers of Bangkok." So there. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Hermie Rivera.  |
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