ARUM HITS TRIFECTA Pac-Man, Pavlik and Cotto.
While Golden Boy is running its old horses all the way to the glue factory, Top Rank has been busy grooming new young thoroughbreds. When Miguel Cotto faced off against Sugar Shane Mosley at Madison Square Garden there were approximately 17,000 PAYING fans in attendance and I bet 15,000 were there to see Puerto Rican locomotive. With the win, Cotto scored the second big-game victory of his career. While New York might be home of the 5-families, it was the Top Rank Family that scored big on this night.
Top Rank Godfather, Bob Arum now promotes three of the biggest earners in the sport: Manny Pacquiao, Kelly Pavlik and Miguel Cotto. Disagree? Pacquiao is a mega-star in his home country and has a massive American and Latino following. Pavlik will continue to give fans what they really want to see, ACTION! Last but not least, Cotto is a true box office attraction on the East Coast (no casino buys needed).
Not only do all three fighters make their promoter and themselves some serious cash, but they give fans their money’s worth every single time! These three ?Made Men? of the Top Rank Family come to fight and that cannot be said of some of the other so called ?big names? in the sport.
Sticking to the subject of big name fighters, I can?t see Oscar going for a ?tune-up?, he is a big game hunter. The move is simple, Cotto versus DeLaHoya. The Classic Puerto Rico versus Mexico battle. With Cinco De Mayo and The Puerto Rican Day Parade both being in June, the only thing left to decide is Vegas or New York.
