Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach, nobody?s fistic fool, has made it crystal clear that if he has way, Pacman will avoid unbeaten stylist Joan Guzman like the Bubonic Plague. The plague, also known as “Black Death,” killed millions and millions of people back in the day.
Evidently many of Guzman’s 130 and 135-pound possible opponents regard his slick boxing style as a pugilistic pestilence that they would do well to stay far away from.
Bob Arum, master of deviant propaganda, is conducting a disinformation campaign and labels the Dominican Dandy ?Guzrun.? Arum swears that the public will not pay to watch Guzman?s dazzling skill set and he vows to dodge Guzman and avoid getting Megammany possibly knocked off as well.
Now it appears the Guzman No Go List has been expanded to include hard-punching Venezuelan and unbeaten WBA champion Edwin Valero. Richie Rich Schaefer has delivered the bad news to Guzman co-promoter Sycuan Ringside Promotions that KO artist Valero?s Japanese promoter, Teiken, has informed him it?s strictly no way, Jose, when it comes to even discussing a Guzman-Valero showdown.
This news comes a week ahead of a Valero small-scale PPV fight beamed out of Cancun. The message is clear and it is that Guzman is about as welcome around Valero as the Bush family would be visting Caracas for lunch with Hugo Chavez.
?The Valero people regard Guzman as poison,? an inside source tells Boxingconfidential.com. ?They feel his speedy style will allow him to make a complete mockery of the lead-footed Valero. They said they dream of a Pacquiao fight but that Guzman is a nightmare they will not deal with in any way, shape or form.?
With his list of potential opponents narrowing, one has to wonder if Guzman will want to stay busy with his WBO 130-pound mandatory bout against Scotland?s Alex Arthur.
Of course if Juan Manuel Marquez loses to Pacman March 15, the Golden Boys may actually make some effort to make a Pacman-Guzman fight. A wild card factor, as documented daily on Boxingconfidential, is Golden Boy?s persistent effort to wrest the promotional rights to unbeaten triple-belted lightweight king Juan ?Baby Bull? Diaz..
The ?elephant in the room? at GBP is Bossman Oscar. Does he pick on a bandaged Ricky Hatton after the popular Englishman loses Saturday night to Money Mayweather or does he actually turn talk of a bout with Pacman into a reality? Word is that Oscar-Ricky is marked down as the first big boxing event at the new Wembley Stadium in London. One thing is for sure, Hatton loyalists will not abandon their hero if he loses to PBF.
Obviously, Pacquaio-Juan Diaz could be built into a PPV jackpot. De La Hoya-Hatton or De La Hoya-Pacquiao are instant money monsters.
