AFTER all, HBO?s planned May 22 ring date for Filipino boxing star Manny ?The Destroyer? Pacquiao feasibly against IBF and WBA featherweight champion Juan Manuel ?Dinamita? Marquez of Mexico may push through as initially scheduled.
This after Mike Acri, the promoter of Paul Spadafora, made a sudden change of heart by saying that he will turn down any offer for his ward to clash with former two-division world champion Floyd Mayweather at the latter?s hometown in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Just a few days ago, promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank and HBO had agreed to swap dates to accommodate the Mayweather-Spadafora rumble on May 22, which originally belonged to Pacquiao, in Grand Rapids.
Pacquiao is most affected by the drastic turn of events as this reset the Ring Magazine featherweight champion?s forthcoming fight to May 8 or two weeks earlier than scheduled, a move strongly objected by Team Pacquiao.
