Considering his muy difficle problems con Juan Manuel “Footstepper” Marquez, Manny PacquIo may have already ceded his hard won, unofficial nickname of “Mexican Assassin.” Pacman never much like the sobriquet, anyway, but after lending an ear to the holiday jeer of promoter Lou DiBella on Tuesday at an Irish saloon a stone’s throw from boxing temple Madison Square Garden, I say we give this nickname to Volcanic Lou DiBella. Mr. DiBella let loose with some vicious holiday jeer, blasting usual suspects Bob Arum and WBC Leader For Life Don Jose Sulaiman, but then went an extra measure of hot, molten lava in blasting Mexico’s two most popular younger fighters, scion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and 20 year old wunderkind Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Those scoring at home may wish to note that Young Chavez is babied perpetually by Top Rank, Alvarez is continually mollycoddled by Golden Boy and that Uncle Lou’]s agenda is totally driven as an advocate of Real Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. So take it away, Bad or Mad Santa Lou: “I think (Floyd) Mayweather is the Number One guy in the world, I can concede that. I think if he fought Sergio he would lose and no longer be undefeated. But right now then I say that the Numbedr Two to Mayweather is Martinez because it sure isn’t (Manny) Pacquiao.” DiBella, while ripping Arum and Sulaiman, went on to denigrate Chavez and Alvarez. “I’ve said it before, Chavez Jr. is just some little punk, some kid who grew up a millionaire’s son in Culiacan, a spoiled little punk and a spoiled little brat. I tell the truth about Chavez Jr. because he is deathly afraid of Sergio. “As for Canelo, he is no better. Is he a big deal in Mexico? Yes, he is because of his skin coloring and his orange hair. If he was a more typical Mexicanguy with dark hair and dark eyes, nobody would care about him.” Listening closely to DiBella slam Arum, the WBC, Young Chavez and Younger Alvarfez was jis feisty Irishman, Matthew Macklin, the raised in Birmingham fighter who hopes to be battling Martinez on March 17 at Madison Square Garden. “The whole thing is a dog and pony show,” Macklin told one friend. “But if Martinez is the man at middleweight then he will fight me as I’m a true middleweight. They say Sergio is the man, OK then I want to be the man who beat the man.” ([email protected])
