Pacquiao vs Marquez 4 : Bob Arum is working on it?
After Manny Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in a controversial majority decision, the Floyd Mayweather Jr camp wanted to fight Pacquiao on May 5, 2011. However, Top RankPromoter Bob Arum is not buying it because he looks for Pacquiao vs Marquez 4?
The Pacquiao camp is not happy with the performance of Pacquiao though he won the fight. Half of the people who watched the fight saw it differently, that Marquez should have won it or a draw.
Even the Mexican fans who were in the MGM Grand were dissatisfied for they believed that their hero Marquez won it. There were booes in when Pacquiao was announced as the winner. Even Arum felt that Marquez deserves to have another shot at Pacquiao and that he mentioned of working on the fourth fight.
Mayweather camp, however, wants to make a deal for the biggest money fight in boxing history that can reach up to $200 million revenues. Of course, Mayweather saw how Pacquiao struggled and he has to make the noise to fight him. Will he get Pacquiao despite Arum’s statement of dealing for another Pacquiao-Marquez?
In one of Arums latest interview, he actually changed his mind about the next fight of Pacquiao. Though he reiterated that he will not deal with the Mayweather camp.
“Mayweather, I hate to say it, he’s not a fighter. I want to use some other word to describe him, but I’d rather not. He doesn’t want to fight Pacquiao for sure because he’s scared,” he said.
Mayweather is scared of losing his undefeated record because he knows that Pacquiao can hit him with just a punch. On Pacquiao if he wants to fight Mayweather, he always handed the decision to Arum.
For Marquez, he looks to retire because he thought he was robbed three times already by the judges. What if Arum wants another Pacquiao-Marquez? Then we will be looking for that on May.
The question of the fourth fight boils down if other people will still have the desire to watch it. For me, the trilogy is enough. I have seen all their styles in that three fights and why should I have to see the next one?
One of the names floating around is WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. He will likely be the next boxer in the schedule of Pacquiao. Arum will likely have an easy way of making this fight because Bradley signed with him lately.
Pacquiao vs Marquez 4, Pacquiao vs Mayweather, or Pacquiao vs Bradley will be the next biggets thing in boxing.
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