“We want to thank Jon Ballan and his family for their graciousness, understanding and good will in helping to accommodate the Yankees," the team said in a statement to The Associated Press. "We will now meet with Bob Arum and his organization to continue discussions to bring this fight to Yankee Stadium.”
I don't think hotshot lawyer Jon Ballan should be taking any bows here.
So what if he helped arrange the financing of the new Yankee Stadium? When it mattered most, with his teenaged son's entire future on the line, the old man took a dive.
The Yankees turned into yentas and they nagged this father until he agreed to release his booking to hold his boy's bar mitzvah at the big ballpark in the South Bronx so that aspiring rabbi Yuri Foreman can defend his WBA 154 pound title on that night against recycycled Miguel I'm No Angel Cotto.
I'm hearing that Cotto's corner for this fight will consist of one monsignor, two parish priests and a nun in full penguin like regalia.
Who says Cotto doesn't have a prayer?
Another angle here, and I find angles in the nooks and crannies like no one except my old friend and old crank Tony Kornheiser (“Hannah Storm's boots are made for walking and that's what they'll do”), is to ask the musical question, what's the live gate difference between Manny Pacquiao (note to historians, first time Marley ever waited until seventh graph to mention his “meal ticket”) and Floyd Kill Joy Mayweather Jr.?
It's size of their real estate, son, for Pacman becomes a stadium main event guy on March 13 in the wilds of Arlington, Tejas, while Mayweather's next recital will be confined within the friendly confines of a Las Vegas hotel-casino arena.
Pacquiao will more than double the number of paying bodies for their respective next bouts.
The hoohah about the Yankee Stadium gig got me thinking about how Megamanny could finish out his career, for the most part, with an Across The USA Stadium Tour.
Yes, much like U2 and Bruce Springsteen, Pacquiao could keep it rolling in the big ballparks after March 13.
It looks like old codger Bob Arum will “reward” Antonio Margarito for his “good behavior” by making him the next Manny foe, after Joshua Clottey and provided that the Floyd Mayweather Lollapalooza cannot be made.
It takes no geographical genius to realize that Margarito-Pacman is the perfect Dodger Stadium bout for a September to Remember.
Margo is right down the road in Tijuana and old Chavez Ravine would be chock full of Pinoys and Mexicans.
Assuming he hudles Tone Loc, then where would Pacman go next?
Maybe he can close the show at least here in America, by fighting the Foreman-Cotto winner (read Rabbi To Be Yuri) in Yankee Stadium next spring.
Dallas, Los Angeles, New York.
Crowds of, let's put pencil to paper, and say 35,000 in Texas, 55,000 Los Angeles and 60,000 at popular prices in the Big Apple
OK, Caucasian Gorilla, you migt be saying...what if Pacman has five more fights in him, what of the final two?
Thanks for asking, balut breath, because I've got that covered also.
After performing in The House Next to The House That Ruth Built, Pacquiao could wnd his way home.
He could reward his loyal legions in the San Francisco Bay Area by doing a fight against TBA (the foe wouldn't matter much) at the Giants nifty downtown ballpark.
He gets up the next day, flies back to Manila, thanks God at Quiapo Church and then announces his ring retirement.
Shortly thereafter, he moves into Malacanang Palace.
I know it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it, better Manny than the usual gang of trapos.
That's the script, folks.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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