The billionaire football team owner seems to love all this.
Days leading into the big fight of Manny Pacquiao versus Joshua Clottey, rumors strewed that Jerry Jones has made arrangements to score Pacquiao's next fight at his billion-dollar world-class Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
But it's no secret that Jones would love that.
Perhaps pleased by the turnout that the fight is generating (reports appear that the event is closed to a sellout), Jones said, "Should it ever work out as a great fight then we'd like to be right there to promote another one."
Watching a workhorse Pacquiao train at an open workout, Jones hopes that "this is not the last time we'd host a Pacquiao fight."
A $25 million offer by Jones was not enough of a bid to secure Pacquiao's cancelled megafight against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. This stoked him to push harder for Pacquiao's next fight. His willingness to dig into his pocket of fortunes from the oil and gas exploration is because of the Filipino boxing superstar.
"The main reason I wanted the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was Manny. He is the draw. So, certainly when that didn't work I still had the interest of getting him here at all cost. Whoever he decided to fight," according to Jones.
"Manny Pacquiao transcends everything, including himself, not only as a great athlete but as a great person," Jones said, speaking of Pacquiao's phenomenon.
"This is like the Super Bowl," he added.
Source: 411mania.com
***
No comments:
Post a Comment