At times, the verbal warfare between rival boxing promoters can be more entertaining that the action inside of the ring.
During a midnight conference call on Friday night to announce that Manny Pacquiao would be exploring options beyond Floyd Mayweather for his November 13 bout, promoter Bob Arum took the opportunity to take a few shots fellow promoters.
When asked about the possibility of Pacquiao fighting Palm Springs
native Timothy Bradley, Arum made it clear that he did not feel the need to help another promoter build a star. Arum continued to stay that other promoters depend on fees from networks and Indian casinos to stay in business.Gary Shaw, who promotes Timothy Bradley, is well known for acquiring television dates from high profile boxing broadcast networks Showtime and Home Box Office (HBO), along with securing event fees from Indian casinos such as the Agua Caliente Resort in Rancho Mirage.
Given the opportunity to rebuttal Arum’s statements on The Boxing Truth Radio Sunday night, Gary Shaw said the following:
“Tell him he is full of [expletive]. He did not build Pacquiao. When he got Pacquiao, Pacman was Pacman. He cannot take any credit for him. There are very few fighters out there, who are top fighters and can draw.
Mayweather was strictly an HBO fighter when he was with Arum, he became big when he left Arum, that is when he became a real big star, a real pay per view fighter.
So, I have no idea what Bob is talking about: What he did not tell you is that he has talked to Agua Caliente about putting on fights. It is just wrong. Why put down other promoters?”
What Shaw failed to tell The Boxing Truth Radio in his statement is that the rivalry between himself and Arum could be footed in the fact that Gary Shaw promoted Pacquiao for a brief time before Pacquiao joined Arum’s Top Rank Promotion.
Just another salvo in the very public war of words between boxing promoters.
Source: examiner.com
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