PACQUIAO TO DECIDE ON COTTO FIGHT WITHIN 48 HOURS/Ronnie Nathanielsz
Filipino boxing icon and the acknowledged hero of Asia, Manny Pacquiao, is expected to decide on the proposed fight against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto within the next two days.
Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz said he and lawyer Franklin "Jeng" Gacal were scheduled to meet with Pacquiao on Wednesday night to go through the proposal forwarded to Pacquiao by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
Koncz who hand-carried the proposal after meeting Arum in the US felt it was a good proposal but made it clear that the final decision rests with Pacquiao and nobody else.
Koncz said Pacquiao was attending to some matters in Sarangani province from where he plans to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in the May 2010 elections. However, the adviser said "we will have a final closing on the agreement, hopefully by Thursday."
At the same time Arum who is vacationing in Italy is unhappy with Gacal’s statements to the media that should Cotto refuse to drop down in weight there is always Shane Mosley to turn to since Mosley has said he would agree to fight Pacquiao, take a 40 percent share and come down to 143 pounds.
Arum has always maintained in conversations with us "You don’t negotiate through the media."
Should the fight with Cotto push through it would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 14.
Meantime, Koncz who was in Manila attending to the visa and work permit of Sonny Boy Jaro said he expects to get it within the next couple of days.
Jaro battles Mexico’s WBA light flyweight champion Giovanni Segura in a title fight in Nayarat. Mexico on July 25.The hard-hitting Jaro has a record of 30-7-5 with 19 knockouts while the champion Segura’s record is 20-1-1 with 16 knockouts. [details]
Filipino boxing icon and the acknowledged hero of Asia, Manny Pacquiao, is expected to decide on the proposed fight against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto within the next two days.
Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz said he and lawyer Franklin "Jeng" Gacal were scheduled to meet with Pacquiao on Wednesday night to go through the proposal forwarded to Pacquiao by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
Koncz who hand-carried the proposal after meeting Arum in the US felt it was a good proposal but made it clear that the final decision rests with Pacquiao and nobody else.
Koncz said Pacquiao was attending to some matters in Sarangani province from where he plans to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in the May 2010 elections. However, the adviser said "we will have a final closing on the agreement, hopefully by Thursday."
At the same time Arum who is vacationing in Italy is unhappy with Gacal’s statements to the media that should Cotto refuse to drop down in weight there is always Shane Mosley to turn to since Mosley has said he would agree to fight Pacquiao, take a 40 percent share and come down to 143 pounds.
Arum has always maintained in conversations with us "You don’t negotiate through the media."
Should the fight with Cotto push through it would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 14.
Meantime, Koncz who was in Manila attending to the visa and work permit of Sonny Boy Jaro said he expects to get it within the next couple of days.
Jaro battles Mexico’s WBA light flyweight champion Giovanni Segura in a title fight in Nayarat. Mexico on July 25.The hard-hitting Jaro has a record of 30-7-5 with 19 knockouts while the champion Segura’s record is 20-1-1 with 16 knockouts. [details]
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