Pacquiao himself confirms: NO BELT ON THE LINE!! and why he agreed to the fight

[burnoksan]

he's just being a cheap flip plain & simple. he's gonna make 12 mill guaranteed. judging by the interest/anticipation for this fight its gonna do a minimum 900k buys. Pac is gonna make 15-20 mill easy. How can he not step up & pay the sanc fees?

wbo is gonna strip cotto if he doesnt pay the sanc fees. much like when pac fought MAB for the first time, oscar de la **** & greedy boy promotions wanted to be cheap & not pay the sanc fees thats why technically pac is only a 5 division champion not 6. only reason why he is considered a 6 division is that MAB was the lineal ring magazine champ.

its not up to cotto if the belt is on the line. its up to the sport & sanc body. his only control is to pay or not to pay.

That may be, or it may be because, as stated in the article, they agreed at 145, not 147. There are those who believe that a world welterweight championship fight should be at 147, no exceptions, and Pacquiao probably agrees with them. If I have to bet on a reason, it's the economics. 400KUSD can feed a lot of homeless people in the Philippines, you know (really beginning to love this cliche). Pacquiao would rather add that to his charities than give it to the WBO. This Pacquiao... nobody can pull a fast one on this guy.

[WhoreUs]

So theoretically if Cotto refuses to pay any sanctioning fees and gets stripped, and Pac pays BOTH the WBO AND the IBF fees (should they decide to saction both bouts), he can be a double title holder without Cotto ever putting the title on the line???

theoretically.

it's all up to the orgs though.

the orgs can do whatever they want. remember when zab judah was the wbc , wba and ibf champion at 147 and he fought baldomir?

baldomir only paid the wbc. so when he beat zab he won the wbc , zab kept his ibf belt and the wba went vacant. lmao



where's that nate campbell promoter dude one punch? he knows more about this crap than i do.

my knowledge of it is very limited.

[Bobby Shaw]

I am going to translate the latest article from the "" column written by Pacquiao himself, for those of you who do not understand the Filipino language (translation in italics). I have to say this at the outset though: Pacquiao is not chasing boxing immortality. He is THAT HUMBLE. He just wants to give boxing fans a good fight, something that will give them joy watching, and this is why he chose the Cotto fight. Title is not on the line because they agreed to fight at 145, not 147. Pacquiao also aware of the economics of boxing, better than people might think.

Kumbinasyon

By Manny Pacquiao





GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga minamahal kong kababayan, tagasubaybay at kaibigan. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroon.

Good day once again to all my beloved countrymen, friends and followers of this column. I hope you are all doing well wherever you may be.

Matapos kong bigyan ng go-signal ang laban namin ni Miguel Cotto sa Nobyembre 14, 2009 sa MGM Grand Garden Arena sa Las Vegas, kailangan kong tapusin na ang mga maraming bagay na dapat matapos bago ako sumabak sa matinding training sa Setyembre.

After I gave the go-signal for my fight with Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, I need to finish a lot of things before I start intense training in September.

Tinanggap ko ang laban at aking haharapin si Cotto sa tim**** na 145 pounds dahil alam kong siya ang may pina******king potentsiyal na makapagbibigay ng magandang laban para sa mga fans ng boksing. Alam kong marami ngayon ang gustong makapanood ng magagandang laban pero sa kalendaryo ng sport sa taong ito, parang walang masyadong interes ang mga manonood.

I accepted the fight and I will face Cotto at 145 pounds because I know that he has the biggest potential to give a good fight for the fans of boxing. I know that many fans today want to see good fights but it seems to me that there is not much interest in the fights calendared this year.

Nabalitaan kong marami sa mga boksingero sa panahon ngayon ay nagkakaroon ng mga injuries at dahil na rin sa mabagal na takbo ng ekonomiya ng maraming bansa sa buong mundo, minsan, hindi natin maiwasan mag-isip na pwede palang magkasabay ang dalawang ito.

I have heared that many boxers these days get injuries, and because of the economic recession happening in many countries around the world, sometimes we cannot help but think that it is not a coincidence that these two things happen at the same time

Nalaman kong iyong ilang mga malalaking laban sa mga susunod na buwan ay hindi masyadong tinatangkilik ng mga fans at mahina ang bentahan ng mga tickets dahil na rin siguro sa ekonomiya at sa pagsunod ng mga fans sa kani-kanilang mga iniidolong mga boxers.

I also learned that the big fights in the coming months are not being patronized by the fans and the ticket sales are sluggish. These may be due to the current state of the economy as a result of which the boxing fans follow only the boxers they idolize.

Tinanggap ko ang alok ng laban kontra kay Ginoong Cotto dahil alam kong ito ang gustong mapanood ng mga fans, dahil ang style namin ng idolo ng Puerto Rico ay lubhang kapana-panabik at suguradong hindi boring. Dahil kaming dalawa ni Miguel Cotto ay inaasahang magsasalpukan sa simula pa lamang ng tunog ng bell, alam kong dudumugin na naman ng mga fans ang laban na ito at papanoorin ulit ito ng maraming tao sa buong mundo, hindi lamang mga kapwa ko Filipino.

I accepted the challenge to fight the gentleman Mr. Cotto because I know that this is what the fight fans want to see, because my style and the style of the idol from Puerto Rico are absolutely exciting to watch and definitely not boring. Because Cotto and myself are expected to collide at full throttle from the opening bell, I know (translator: geez even in his article Pacquiao keeps using his "you know" cliche, in the Philippine there is a TV commercial where all he says is "you know") that fight fans will once again pack the venue to see this fight, and people all over the world, not just my fellow countrymen, will watch this fight.

Alam ko rin at nakita mismo ng aking mga mata na maraming fans mula sa Puerto Rico ang sumusuporta at sumusubaybay kay Cotto gaya na lamang ng huli niyang laban sa Madison Square Garden na aking napanood na live. Napanood ko at na-experience na ang mga Puerto Ricans ay para ring mga Pilipino sa pagbibigay ng suporta at pagmamahal sa kanilang sariling mga kababayan. Mainit din nila akong tinanggap at binigyan-puri, kaya mataas ang respeto ko sa mga fans galing ng Puerto Rico.

I also know (translator: geez that word again) and I have seen with my own eyes that there are many fight fans from Puerto Rico who support and follow Cotto, like his last fight at Madison Square Garden which I saw live. I saw and experienced that the Puerto Ricans are like the Filipinos in the way they support and love their fellow Puerto Rican. They also received me warmly and respected me, so I have a high respect for the boxing fans from Puerto Rico.

Walang championship belt ang napagkasunduan sa laban na ito dahil sa catch weight na 145 pounds, 2 pounds na mas mababa kaysa sa 147 welterweight limit. Pero kahit na walang belt na nakataya, mas mahalaga pa rin na paglalabanan namin ni Cotto ang pagiging No. 1, pound-for-pound at siguradong umaatikabong bakbakan ito, walang takbuhan at walang atrasan o habulan.

Championship belts will not be on the line in this fight because of the catch weight of 145 pounds, 2 pounds lower than the 147 welterweight limit. However, even without belts on the line, what is more important is that Cotto and I will fight for the No. 1 pound for pound title which guarantees an active fight, no running, no retreating, no chasing around.

Sa mga susunod na buwan, hihingin ko ulit sa inyo ang lahat ng suporta na aking kakailanganin upang maghanda at mag-train. Sana, sama-sama ulit tayo sa pananalangin.

In the coming months, I will again ask for your full support which I will need to prepare and train. I hope that we will all be one once again in our prayers

Hanggang sa muling Kumbinasyon. God Bless Us All.

Until the next Combination article. God Bless Us All.

There was no way a title would have been on the line without changing many things,it's not just the 145lbs,the whole deal woul need to change

[DonTaseMeBrah]

That may be, or it may be because, as stated in the article, they agreed at 145, not 147. There are those who believe that a world welterweight championship fight should be at 147, no exceptions, and Pacquiao probably agrees with them. If I have to bet on a reason, it's the economics. 400KUSD can feed a lot of homeless people in the Philippines, you know (really beginning to love this cliche). Pacquiao would rather add that to his charities than give it to the WBO. This Pacquiao... nobody can pull a fast one on this guy.

what are u 5 years old? feed the homeless GTFO with that shiet. he's gonna make a minimum 15-20 mill in this fight. He can afford to pay the 400k sanc fee & feed the homeless at the same time.

its better to feed the homeless as a 7 division champ only man in history than to be tied with a cross dresser. manny is too much of a man to be tied w/ that ****.

[WhoreUs]

There was no way a title would have been on the line without changing many things,it's not just the 145lbs,the whole deal woul need to change

dude , the only reason the title is not on the line is because cotto doesn't want to pay the sanctioning fees.


wbo don't give a **** as long as they get paid.

[WhoreUs]

That may be, or it may be because, as stated in the article, they agreed at 145, not 147. There are those who believe that a world welterweight championship fight should be at 147, no exceptions, and Pacquiao probably agrees with them. If I have to bet on a reason, it's the economics. 400KUSD can feed a lot of homeless people in the Philippines, you know (really beginning to love this cliche). Pacquiao would rather add that to his charities than give it to the WBO. This Pacquiao... nobody can pull a fast one on this guy.

i know pac does a lot of charity work in philippines.

but believe me......paying the 400k has nothing to do with what he spends on charities.

it's all about money.

[gopi11]

what are u 5 years old? feed the homeless GTFO with that shiet. he's gonna make a minimum 15-20 mill in this fight. He can afford to pay the 400k sanc fee & feed the homeless at the same time.

its better to feed the homeless as a 7 division champ only man in history than to be tied with a cross dresser. manny is too much of a man to be tied w/ that ****.

Don't worry, there's an asterisk (*) that separates Manny from that cross dresser when it comes from being a 6-division champ, aside from beat down that Pacman gave to him...

[sandyvahra]

This guys is pure class. I for one was all for the title and history, but listening to pacman...**** this guy is a living legend. There wont ever be another manny pacquiao in our lifetime.

[shadeyfizzle]

I love how Manny isnt exactly trash talking but making sly jabs here and there about Mayweather's rib injury and the weak ticket sales not being a coincidence and his fight with cotto will have no "running" "retreating" or "chasing around".

[ny123]

pac is a class act he is real humble and respectful its too bad his fans on this site dont act the same way