Sunday, June 21, 2009

Arum Getting In The Way Of Fight With Pacquiao - Mosley

There’s no stopping WBA welterweight titleholder “Sugar” Shane Mosley from getting what he wants—a showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Mosley, a former No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter himself, took it out on Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum.

“The only person that’s stopping the fight is Bob Arum. Bob Arum has his own investments into the fight as far as him wanting to re-sign Cotto and get him a big fight,” he told Percy Crawford of FightHype.com.

“Then he has Pacquiao. He will give Cotto a little money to keep him happy because he really doesn’t deserve any of it,” he said of the Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champion.

Talks about a Pacquiao-Cotto fight gained ground after Cotto defeated Joshua Clottey last June 13 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Negotiations for Pacquiao’s next bout are said to be ongoing.

Bigger fight

Mosley, meantime, has been vocal about his desire to fight Pacquiao. He even offered a 40-60 split just to face “the Pacman.” He stressed that his fight with Pacquiao will be a “bigger fight” than Pacquiao-Cotto.

“We have the biggest names by far and Pacquiao’s legacy wouldn’t be damaged losing to me,” remarked Mosley.

“I just want to tell Pacquiao to do the right thing for boxing,” he went on.

“I don’t understand… well, I do understand what Bob Arum wants to do, but I wouldn’t understand why Pacquiao wouldn’t take the fight.”

He then suggested, “I think you guys should put a poll up and the Philippine fans vote which one they think would be a bigger fight and who they want to see Pacquiao fight next, Shane Mosley or Miguel Cotto!”

“Let’s see who the Philippine fans want Pacquiao to fight next,” added Mosley.

Source: abs-cbnnews.com