Pacquiao-Marquez IV malaki ang kikitain

HOUSTON – Kung mayroon mang bagay na nakakapagpangiti kay Bob Arum nitong mga nakaraang araw, ito ay ang mga numero.

Sinabi ni Arum na maganda ang nakukuha niyang pa­hayag tungkol sa satellite feeds at pay-per-view sales ng nakaraang pang-apat na paghaharap ni­na Manny Pacquiao at Juan Manuel Marquez.

Napuno ang 17,000-seater MGM Grand para sa naturang Pacquiao-Marquez IV kagaya ng mga closed-circuit venues.

“It’s hard to go the other way. You always have to go up. It’s beautiful,” wika ni Arum.

“Returns are excellent. The satellites (custo­mers) alone did a 130,000 more homes than (Timothy) Bradley and I’m waiting for the cable system,” dagdag pa ng promoter.

Kumpiyansa si Arum na magiging malaki ang re­sulta ng pay-per-view sales para kay Pacquiao.

“I think at the end of the day, we’ll probably do a little less than the third fight,” sabi ng Top Rank chief sa halos 1.3 million hits para sa Pacquiao vs Mar­quez Part 3.

“But almost as much which is great, and since we charged $5 more ($59.95 per hit), it will probably be the equivalent amount of money,” ani Arum.

Samantala, ipapasuri naman ni Arum ang utak ni Pacquiao sa Cleveland Clinic matapos ang kanyang sixth-round KO loss kay Marquez.

Gusto ni Arum na matiyak ang kaligtasan ng 33-anyos na Sarangani Congressman matapos ang pag­bagsak nito na una ang mukha sa canvas.

“I have to take him to the Cleveland Clinic in Las Ve­gas, the brain center, which is a brain specialist,” sa­bi ni Arum kay Pacquiao. “We’re going to do an ex­tensive brain examination before we commit him to a fight.”