Pacman-Marquez II fires up Mexicans
The Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez rematch has become so hot that people in
Promoter Bob Arum, who is vacationing in the Mexican city of
“I didn’t look at this fight as anything more special than the (Erik) Morales or Barrera fights,” said the Top Rank president, who will promote the March 15 showdown with Golden Boy.
“But it’s created a tremendous buzz with the Mexicans down here in
The legendary promoter just can’t wait to shift to high gear in his bid to promote the fight like he’s never done before for Pacquiao.
The Filipino superstar agreeing to train in
The rematch is set at
“I will have a lot of opportunities to do a lot of promotions with Manny that aren’t just Filipino- and Mexican-motivated. I’m going to have him on a lot of shows just so more people know who he is.”
Pacquiao is in the
Top Rank spinner Bill Caplan also told 15rounds.com that they’re looking at Pacquiao guesting at “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and probably do a Beatles song or two.
“I can sense how huge this fight is becoming. We’ve been in the 350 to 400,000 pay-per-view buys range for his (Pacquiao’s) fights and we’re looking to do 500,000 buys on this fight,” said Arum. – Abac Cordero
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