Pacquiao lines up Clottey bout
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January 12, 2010, Tuesday
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MANNY Pacquiao will fight on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Texas, but not against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said on Sunday he has finalized a deal to match Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey in a welterweight bout at the new US$1.2 billion stadium. Arum moved swiftly to land a lucrative fight for his Filipino star after his contentious negotiations for a megafight with Mayweather fell apart in a prolonged dispute over blood testing.
Arum was in Texas over the weekend to wrap up details for the pay-per-view fight, which will be the first boxing match in the stadium. Top Rank spokesman Lee Samuels said the arena will be configured to seat 50,000 fans for the fight, but the capacity could be raised or lowered.
"This stadium has blown me away," Arum said. "It is the most magnificent facility I've ever seen."
Arum took in the Dallas Cowboys' playoff victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night, sitting just two seats from former President George W. Bush.
Arum said Bush had the same reaction he's heard repeatedly since negotiations with Mayweather bogged down.
"Too bad you didn't get Mayweather, but what difference does it make?" Arum said Bush told him. "Everybody just wants to see Pacquiao anyway."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly offered a US$25 million site fee for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, which fell apart over Mayweather's insistence on stringent drug testing and Pacquiao's reluctance to agree. The sides went into mediation to resolve the dispute, but a compromise couldn't be reached.
"This is a competitive fight, as competitive as the Cotto fight going in," Arum said.
Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said on Sunday he has finalized a deal to match Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey in a welterweight bout at the new US$1.2 billion stadium. Arum moved swiftly to land a lucrative fight for his Filipino star after his contentious negotiations for a megafight with Mayweather fell apart in a prolonged dispute over blood testing.
Arum was in Texas over the weekend to wrap up details for the pay-per-view fight, which will be the first boxing match in the stadium. Top Rank spokesman Lee Samuels said the arena will be configured to seat 50,000 fans for the fight, but the capacity could be raised or lowered.
"This stadium has blown me away," Arum said. "It is the most magnificent facility I've ever seen."
Arum took in the Dallas Cowboys' playoff victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night, sitting just two seats from former President George W. Bush.
Arum said Bush had the same reaction he's heard repeatedly since negotiations with Mayweather bogged down.
"Too bad you didn't get Mayweather, but what difference does it make?" Arum said Bush told him. "Everybody just wants to see Pacquiao anyway."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly offered a US$25 million site fee for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, which fell apart over Mayweather's insistence on stringent drug testing and Pacquiao's reluctance to agree. The sides went into mediation to resolve the dispute, but a compromise couldn't be reached.
"This is a competitive fight, as competitive as the Cotto fight going in," Arum said.
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