Arum: Mayweather Disrespect, Poaching Mexican Holiday!
Posted by: Edward Chaykovsky on 12/20/2014 .
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By Edward Chaykovsky
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum does not agree with
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s
insistence on fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend, May 2nd. Currently there is a tug
of war for the date between Mayweather and Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Arum is trying to make two fights. His company is speaking with Golden Boy Promotions about a possible match between Canelo and Miguel Cotto. He is also speaking with CBS CEO Les Moonves about a fight between Manny Pacquiao and
Mayweather.
Canelo says the Cinco De Mayo date, which Mayweather often fights on, should belong to a Mexican fighter, and Arum agrees with him.
"May 2, that Cinco De Mayo weekend, is a Mexican holiday. It is a big Mexican-American holiday. It's a fight date being talked about for Mayweather, Pacquiao, even Cotto, but they're not
Mexicans or even Mexican-Americans," Arum told Gareth Davies of The Telegraph. "The only Mexican who is a draw on that date is Canelo. It has been proposed that Miguel Cotto – a Puerto Rican – fights Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas on that date, the same date Mayweather has suggested he would fight Pacquiao."
"I think it's disrespectful to the Mexican people not to have Canelo fight on their holiday. I see Mayweather as poaching on a Mexican holiday and being disrespectful to the Mexican people. Everybody agrees with that, except Mayweather. He is putting his ego before respect for people. April or June would be fine for that fight (Mayweather-Pacquiao). What difference does it make?"
http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-mayweather-disrespect-poaching-mexican-holiday--85572
Do NOT try and tell me Pac's team want to make this fight.