Knowing my history, you would never believe I would agree with Bob Arum on anything. I have walked on the other side of the street from him for years.
But a weird "Axis of Evil" exists between Arum, WBO president Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel and myself.
The three of us believe WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto should defend his title against Manny Pacquiao and should pay the sanctioning fee he is responsible for when he accepted his title.
This not a novel idea. It's standard operating procedure.
Note: A usually accurate but unconfirmed source tells me that this has all been resolved now and Cotto will defend the WBO title and the sanctioning fee will be paid by someone other than Cotto or Team Cotto and afterwords everyone will go to a camp fire and sing "Kumbayah."
This is about business. Honor, national pride, glory and all are nice, but not the point.
Read the interviews with Arum and Valcarcel. They are not concerned either way. These are two secure, confident men that know their businesses.
Arum can either have "WBO Title" splashed across posters, or he can't. Valcarcel either gets his sanctioning fee from Cotto, or he strips him of the title.
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Source: www.examiner.com
By: Matt Stolow
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