As soon as he returned to Las Vegas from the sunny beaches of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum was already itching to get back to the office so he could work on the blueprint of what he wants to become “the greatest boxing show ever.”That show is no other than the May 7 welterweight war between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Arum is more than optimistic of putting on an unforgettable show, “something that’s never been done before in the sport of boxing.”
Arum politely declined to elaborate but assured his interviewer from across the Pacific that he intends to treat fight fans not only to a night of fistic fireworks but of splendor and spectacle.
Asked about his target figures for pay-per-view (PPV) sales, Arum skirted the question but said the event is going to be so huge that the revenue to be generated in PPV would be very remarkable as well.
A tour of key US cities is being laid out in the first week of February with New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco being eyed to play host to Pacquiao and Mosley.
“I would love to go back to work immediately because there’s a lot to be done,” said Arum, whose calendar in the first four months of the new year also includes an all-important February 19 bantamweight showdown between Filipino Nonito Donaire against Mexican Fernando Montiel at the Mandalay Bay also in Las Vegas.
Since 1966, the 79-year-old Arum has promoted many of the most memorable fights starring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez and Erik Morales.
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Asked about his target figures for pay-per-view (PPV) sales, Arum skirted the question but said the event is going to be so huge that the revenue to be generated in PPV would be very remarkable as well.
A tour of key US cities is being laid out in the first week of February with New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco being eyed to play host to Pacquiao and Mosley.
“I would love to go back to work immediately because there’s a lot to be done,” said Arum, whose calendar in the first four months of the new year also includes an all-important February 19 bantamweight showdown between Filipino Nonito Donaire against Mexican Fernando Montiel at the Mandalay Bay also in Las Vegas.
Since 1966, the 79-year-old Arum has promoted many of the most memorable fights starring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez and Erik Morales.
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