Money, for all its powerful hold on people, is a
poor master but a good servant.
If money is the issue that remains to be solved in
order to make The Fight come true, then it’s easy to deal with it
for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. if only they would look
at money being the lesser thing which pales in comparison with their
legacy, dignity, character, integrity, people’s esteem, sports
standing, true greatness and the world’s appreciation or
condemnation.
Few hours after my article “50-50 in Pacquiao vs.
Mayweather: Let reason prevail” came out yesterday in several boxing
websites, boxing scribe Ben Thompson reacted and emailed me to
clarify certain sensitive aspects of the Pacquiao-Mayweather circus,
and I quote in part what he said:
“Haymon and Arum, aren’t working on the deal, then
there are no negotiations, as is the case right now. Manny Pacquiao is
a Top Rank fighter, therefore, the only people authorized to
negotiate on his behalf are Bob Arum and Todd DuBoef, so Michael
Koncz has absolutely no authority to negotiate anything with Floyd
Mayweather.
He can negotiate with Bob Arum regarding Manny’s
agreement with Top Rank, but he can’t negotiate with the Mayweather
side. So at the end of the day, like I said, Floyd’s comments and
Manny’s comments are irrelevant. You can’t hold something hostage if
it’s not there to hold in the first place.”
My reply was both a suggestion and a challenge
since Thompson is close to Mayweather, but he dismissed the idea by
way of insinuation, saying:
“Arum still refuses to negotiate with the same
people he originally tried to negotiate with back in 2009. He made
that crystal clear when he flat out turned down the offer from
retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein to sit down with
Leonard Ellerbe and Richard Schaefer to resume
negotiations in November. If Bob Arum is not negotiating with
anyone, the fight is not going to happen. Michael Koncz has no
authority to make a fight with Floyd Mayweather.
That’s like Leonard Ellerbe trying to negotiate a
fight with Manny Pacquiao without talking to Bob Arum. That would
never happen … If Arum is saying the fight can’t happen… then
guess what...the fight will not happen .” Sounds valid?
Thompson’s argument, though, may not hold water
for long just as another sportswriter Scoop Malinowski breaks down
the situation in his column today:
“Whenever Manny Pacquiao’s representatives
earnestly take actions to produce the biggest fight in boxing
history with Floyd Mayweather, they keep running into the same wall.
Once again Floyd Mayweather is blocking,
stonewalling and ducking the opportunity to negotiate a fight with
Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather’s media relations mouthpiece Ben Thompson
of Fighthype.com did his best to shoot down the earnest attempts of
Pacquiao advisor Michael Koncz to make a deal with Mayweather. Koncz
has been meeting with Mayweather for several days in Las Vegas.
Writes Thompson at his site: "(Koncz) gives false
hope to the fans who still believe that Pacquiao and Mayweather will
finally face each other inside the ring.”Wait a second. It’s only
“false hope” if one side wants the fight and the other side (Mayweather)
is only pretending to want the fight.” Sounds valid either.
But please don’t react publicly, Arum, Koncz,
DuBoef, Ellerbe and Haymon! This is a call for Todd and Bob
representing Top Rank to personally connect at once with Haymon who
officially represents the Mayweather camp to make the deal in one
week and finally make The Fight happen in May and so relieve the
fans all over the globe to breathe freely.
“… give me neither poverty nor riches, but
give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much
and disown you and say, who is the Lord? Or I may become poor
and steal and so disown the name of my God.”
-- Proverbs 30:8-9
All that being said, Pacquiao and Mayweather are
virtually out of the picture. The ball now is in hands of Bob Arum
and Al Haymon.
Get it done asap biggies so everyone can get over
with it, and make celebratons! Or you get pounding of tables from
around the world directed at you, this time.
renimvalenzuela@haoo.com
Nov. 26, 2011
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Reni’s interest in
boxing dates back during his elementary and high school days
when he would
be asked to compete in
boxing matches especially during community fiesta celebrations
representing the place in Manila where he grew up. He fought in
boxing competitions probably the same number of times that he
joined in singing contests also during fiestas of the same
period.
Reni took part in different
songwriting festivals but it was his God-given talent in drawing
and painting that made him win the grand prize.
A graduate of
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, he has been into
different business ventures and currently owns and manages a
herbal production and trade company. Reni is a resource speaker
in different Christian mission gatherings and forums. He travels
to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in various congregations.
He is into other sports
interests like basketball, table tennis and swimming.
Reni loves writing. But his
one most consuming passion
is the Word of God.
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