Delusional anxiety: Pacquiao's vocabulary expands

Cotto-Manny Pacquiao fight as an indication of what promoter Bob Arum plans for the remainder of the Pinoy Idol's career.

Many think that Arum, with the possible exception of the huge showdown fight against Floyd Mayweather, will try to keep Pacman bout as Top Rank in house affairs. Cotto, for example, is a Top Rank chattel who has or had a contract due to expire at the end of this year.

I asked Arum about that at a New York press conference and he said it is all poppycock.

"No, I will seek the maximum paydays for Manny no matter who handles the opponent," Arum said. "Golden Boy gets paid under our out of court settlement arrangement any way.

"If Manny fights a Golden Boy fighter, then Golden Boy gets 20 percent of my company's share of the profits from that bout. If Manny's opponent is not a Golden Boy boxer, then they get 25 percent of the profits we make.

"Sure I like Manny fighting my other guys because my guys are the best. But I would not avoid Shane Mosley for Manny because his promoted by someone else (Golden Boy)."

Arum said Pacquiao knows the Cotto bout has to go on Nov. 14 and not on Oct. 17 due to TV conflicts with American baseball and football events.

"I guess Manny forgot about that but he knows the fight is Nov. 14 in Las Vegas."

Arum took another sly shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"Until he can prove otherwise, Mayweather is a good B side but a B side nonetheless. He is not a De La Hoya."

Arum said that when Nevada gives a boxer's license to his Top Rank handled Edwin Valero, he will be put on the possible Pacman foe list.

But then he suggested a different foe for the undefeated KO artist from Venezuela.

Absolutely it could be possible for Valero to fight Manny next year," Arum said. "I think Valero is a very good and very exciting fighter.

But, if that does not happen, then I think a very good fight for next year would be Valero-Juan Manuel Marquez. I could see that as a big fight maybe next September."

Arum said Pacquiao's last minute arrival for the Boxing Writers Dinner and the Joshua Clottey-Miguel Cotto fight in New York put the kibosh on a CBS network appearance for Pacman.

"Manny's English is good, he does not speak pidgin English. He uses big words in English."

I asked Arum to be specific.

"He uses words like anxiety and delusional," Arum said. "We want to put Manny on the big national TV shows. He will do well."

Anxiety, delusional.

Two words that come in equally handy in boxing and in politics, I might add.

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