Bradley offered a rematch to Pacquiao but Pac turned it down to get KTFO by Marquez instead. I dont blame Marquez for not fighting Pac again. There's nothing left to prove and Marquez wants a world title at 147, Pac doesnt have it, Bradley does.
Q1. Something tells me the NET income offered from Arum for fighting Pac wasn't as lucrative as people want to believe or had a major component based off sales metrics that they felt were too shaky to risk. Lets face it, the all-time low level of popularity of boxing in the U.S., the demand by casual fans for fighters to win every bout to gain their attention and Pac being a foreign fighter and not having a large Filipino population in the U.S. to draw support from is something everyone in the business recognizes. So when Pac was knocked out and Arum floats the idea of fighting in Asia for bogus tax purposes, their team probably sensed that Pac's revenue potential in the U.S. has taken a major hit. Arum/Pac always had the dilemma of an extremely small core base of support in the U.S. (hardcore boxing fans & Filipino Americans) that could/would rear its ugly head when Manny suffered a real defeat in the ring.
Q2. Michael Koncz is nothing more than a well paid lackey that is told only what is needed, if he wasn't Arum would have disposed of him long ago. It wasn't his business to know of other Top Rank negotiations so he wasn't told and it's ludicrous to believe that Top Rank allows that tool to negotiate fights on their behalf, especially discussing hot Top Rank will distribute its revenue.
Future for Pac- There's literally nothing left in Top Rank's stable, so Arum can take a full share and control everything (rightfully so), that would generate big demand. His only shot was Rios, even though he's no where near Pac's league, but a mistake was made in granting another fight with Alvarado. The only few fights left for Manny are outside of Top Rank's promotion and I find it hard to believe Arum would allow that to happen. I would bet heavily that he would rather pocket several million taking Manny on a two year farewell tour across Asia than let other promoters and managers capitalize on his investment in Pac.
bradley being the only best fight left for pacquiao still went underground
They fight for pride and glory not just the money.
....than to fight pac who offers a much bigger share????
while arum sealed the marquez-bradley fight secretly from koncz...?
do jmm thinks pac's boxing career will continue to dive if he totally refuse to fight him? vendetta?
while bradley would rather choose to fight for lesser purse than becoming a stepping stone for pac? also vendetta?
and arum, knowing jmm and bradley being the only best fight left for pacquiao still went underground to keep the two from pac, why does it look like he's removing pac from being his top cashcow???? is this good business, how?????
http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fortherecord/pacquiao-left-few-options-marquez-bradley-come-terms-151726314.html
