RUDY SALUD SAYS ?ITS TIME TO REJOICE"
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 30 Jun 2007
WBC founding secretary general, the eminent lawyer Rudy Salud says ?its time to rejoice? over the agreement signed earlier today between Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank Promotions which ended a bitter legal battle between the arch rivals over the promotional rights to Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao.
Under the agreement which is reportedly covered by a confidentiality clause, Pacquiao will face legendary Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch that Barrera himself said he wanted otherwise he said he would retire.
Pacquiao?s celebrated trainer Freddie Roach said the Barrera rematch is ?the best fight for Manny? because it will also enable him to make big money which he couldn?t earn by fighting unknowns such as Jorge Solis whom he knocked out in the eighth round last April 14 and received a purse of only $2 million while the pay-per-view buys disappointing with less than 200,000 buys.
The rematch with Barrera who was demolished in eleven rounds by Pacquiao in November 2003 at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with Golden Boy as the lead promoter in the joint promotion.
In a telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Atty. Salud said ?its time to rejoice principally for boxing fans as a whole, the sport itself and Pacquiao and the Filipino that is Pacquiao.?
Salud said the agreement between Golden Boy and Arum ?in whatever way, having not seen the details, gives Pacquiao the opportunity to fight all the good opponents and demonstrate his overflowing talent to the whole world and as a Filipino let?s be proud of that regardless of his extra-curricular activities.?
Salud said ?we keep on hoping that Manny hues to the values that popular Filipinos are expected to live by.?
The lawyer who is steeped in sports said that if Pacquiao ?prepares well he can do exactly the same thing he did before? to Barrera even as he stressed that as a fighter Pacquiao is ?way, way ahead of Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez and everybody else at this moment provided of course he prepares himself properly. ? Salud said he was sure Pacquiao was smart enough to realize that he has to prepare well.
Roach himself earlier indicated he wanted Pacquiao to report to his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles by August 1 which would give him eight weeks of solid preparation. Salud said ?if he does this there is no way anybody can beat him. ?
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