The Barrera-Pacquiao Fiasco Continues

Well while I was gone, Top Rank and Golden Boy apparently sued the shit out of each other…

Anyone want an update?

Well even though there is a lawsuit currently between the two sides, they still tried to come to some kind of agreement to have Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao. That didn’t work out.

Yesterday Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced that they have come to terms on a fight between Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez that will take place on March 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

So what about Pac-Man?

The WBC is stating that Pacquiao most likely will take on Jin Chi, who is moving up from featherweight to super featherweight, in Macau on April 28th.

The WBC has also decided not to get in the middle of things between Top Rank and Golden Boy since they could run into litigation problems. The expectations after the two fight is that talks will start up again attempting to pair Pacquiao and Barrera together again.

WBC President Jose Sulaiman breaks it down for us:

Sulaiman said he will allow “both fighters to have the opportunity to have one fight.” He said that once those fights are done the WBC will “immediately proceed with free negotiations, purse offers and all of that” setting a three-week deadline for a purse offer should negotiations fall through even in the midst of the legal battle between contending promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank.

Sulaiman also added that the fighters are eventually going to have to fight or else there will be consequences. What kind of consequences?

If Barrera is victorious over Marquez and decides that he no longer wants to fight Pacquiao, he will be stripped of his title. If Pacquiao no longer wants to fight Barrera, he will no longer be the mandatory challenger for Barrera’s belt.

I’m glad to see the WBC taking action and making things a bit clearer among all of this mess. Hopefully things can be settled quickly in court between De La Hoya and Arum’s promoting monsters…

Posted by John Chandler on Jan 12, 2007 at 06:26 AM
Organizations • WBC • Promoters • Bob Arum • Golden Boy Promotions • Top Rank • Featherweight • Jin Chi • Juan Manuel Marquez • Manny Pacquiao • Marco Antonio Barrera • Oscar De La Hoya

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