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I don't plan on going. Clottey is a scrub. I wanted what we all wanted. Pac Man vs. Money
Wow...i cant wait to see this setup. It's gonna be amazing. Any of you guys plan on going. This is gonna be a great fight!
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Jerry Jones got his fight.
The owner of the Dallas Cowboys, who made a strong pitch to host the now-aborted Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight at Cowboys Stadium by offering a record $25 million site fee, landed the next best thing.
The new $1.2 billion state-of-the-art facility in Arlington, Texas, will host Pacquiao's March 13 pay-per-view welterweight le defense against Joshua Clottey.
Jones and Top Rank's Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, who toured the facility and were Jones' guests at Saturday night's Cowboys playoff victory against the Philadelphia Eagles, closed the deal for the bout on Sunday afternoon.
"Bob was persistent in keeping this alive as a place for Manny's fight," Jones told ESPN.com, while celebrating the deal with Arum and duBoef. "I'm so glad Bob came back to us. We are so excited about this event and that we will be able to bring a big fight here for the Hispanic boxing fans, and all boxing fans in this area, who are also Dallas Cowboys fans. It's important for us. Manny is such an exemplary athlete."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Jones could not contain his excitement.
"I never got into the NFL or bought the Cowboys for the money. I was lucky enough to already have some," he said. "This is about having a fighter like Manny and an event like this in our venue. When we finished the deal, I was shaking as much as I was when we beat the Eagles. I'm just as excited."
The timing of the formal news conference has not been determined because Pacquiao still needs to come to the United States from the Philippines and Clottey is headed to the U.S. from Ghana.
DuBoef said it probably won't be until after the Cowboys' Jan. 17 game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Jones said the stadium won't be set for the full 100,000 seating capacity as was planned for a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout. Instead, they'll start in the 40,000-seat range.
"But that's one of the great things about the stadium -- we can expand the seating capacity as it warrants," Jones said.
Arum (a huge New York Giants fan, not a Cowboys fan) was already in full promotional form after the deal was agreed to.
"This is going to be one of the biggest events in the history of boxing," Arum said. "This is the most incredible stadium setting I have ever seen. It is absolutely unbelievable. This is going to be much, much more than just a boxing match. A lot of things that happen are ordained by God. We weren't going to go here for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight because [Golden Boy CEO Richard] Schaefer wouldn't get on a plane and come down here and see the place. So that didn't happen. And now that fight isn't happening. And now we are here with Manny for another fight. When people see this event and how it will be presented, nothing in the past will ever compare to it."
Before the fight fell apart over a single issue -- the protocol for drug testing -- Arum was intrigued with the idea of bringing Pacquiao-Mayweather to Cowboys Stadium.
Arum, Schaefer and HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg were scheduled to be in Dallas on Dec. 9 to meet with Jones and tour the facility. But the night before, Schaefer called off the trip, a move that in retrospect was the beginning of the fight going downhill.
Besides being the home field for the Cowboys and now the host for Pacquiao-Clottey, Cowboys Stadium hosts the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and will host the NBA All-Star Game next month, the 2011 Super Bowl and the 2014 NCAA men's basketball Final Four.
One of the stadium's most significant fan-friendly elements is the world's largest (and most expensive at $40 million) HD video board, which is 72 feet high and 160 feet wide. Jones said every fan, regardless of where they are seated, would have a good view of the action because of it.
I don't plan on going. Clottey is a scrub. I wanted what we all wanted. Pac Man vs. Money
sadly mayweather doesnt want it like you do
It's going to be interesting, since fighting Clottey is high risk low reward. I guess it shows that he's serious about fighting and "money" was just looking for an out.
Floyd is scheduling his fight for the same night. This is awesome. People, buy the Manny fight. Do not support this coward.
who's Floyd fighting? DeLaHoya's cadaver?
Floyd is scheduling his fight for the same night. This is awesome. People, buy the Manny fight. Do not support this coward.
I will watch both, lmao.
Manny will have no prob. since he's juicing lol.
It's only a matter of time before he fights the klitscho brothers haha.
If the tickets are reasonable, I may go...
Clottey aint no scrub lol. Maybe Manny should fight Mayweathers choices..Matthew Hatton or Paulie Maginali. LOL! Would you watch those?! haha
Meh, the only fight anyone cared about was him and Floyd. Manny also Ducked Shane Mosley which annoyed me. Shane's still calling him and Floyd out.. This is not a fight i really care about and i love boxing..
I won't be watching any boxing... that sport is on its last lifeline.
then you shouldnt be posting in here as well
Paulie Malinaggi might actually talk more than Floyd does...he outclassed Juan Diaz in two straight fights, for what it's worth (even though he was robbed of the first decision). Even though Floyd would wipe the floor with him, I'd watch that fight...
50k seating i heard, hopefully my friends and i can score seats
Sugar Shane??
that dude has been done for years
Shane has to get through Berto first, and Manny has to get through Clottey, but yeah I'd like to see them go toe to toe.
Mosely is already scheduled to fight later this month. I dont see how that shows that Manny is ducking Mosely. Mayweather had 5 years to fight Mosely.
and Mayweather has to get through some lightweight.
http://theboxingtruth.com/listen.php?id=213 we interviewed James toney and Bob Arum this past sunday! Take a listen folks
Ducked him for who? Cotto? Hatton?
youre crazy, a lot of people had clottey beating cotto in his last fight
im a skeptic about how much PPV/tickets are going to cost, i assume that it wont cost that much, maybe in the 50 dollar range? the venue is going to also seat 50k so who knows if theyll even sell out?
antonio margarito is in the undercard so that should bring in the mexican fanbase, this is the first time he'll be fighting in US soil since he got caught with that plaster crap
they have 2 months to market the out of this fight so theyll need all the help they can, and you can also be assured jerry jones is going to try push like to get this hyped
it'll get sold out. Lots of boxing fans in texas. I believe Mannys first fight in the US was in Texas. I bet the seats will be pretty affordable too.
Considering Cotto came up with the split decision over Clottey and we allsaw what happened to Cotto against Paq, probably.
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