by Michael Rosenthal, ringtv.craveonline.com
Promoter Bob Arum wouldn’t give a projected figure but he believes his association with CBS could help generate huge pay-per-view numbers for the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao is training in the Phillipines but is due back in the U.S. soon, which will allow him to contribute to the promotion.
The fight will be televised on Showtime, which is owned by CBS Corporation.
“The date I would like Manny to come to the U.S. is April 2,” Arum told reporters in the Philippines. “Not that he can’t get good training (in the Philippines) but I can really use him. We have an opportunity like we’ve never had before. … CBS is doing so much on the promotion. We gotta give them material; we gotta get Manny in L.A.
“He’ll do his training and so on but at night I can use him on this show and that show, and CBS can take advantage of that.” Read Full Story
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