Oscar De La Hoya And Bob Arum’s Feuds Are Fought By Other People (Their Boxers)

It’s no secret that Oscar De La Hoya and his former promoter Bob Arum aren’t exactly BFF (DLA sued Arum in 2000 to get out of his contract and ever since then neither has been on the other’s Christmas card list). So when Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez II came down to the cards on Saturday night, the Marquez/Golden Boy Promotions camp (both owned by De La Hoya) was none to pleased to see the fight go to Arum/Top Rank Boxing’s Pacquiao. They claimed everything was slanted to go against them, from the ref’s scorecards to the inability to get a rubberneck match. We hope Vlad’s done with the Whaaa-mbulance, because we’ve got another victim here.

“Many things hurt boxing, and we saw it tonight,” Marquez said of the judging. Golden Boy Chief Executive Richard Schaefer also questioned the system of judge selection, and lamented that the disputed outcome was bad for the sport.
Outraged, Top Rank head Bob Arum said, “I realize now how stupid I’ve sounded complaining in the past about these things. We have to learn to live with close decisions.”

Like when Pernell Whitaker had to deal with a loss when he clearly, at the very least, drew with Oscar De La Hoya in a 1997 match?

[W]hen Marquez’s camp continued to contest the scoring, and contend the public who paid pay-per-view dollars and spent $3.3 million for tickets may choose to abandon the sport over Marquez’s loss, Arum exploded, “Will you shut the hell up? Be man enough to accept the verdict of the judges!”

Damn! If Pacquiao-Marquez III does ever happen, we know what the undercard should be. Although, we’re not sure if licenses are given to snakes.
Tempers flare after Pacquiao-Marquez fight ends in split decision [LA Times]
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