


In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Arum said that he was “pretty close to making a deal with (Akihiko) Honda,” the well-known Japanese businessman-sportsman who handles Valero, adding “hopefully I will be able to finalize it tomorrow (Monday in the US.)”Īrum said he has had a couple of discussions with Honda in Las Vegas and said “I think we are in a position to close the deal” He referred to Valero as “the phenomenal kid who has won every single fight by knockout.” Top Rank promoter Bob Arum hopes to finalize the first title defense of newly crowned World Boxing Council lightweight champion and Filipino national treasure Manny Pacquiao against undefeated KO artist Edwin Valero in a meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday. It says that Pacquiao VS Valero is the next fight for the number 1 pound for pound boxer in the world today! I just read this breaking news from Philboxing.
