Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, HBO, Showtime, IBO
Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank Promotions, which promotes seven-division champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines, has charged Golden Boy Promotions with discrimination for allegedly denying Filipino reporters the opportunity to interview Floyd Mayweather near the end of a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
According to a story that was first reported by Dennis “dSource” Guillermo of Examiner.com, several Filipino media members, including the legendary Chino Trinidad, were not allowed to interview Mayweather (40-0, 25 knockouts) near the end of the promotional event touting a WBO welterweight (147 pounds) title matchup against champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) at LA Live.
“The banning of the Filipino press had not emerged until I heard about it at the Wild Card Gym yesterday afternoon. Manny was training, and had another appointment, and I had to leave before he finished training. So I can’t even say that he knew about it, but he probably knows about it now,” said Arum, whose negotiations with Mayweather for a potential fight with Pacquiao fell apart over Pacquiao’s refusal to be subjected along with Mayweather to Olympic-style drug testing.
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