Almost confiscatory tax rates in the USA reportedly has forced Top Rank to stage its major fights outside of America. And inasmuch as Arum is eyeing the huge Chinese market to promote pro boxing and targeting the high roller gamblers in the region, he is holding major fights in Macau, first of which was the Viloria-Estrada flyweight title bout last April. He is set to stage Pacquiao's comeback fight against Rios also in Macau in November following another TR promotion pitting Estrada vs. Milan Melindo in the same venue reportedly slated this coming July.
Arum is hoping to corral in the long run the huge Chinese market by featuring his two Chinese former Olympic champion wards in those cards headlining star boxers from the Philippines, other countries in Asia and the West.
But am afraid, he may be in for long term huge disappointment. Western pro boxing has no firm roots in the culturally protective China.
he's fighting in macau an island off of china it's where rich chinese go to gamble and screw hoes , macau takes 5 times the money that vegas does at the casino's the chinese are massive gamblers and getting manny there will be a massive event there like when ali and foreman went to Zaire or ali and frazier went to manila .
this is just the start of it soon macau will be the major playing in mega fights ,they can outbid any casino in vegas and if they get a big chinese mega star fighter then you will see PPV numbers in the 10's of millions on top of the gate .
It's a money issue, in China Pac controls almost all the financial aspects of the fight and can get more money for his last few fights than what he would have made in the U.S. or Europe.
Because he wont be getting taxed 35% if he fights there.
Maybe he needs to get KO again...I dont like him fighting in china...
Philipines is in China retard. So technically China is Pacquiao's home country.
DING DING DING......SOMEONE ACTUALLY KNEW THE RIGHT ANSWER MR.PATRICK MURPHY....HE WILL NOT GET TAXED,AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME PAC-MAN IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE FUTURE.
They don't do drug testing over there .The next time you see Manny his head will be three times the size it is now. Manny is going to roid up man lol.
if all the Chinese will watch pac fight, that will break records...LOL
He wants to fight somewhere that he has not been defeated
isn't he from the phillipines don't get me wrong a fight with Rios is actually a good start to get his confidence back but thta is a strange setting
