Jeff Wald fires back at Bob Arum

By G. Leon

29/01/2007

Jeff Wald fires back at Bob Arum

Boxingtalk received a call from Contender Executive Producer Jeff Wald who responded to Bob Arum calling a Taylor-Mora title fight a disgrace with the following, "First of all Kelly Pavlik doesn't mean a damn thing. He's another one of those overprotected overhyped fighters manipulated with the sanctioning bodies. God bless Arum. I think he's one of the smartest promoters out there, but that doesn't mean his fighter means anything. Manfredo has a good shot at Calzaghe and Mora beat Manfredo. Does anyone know who Pavlik is? He calls Taylor-Mora a disgrace, but what is Miguel Cotto-Oktay Urkal? A memorable moment in boxing. He has an opportunity with that network Versus and he hasn't put on a good fight yet. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. What makes him think that his guy is entitled to a shot and not Mora? When Mora gets done with Jermain maybe we'll fight Pavlik if we can find two people outside of his family who know who he is."