If it hits 300,000 sales, that would be a great performance, but it would still pale in comparison to the days five, six, or seven years ago when he was regularly selling near or over 1 million a fight.
Arum insists that Pacquiao, who had announced his retirement in April after a victory over Timothy Bradley only to unretire a few months later, is in it for the long haul. He said he regards Pacquiao as a full-time boxer.
Meanwhile, over in the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao felt that he has already reached the apex of his training for the Vargas fight that he started to apply the brakes in sparring on October 19 under the coaxing of Freddie Roach, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
From a high of 10 rounds with Jose Ramirez and Leonardo Doronio on October 15, Pacquiao settled for eight with the same partners at the Elorde Gym near Mall of Asia.
Pacquiao spent four rounds with the unbeaten Ramirez and put in four more against Doronio to the delight of the watching crowd.
He then did the mitts with Hall-of-Fame trainer Roach, who expressed delight with Pacquiao’s physical condition, a few days before they fly off to Los Angeles to wrap up preparations at Wild Card gym.
Roach believes Pacquiao will beat Vargas impressively, paving the way for another megabuck fight for the first incumbent senator to seek a world title next year.