“I promoted Muahmmad Ali and the best Ali I ever saw was the one who fought b4 he was forced to take a sabbatical for 3½ years, Arum said.

“That was the best Muhammad Ali. He had phenomenal speed and he had terrific reflexes,

He was a great, great fighter, but there has never been a fighter with the same combination of speed and explosive power as Manny Pacquiao.”

says Bob Arum who has promoted many of the game’s finest fighters, including Muhammad Ali,Sugar Ray Leonard,Roberto Duran & Marvin Hagler.

Arum was so ebullient after Pacquiao’s devastating victory, he was comparing Pacquiao favorably to Ali.