Bob Arum Calls On President Of The Philippines To Control ‘Loose Cannon’ Government Official Against Manny Pacquiao

In this Manny Pacquiao fight, Bob Arum is once again the one throwing the jabs for his ward. The ageless promoter and president of Top Rank Promotions has yet again criticised Kim Henares, the Philippines' tax agency chief whilst defending Pacquiao from tax cases levied against the Filipino boxer.

The 82-year-old head of one of the most influential boxing promotions in the world even had the guts to call on the President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III that he do something about the situation, according to a report from from ABS-CBN News North America.

"I think the President should be aware on what's happening and what she's doing, what a loose cannon she seems to be, and take appropriate action," Arum appealed to Philippine President Aquino in the latter part of the interview which aired over Balitang America, a Filipino-centric news program in the United States.

"They were taxing him on revenue that didn't exist, and when they asked her what was her theory as for the revenue, she said she read it in the newspaper,” Arum said of Pacquiao’s tax troubles and his ward’s nemesis, Kim Henares, the Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) commissioner.

Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 knockouts) is scheduled to battle undefeated American Chris Algieri (20-0-0, 8 knockouts) on Nov. 22 at the Cotai Arena in Macau. The Filipino pugilist is currently preparing for the fight with a training camp in General Santos City in the Philippines.

In his previous career before he became a boxing promoter, Arum, a lawyer, worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division.

According to various reports, Pacquiao allegedly owes the tax collection agency roughly 3 billion pesos— unpaid taxes from his previous bouts held in the United States in 2008 and 2009.

Pacquiao’s camp has won the initial battle— a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevents the BIR from collecting the alleged amount owed— but Henares and the tax agency has filed a resolution to lift the TRO. The Supreme Court of the Philippines had given Pacquiao’s camp to answer within ten days since the filing of the resolution.

In a separate article, the BIR chief said that they have given Pacquiao ample time to respond but the boxer has yet to show documents that he paid the taxes in the United States.

“It’s been more than two or three years and he has presented nothing to us. We’re just doing our job,” Henares said via the Philippine Star last Aug. 24, 2014.

While Pacquiao is busy preparing for his fight against Algieri, it appears Arum is on an undercard fight of his own; against a government official from the Philippines.